Rodney Anoaʻi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 2, 1966
- Died
- October 23, 2000 (aged 34)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with The World Wrestling Federation where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. The termyokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. Although the "Yokozuna" character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoaʻi had never competed as an actual sumotori. Though Yokozuna wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hailing from Polynesia (although he was managed by Mr. Fuji, who would follow Anoaʻi to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt, and waving a Japanese flag). In the WWF, Anoaʻi was a two-time WWF Champion and two-time Tag Team Champion (with Owen Hart), as well as the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble. Anoa'i was the first wrestler of Samoan descent to hold the WWF Championship as well as the first Royal Rumble winner who as a result of a direct stipulation received a world title shot at WrestleMania. He defeated WWE Hall of Famers Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan, in consecutive pay-per-view victories at WrestleMania IX and the1993 King of the Ring, to win his two WWF Championships. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.
Known For
Filmography
Biography: WWE Legends
TV · 1 ep
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
Movie
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
Movie
WWE: True Giants
Movie
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
Movie
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
Movie
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
Movie · as Yokozuna
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
Movie · as Self - Yokozuna
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Hall of Fame
TV · as Yokozuna (Archive footage) · 1 ep
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
Movie · as Yokozuna (archive footage)
Heroes of Wrestling
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWF World Tour '96
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWF Summer Flashback!
Movie · as Yokozuna
Aar Ya Paar
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania XII
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam 1996
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Movie · as Yokozuna
Best Of Raw • Volume One
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Terminators '96
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleFest '95
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE SlamFest
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania XI
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1995
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1995
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWF Off the Top Rope
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWF 1994: The Year In Review
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWF 1995: The Year In Review
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Movie · as Yokozuna
German Fan Favorites
Movie · as Yokozuna
Inside the WWF
Movie · as Yokozuna
Razor Ramon
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
Movie · as Yokozuna
The History Of WrestleMania
Movie · as Yokozuna
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleFest '94
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE March to WrestleMania X
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania X
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1994
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1994
Movie · as Yokozuna
The Undertaker
Movie · as Yokozuna
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Sunday Night Slam
TV · as Yokozuna · 1 ep
WWF Stars and Stripes Challenge
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Global Warfare
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Bashed in the USA
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1993
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWF European Rampage 1993
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania IX
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1993
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam 1993
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993
Movie · as Yokozuna
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWE UK Rampage '93
Movie · as Yokozuna
All Aboard the Lex Express
Movie · as Yokozuna
WWF 1993: The Year in Review
Movie · as Yokozuna
Raw
TV · as Yokozuna · 57 eps
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Movie · as Yokozuna
L'homme au masque d'or
Movie · as Le Lutteur Hawaïen
AWA SuperClash IV
Movie · as Kokina Maximus
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV · as Yokozuna · 1 ep