Rodney Anoaʻi
Age: 34 | From: San Francisco, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1966-10-02 03:17:02
Death: 2000-10-23 03:17:02
Aliases: Yokozuna , Kokina Maximus , The Great Kokina , Wild Samoan Kokina
Gender: Male
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 54
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
Biography
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) 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.
Most Famous Work
WWE Raw
(1993) Yokozuna
WWF Wrestling Challenge
(1986) Yokozuna
WWE: 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
(2012) Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1992
(1992) Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania XII
(1996) Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania XI
(1995) Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania X
(1994) Yokozuna
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
(2005) YokozunaActing
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| 2023 | Yokozuna / Self | |
| 2018 | N/A | |
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| 2012 | Yokozuna | |
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| 2009 | N/A | |
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| 2006 | Yokozuna | |
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| 2005 | Yokozuna | |
| 2004 | Yokozuna | |
| 1999 | Yokozuna | |
| 1997 | Yokozuna | |
| 1996 | Yokozuna | |
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| 1995 | Yokozuna | |
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| 1994 | Yokozuna | |
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| 1993 | Yokozuna | |
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| 1992 | Yokozuna | |
| 1990 | Kokina Maximus | |
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| 1986 | Yokozuna | |
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