Rikishi (wrestler)

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This article is about the professional wrestler. For the general term for sumo wrestler, see Rikishi.
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Rikishi
Fatu in 2017
Birth nameSolofa Fatu Jr.
Born (1965-10-11) October 11, 1965 (age 58)
San Francisco, California, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)
Talisua Fuavai-Fatu
​
(m. 1985)​
Children5 (including Jonathan, Joshua and Joseph)
FamilyAnoaʻi
Websiterikishifatu.com
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Alofa the Polynesian Prince[1]
Fatu[1]
Headshrinker Fatu[1]
Hustle Rikishi[1]
J.R. Smooth[1]
Junior Fatu[1]
Kishi[1]
"Make a Difference" Fatu[1]
Rikishi[1]
Riki-Shi[2]
Rikishi Phatu[1]
Solofa Fatu Jr.[1]
The Sultan[1]
Sumo Rikishi[1]
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm) [3]
Billed weight425 lb (193 kg)[3]
Billed fromThe Isle of Samoa[3]
Streets of San Francisco by way of Stamford[3]
Middle East (The Sultan)[3]
Debut1985[1]

Solofa Fatu Jr.

WWE Tag Team Champion. He is a member of the Anoaʻi family of Samoan wrestlers. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his sons, wrestlers Jey and Jimmy Uso
, in 2015.

Early life

Solofa Fatu was born on October 11, 1965, in San Francisco to Solofa Fatu Sr. and Elevera Anoaʻi Fatu, and grew up in the Sunnydale Projects in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood, where his maternal grandparents were preachers.[4] He attended Balboa High School, and competed on the wrestling team.[5]

In 1982, when he was seventeen years old, Fatu was wounded in a drive-by shooting that left him with a scar on his abdomen; he claimed in a 2021 interview that he had died for three minutes in the emergency room before being revived.[4] He spent two months in the hospital, after which his mother, fearing for his safety, sent him out of state to live with her brothers Afa and Sika Anoaʻi, with whom he trained to become a professional wrestler.[4]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1985–1992)

Montreal and International Championship Wrestling (1985–1986)

Fatu began his wrestling career in 1985, working for Gino Brito and Dino Bravo's Lutte Internationale promotion in Montreal as Prince Alofa, a high-flying babyface.[6] He often teamed with the territory's top faces. Fatu also worked for International Championship Wrestling in New York City in that same year.

The Samoan Swat Team (1986–1992)

He and his cousin

WWC Caribbean Tag Team Champions (after a long vacancy) on November 7, 1987, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico after defeating Invader I and Invader III.[7] They held the title for just over a month before dropping it to Mark and Chris Youngblood[7]
before leaving the promotion.

Buddy Roberts (left) directs the Samoan SWAT Team in an attack on Michael Hayes, 1988

Samu and Fatu next appeared in Texas, working for

Fabulous Freebirds partner Michael Hayes. The SST were given a big push right away; presented as an unstoppable force, they beat hometown heroes Kerry and Kevin Von Erich for the WCWA World Tag Team Championship on August 12, 1988.[7] They remained undefeated in WCCW until they dropped the belts to Hayes and his new partner, Steve Cox, on September 12.[7] They recaptured the title four days later.[7] Hayes and Cox beat them for the title again on October 15,[7][8]
and, two days later, lost it back again.

On September 12, 1988, The Samoan Swat Team became double champions by beating

Jimmy Jack Funk for the WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship.[7] They made their pay-per-view debut at AWA SuperClash III, the AWA's first and last PPV. They successfully defended their World Tag title against Michael Hayes and Steve Cox.[9]

In early 1989, the SST left WCCW, vacating both championships. Swat Team signed with

Steve Williams.[11]

In the fall of 1989,

Starrcade 1989. Fatu and The Samoan Savage, rebranded as The New Wild Samoans, replaced them.[12] For the rest of their WCW career, Fatu and Savage teamed, while Samu only wrestled singles matches.[citation needed
]

After leaving WCW in the summer of 1990, Fatu and Savage worked for several independent promotions in the US, Europe, Puerto Rico and Japan, often teaming with cousin

El Canek, and Mil Máscaras.[15]

World Wrestling Federation (1992–1998)

The Headshrinkers (1992–1995)

Main article:
The Headshrinkers

After Samu and Fatu joined the

The Headshrinkers, but their savage gimmick remained. Kokina Maximus also joined the WWF, but was repackaged as Japanese sumo wrestler Yokozuna, and his relation to The Headshrinkers was not acknowledged. The Headshrinker's first notable angle came when they interfered to help Money Inc. beat The Natural Disasters for the WWF World Tag Team Championship.[16] Soon after, The Headshrinkers feuded with The Natural Disasters and the recently formed High Energy.[17]

Between 1992 and early 1994, The Headshrinkers occasionally challenged for the tag title and made sporadic PPV appearances, feuding with

Monday Night RAW
. Despite interference by Samu, Fatu was unsuccessful.

The Headshrinkers helped Yokozuna win a

Monday Night RAW.[21] At King of the Ring on June 19, they successfully defended the title against Yokozuna and Crush.[22] Their title reign ended at a house show in Indianapolis on August 28, when they lost to Shawn Michaels and Diesel.[23] This happened a day before they were scheduled to defend against Irwin R. Schyster and Bam Bam Bigelow at SummerSlam. The match went on without the title, and The Headshrinkers lost by disqualification.[24]

Soon after, Samu left the WWF to recover from injuries and was replaced by

London, England, after which Sione left for WCW and Fatu was removed from WWF television.[27]

"Make a Difference" (1995–1996)

Fatu during his "Make a Difference" gimmick in 1995.

After a brief hiatus, Fatu reappeared as a singles wrestler in July 1995 repackaged as a streetwise positive

Matthew Anoaʻi) additionally began showing up in the audience during his matches, but no storylines were ever developed. The "Make a Difference" gimmick was dropped in April 1996.[1]

The Sultan (1996–1998)

In August 1996, Fatu was repackaged as The Sultan, a masked wrestler who never spoke, ostensibly because his tongue was cut out. He was managed by

WWF Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 13.[29] The Sultan vanished in January 1998, and Fatu left to train at Dory Funk's Funking Conservatory wrestling school.[30]
He would work from 1998 to 1999 in the independent circuit.

Independent Circuit (1998–1999)

After WWF, Fatu continued his Sultan gimmick in the independent circuit losing to Jimmy Snuka. He reunited with Samu as the Headshrinkers working for his uncle's promotion World Xtreme Wrestling in Pennsylvania. Later that year he feuded with Billy Two Eagles for Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling in British Columbia as Fatu which lasted a year. On April 28, 1999, Fatu teamed with his cousin Yokozuna to defeat Skull Murphy Jr., Danny Collins and Blondie Barratt in a handicap match in London, England.

In May 1999, Fatu made his debut in Memphis for

PPW Heavyweight Championship. He would feud with Kurt Angle
and dropped the title to Angle on July 24.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1999–2004)

Too Cool and Intercontinental Champion (1999–2000)

Main article: Too Cool
Rikishi at King of the Ring in 2000

After training at Funk's and working in the independents, Fatu returned on October 5, 1999, for a dark match for

WWF Metal, play-by-play announcer Kevin Kelly responded that he was "a little concerned with, well, Rikishi Fatu's well...garment, or lack thereof," with color commentator Tom Prichard responding that "there isn't much of a garment there!".[34]

On November 22, 1999, on Monday Night Raw, Rikishi helped Too Cool from being attacked by the Mean Street Posse. It was the first time Rikishi's character debuted on Raw, and the first time Too Cool and Rikishi were in the ring together. Rikishi briefly feuded with Viscera before forming a wildly popular alliance with the duo Too Cool (Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty).[3] One night, during Too Cool's traditional post-match dance routine, Rikishi joined them. As the dance routines became more frequent and longer, this popularity translated to a significant push. In the 2000 Royal Rumble match, he and Too Cool did the dance to their respective songs, much to the delight of the audience. He later eliminated seven opponents, and it took six wrestlers working together to eliminate him.[35]

Rikishi also became known for his infamous signature maneuver – the

Stink Face – as his buttocks were rubbed into the faces of opposing wrestlers.[3] When his opponent was incapacitated in the corner of the ring, Rikishi would slap his buttocks to indicate the attack, and then he would turn around, hike his thong up, and smother his buttocks into his victim's face.[3] On an episode of Raw on May 15, 2000, Stephanie McMahon described Rikishi's buttocks as "bulbous", "smelly" and "sweaty" when describing the Stink Face.[36] Kurt Angle, who received a Stink Face from Rikishi, said, "It was the worst smell I ever smelt in my life."[37] The Stink Face also served as a finishing move at times, as wrestlers became physically ill from the maneuver, forcing them to leave the ring and thereby losing via count out. The Stink Face became known as the most repulsive move in the World Wrestling Federation, and this humiliating maneuver became very popular with the fans.[38]

In May 2000, fan favorites Rikishi and Too Cool feuded with

Tazz hit him with a television camera.[40] They rematched in a steel cage at Fully Loaded. In this match, Rikishi climbed the cage and, in an allusion to Jimmy Snuka, splashed Venis from the top. Rikishi soon lost the match after Tazz again hit him with a camera.[42]

Heel turn and main event status (2000–2001)

On the October 9 episode of Raw, Commissioner Mick Foley used a slip of the tongue from Scotty 2 Hotty to implicate Rikishi as the person who had run over Stone Cold Steve Austin almost a year earlier at Survivor Series, the night after Rikishi debuted in the WWF. Rikishi admitted it, claiming it was to allow his cousin The Rock an opportunity for stardom, insisting that Buddy Rogers, Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan and Austin – "The Great White Hope" – had always been pushed, at the expense of Samoan wrestlers like Peter Maivia, Jimmy Snuka, Samu, Yokozuna and The Rock. Rikishi then turned heel.

Austin immediately set out for revenge, facing Rikishi in a

WWF Championship defense against Kurt Angle, but "accidentally" kicked the champ, allowing Angle to Angle Slam them both and win the title.[44] After several attacks on Austin by an unseen assailant, it became clear that Rikishi had an accomplice. During a handicap match pitting Rikishi and Angle against Austin, Triple H came to the ring, seemingly to aid Austin, but swerved the audience by attacking him with a sledgehammer
. Triple H then revealed he had masterminded the Survivor Series assault and hired Rikishi to drive the car.

While Austin began feuding with Triple H, Rikishi's tension with The Rock boiled over. Despite delivering a

Stink Face to the Rock, Rikishi would lose to him in a match at Survivor Series.[45] He then participated in a six-man Hell in a Cell WWF Championship match at Armageddon. Vince McMahon drove a flatbed truck ringside in an effort to dismantle the cage and stop the match. Before he could, commissioner Mick Foley had McMahon, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco forcibly removed from the arena by security. The Undertaker then chokeslammed Rikishi from the top of the cell onto the wood chip-covered bed. Kurt Angle later retained the title.[46]

In January 2001, Rikishi won a Fatal Four Way match on

The Hardy Boyz. The team split while Rikishi was sidelined with an eardrum injury in March. He returned on the May 3 SmackDown! and fought The Undertaker to no-contest. On the next Raw, he turned face once again and gave the Stink Face to Stephanie McMahon after she distracted him and cost him a non-title match with Austin. On May 20, at Judgment Day, he injured his shoulder in the opening bout with William Regal, which caused him to miss much of the year and the entire Invasion
angle.

Various storylines, reunion with Scotty 2 Hotty and departure (2001–2004)

Rikishi at Tribute to the Troops in 2003

Rikishi returned on December 6, 2001, delivering a Stink Face to

WWF Brand Extension, Rikishi was drafted to the SmackDown! brand. At Judgment Day, he faced Billy and Chuck in a "secret partner" match. His partner turned out to be Rico, Billy and Chuck's stylist. Despite Rico's best efforts to unfairly help Billy and Chuck, Rikishi and Rico won the match and became the WWE Tag Team Champions.[48] Rico would later cause Rikishi to lose the titles back to Billy and Chuck in a rematch on the June 6 episode of SmackDown!.[49]

In early 2002,

Stink Face to Hogan after the conclusion of the match.[50]

Rikishi was not featured much in late 2002 and early 2003. He feuded with

WWE Tag Team Championship on the February 5, 2004 episode of SmackDown!,[52] holding them for two and a half months before losing them to Charlie Haas and Rico on the April 22 episode of SmackDown!.[52]
Fatu, however, was released by WWE on July 16, 2004, for not following up with clearance from an injury that had him out of action since the April 22 Smackdown.

Independent circuit (2004–2019)

Rikishi in 2011

After WWE, Fatu continued to wrestle on the independent circuit. In October 2005, he shortened his ring name to Kishi after being notified by WWE legal representatives that WWE owned a trademark on the name "Rikishi". Fatu, as Kishi, would go on to work for Nu-Wrestling Evolution, a professional wrestling promotion based in Italy.[53] On February 17, 2007, Fatu competed as SUMO RIKISHI in a tag team contest at an

AAA's TripleMania event. On August 23, Fatu competed in a Triple Threat match against Samoa Joe and Sterling James Keenan at Ballpark Brawl VIII in Buffalo, New York. On November 17, wrestling as Rikishi once again, Fatu defeated Mike Rollins at a Heavy on Wrestling event in Duluth, Minnesota
.

His recent match was on March 23, 2019, Grind City Wrestling in Memphis, Tennessee at halftime of the

The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
) for the inaugural GCW Tag Team Championship.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007)

On the September 13, 2007 episode of

Robert Roode in a Fight for the Right Tournament match after interference by Samoa Joe. On October 30, however, it was reported that Fatu had been released from TNA, because he and TNA management failed to reach an agreement about a pay raise. Chris Harris
took Fatu's spot in the Fight for the Right semi-final match.

Sporadic WWE appearances and Hall of Famer (2012–2020)

Rikishi (far left), as one of Heath Slater's veteran conquerors at Raw 1000

Rikishi appeared with his family at the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony to induct his cousin Yokozuna. He then made an in-ring appearance on Raw on July 16, 2012, defeating Heath Slater. During the match, he used the Samoan Spike and the Banzai Drop (the latter having been used as a finishing move since his 1999 repackaging as Rikishi) as a tribute to his deceased brother Umaga and cousin Yokozuna, respectively. After the match, he danced with his sons Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso.[55] He then reappeared on the 1,000th episode on July 23 with other Legends to help Lita take down Slater.

Rikishi next appeared on the January 6, 2014 episode of Raw, where he reunited with Too Cool to defeat 3MB in a six-man tag team match.[56]

On the February 9, 2015 episode of Raw, Rikishi was announced as the newest member to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015. His sons, who wrestle as Jimmy and Jey Uso, inducted him into the Hall of Fame on March 28, 2015.

Rikishi appeared on WWE for the Raw Reunion show on July 22, 2019.[57]

On November 22, 2020, he made an appearance at Survivor Series during The Undertaker's retirement ceremony.[58]

Other media

Rikishi is a playable

WWE WrestleMania X8 and WWE WrestleMania XIX
.

Fatu appeared in the Italian comedy film Natale a Miami.[59] He also guest starred on the Nickelodeon show Victorious, as a sumo wrestler in the episode "Brain Squeezers."

Fatu appeared in the Netflix original film Sandy Wexler.

Fatu appeared in "The Big Party" episode of The Big Show Show.

Fatu under his "Rikishi" ring name is the Samoan judge in the "Wall Of The World" on the CBS show The World's Best.

Personal life

Fatu is a member of the

Lloyd "L.A. Smooth" Anoaʻi. His father, Solofa Fatu Sr., died of complications related to COVID-19 on October 4, 2020.[61][62]

Fatu and his wife Talisua Fuavai-Fatu have five children, including Joseph Yokozuna and twins Joshua Samuel and Jonathan Solofa. Joshua Samuel, Jonathan Solofa and Joseph Yokozuna are currently signed to WWE where Joshua performs on the Raw brand and Jonathan and Joseph perform on the Smackdown brand as Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, and Solo Sikoa, respectively.

Championships and accomplishments

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