Tanga Loa

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Tanga Loa
Bubba Ray Dudley
Florida Championship Wrestling[2]
Ricky Santana[9]
Haku[9]
Debut2008[2][6]

Tevita Tu'amoeloa Fetaiakimoeata Fifita (born May 7, 1983) is an

professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW), under the ring name Tanga Loa (タンガ・ロア　Tanga Roa) (originally Tanga Roa).

Fifita started his wrestling career in

ROH World Tag Team Champions
.

Fifita is part of a large wrestling family, as he is the brother of Tama Tonga and Hikuleo and the son of Haku.

Early years

Born in

Honolulu, Hawaii, Fifita attended the University of Texas at El Paso, where he played football as a defensive end.[2] Fifita graduated with a degree in liberal arts with major in Communications Electronic Media and minor in criminal justice.[citation needed
]

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2009–2014)

After taking part in a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) tryout alongside his adoptive brother Alipate,[11] Fifita signed a developmental contract with the promotion on February 10, 2009, and was assigned to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) as Tonga.[2] In March, he became known as Agent T, as part of Abraham Washington's Secret Service stable, alongside Agent D and Agent J.[12] He later changed his name to Donny Marlow. On July 21, 2011, Marlow and CJ Parker defeated Calvin Raines and Big E Langston to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship. On November 3, Marlow and Parker lost the Tag Team Championship to Brad Maddox and Briley Pierce.

Camacho (left) and Hunico in November 2013

On the December 15, 2011, episode of

WrestleMania Axxess live event.[24] On the November 6, 2013, episode of Main Event
he and Hunico made their first televised tag team match since July 2012, losing to The Usos. He and Hunico then started a feud against The Ascension, defeating them in a non-title match, but were then defeated in a NXT championship match.

Once Hunico started portraying Sin Cara again, Camacho started to wrestle solo on NXT. Camacho scored a rare victory over the returning Oliver Grey at the March 13 television tapings.[25] His last feud in WWE was with Adam Rose on NXT, which began when he attacked one of Rose's followers after a match and ended at NXT TakeOver when Camacho lost to Rose.[26][27] On June 12, 2014, Camacho was released from his contract.[28]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2015–2016)

On February 16, 2015, Fifita participated at

The Beat Down Clan. On the July 1 edition of Impact Wrestling, The Beat Down Clan defeated The Rising in a 4-on-3 handicap match, forcing The Rising to dissolve. On the September 9 edition of Impact Wrestling, Micah, Tigre Uno and Robbie E defeated Jessie Godderz, Kenny King and his former partner Eli Drake in a six man tag team match. From October to November (during which Impact Wrestling had been taped from July 22-July 25), Micah participated in the TNA World Title Series in the "Future 4" group, during which he earned 4 points and thus failed to qualify for the successive round of 16. On the December 16 edition of Impact Wrestling, Micah wrestled his final match for TNA, where he teamed up with Eli Drake, Jessie Godderz and Crimson in a losing effort against Tigre Uno, DJ Z, Manik and Mandrews
in an Eight-Man Tag Team match. Micah did not appear after this leading to his release.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2016–present)

Main articles: Bullet Club and Guerrillas of Destiny

On March 12, 2016, Fifita was announced as the newest member of

Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome.[45] The following day at New Year's Dash, they would regain the title from Chaos.[46]

At

Young Bucks). The second night, Tama debuted the newest member to Bullet Club, Taiji Ishimori
. Later, it was announced that Tama will be competing in the G1 Climax 28.

At the

Hangman Page, Marty Scurll
, even Chase and Takahashi, and finally Cody, when they tried to intervene. They then left the ring declaring that they were the true Bullet Club.

On January 30, 2019, they lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championship against Ryusuke Taguchi, Makabe and Yano.[47]

On February 23, 2019, they would regain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles by defeating Sanada & Evil at Honor Rising 2019: Day 2, starting their fifth reign.[48][49] After defending the championships seven times, their reign would end when G.O.D lost to FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) at Wrestle Kingdom 14.[50][51][52][53] They would soon immediately regain the belts at The New Beginning in the USA event in Atlanta, before again losing them without a defence to Golden*Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi) on a New Japan Road show in Korakuen Hall.[54][55][56][57][58]

After the 2020 Pandemic, Guerrillas of Destiny would make their return to Japan as participants of the World Tag League. They would win the tournament for the first time after defeating FinJuice in the finals.[59] They would go on to win an IWGP Tag Team Title match at the Tokyo Dome for the first time, defeating champions Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) after Loa hit 'ApeSh*t' (a Sitout Reverse Piledriver) on Taichi after 19 minutes & 18 seconds.[60][61][62] They lost the championships back to the Dangerous Tekkers on June 1. On June 1,2022 Tanga Loa suffered an injury to his right knee,[63] it is later confirmed by his brother, Tama, that Loa suffered a torn MCL on his right knee. He underwent successful operation but missed out the remainder of 2022.[64]

Loa returned to NJPW in July 2023, competing in the annual G1 Climax tournament.[65] Loa competed in the B Block, finishing with 6 points and therefore failing to advance to the quarterfinals.[66]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2016)

On June 1, 2016, the Mexican

Diamante Azul and Volador Jr. in Arena México.[68] On July 1, Roa took part in the 2016 International Gran Prix, from which he was eliminated by Último Guerrero.[69]

Personal life

Fifita is a second generation professional wrestler; his father Tonga was the professional wrestler better known as

Taula are also wrestlers; currently all three brothers, as well as cousin Simi Taitoko Fale, wrestle together in New Japan Pro-Wrestling
.

Championships and accomplishments

IWGP Tag Team Champions
in November 2016

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External links

Achievements
Preceded by World Tag League winner
2020
With: Tama Tonga 		Succeeded by
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