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Rikishi
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Fatu in 2017
Birth proper name Solofa Fatu Jr.
Born (1965-x-11) October 11, 1965 (age 56)
San Francisco, California, U.S.[1]
Family Anoaʻi
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Alofa the Polynesian Prince[1]
Fatu [1]
Headshrinker Fatu[ane]
Hustle Rikishi[1]
J.R. Smooth[ane]
Junior Fatu[1]
Kishi[1]
"Make a Difference" Fatu[one]
Rikishi [1]
Riki-Shi[2]
Rikishi Phatu[1]
Solofa Fatu Jr.[1]
The Sultan[1]
Sumo Rikishi[1]
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[3]
Billed weight 425 lb (193 kg)[three]
Billed from The Isle of Samoa[3]
Middle E (The Sultan)[3]
Trained by Afa Anoaʻi
Sika Anoaʻi[1]
Debut 1985[1]

Solofa Fatu Jr. [ane] (built-in October 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, best known nether the ring names Rikishi and Fatu with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he is a one-fourth dimension Intercontinental Champion, two-time Earth Tag Team Champion, and one-fourth dimension WWE Tag Squad Champion. He is a fellow member of the Anoa'i 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 [edit]

Solofa Fatu was built-in on Oct 11, 1965, in San Francisco to Solofa Fatu Sr. and Elevera Anoa'i Fatu. He grew up in the Sunnydale Projects in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood of the metropolis,[iv] where his maternal grandparents were preachers.[4] He attended Balboa Loftier School, and competed on the wrestling squad.[5]

In 1982, when he was seventeen years quondam, 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 3 minutes in the emergency room before being revived.[4] He spent two months in the infirmary, after which his mother, fearing for his safety, sent him out of state to live with her brothers Afa and Sika Anoa'i, with whom he trained to get a professional wrestler.[iv]

Professional person wrestling career [edit]

Early career (1985–1992) [edit]

The Samoan Swat Squad (1985–1992) [edit]

Fatu began his wrestling career in 1985, working for Gino Brito and Dino Bravo'due south Lutte Internationale promotion in Montreal as Prince Alofa, a loftier-flight babyface. He often teamed with the territory's summit faces. He and his cousin Samula Anoaʻi signed with the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and became The Samoan Swat Team (Samu & Fatu). They used the "Samoan savage" gimmick their relatives, The Wild Samoans successfully used past working barefoot, never publicly speaking English, and no-selling attacks to the head. They became the new WWC Caribbean Tag Squad Champions (subsequently a long vacancy) on November vii, 1987, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico after defeating Invader I and Invader 3.[6] They held the championship for just over a month before dropping it to Mark and Chris Youngblood[half-dozen] before leaving the promotion.

Samu and Fatu adjacent appeared in Texas, working for Fritz Von Erich's Globe Grade Title Wrestling. Storywise, Buddy Roberts brought them in to fight his fights against the Von Erich family and former Fabulous Freebirds partner Michael Hayes. The SST were given a big push right away; presented as an unstoppable strength, they beat hometown heroes Kerry and Kevin Von Erich for the WCWA World Tag Team Championship on August 12, 1988.[vi] They remained undefeated in WCCW until they dropped the belts to Hayes and his new partner, Steve Cox, on September 12.[6] They recaptured the championship 4 days after.[vi] Hayes and Cox beat them for the title again on October 15,[6] [7] and, two days later, lost it dorsum again.

On September 12, 1988, The Samoan Swat Team became double champions by chirapsia "Hollywood" John Tatum and Jimmy Jack Funk for the WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship.[6] They made their pay-per-view debut at AWA SuperClash Three, the AWA's kickoff and terminal PPV. They successfully defended their World Tag title against Michael Hayes and Steve Cox.[8]

In early 1989, the SST left WCCW, vacating both championships. Swat Team signed with Jim Crockett Promotions, introduced as manager Paul E. Dangerously'due south replacement for The Original Midnight Express (Randy Rose and Dennis Condrey), who had left the promotion. The SST took over the Limited' feud with The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane), beating them at Clash of the Champions Six: Ragin' Cajun on April 2, 1989.[nine] The SST teamed with erstwhile rival Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, and Jimmy Garvin at the 1989 Great American Fustigate, losing a WarGames match to The Route Warriors, The Midnight Express, and Steve Williams.[10]

In the fall of 1989, Paul Eastward. Dangerously was phased out and the SST took a new director, "The Big Kahuna" Oliver Humperdink. They were too joined by Fatu's brother, The Samoan Brutal. The SST lost more than and more matches as 1989 drew to a close, but got a break when Sid Fell was injured, leading his team, The Skyscrapers, to pull out of the "Atomic number 26 Squad Tournament" at Starrcade 1989. Fatu and The Samoan Cruel, rebranded as The New Wild Samoans, replaced them.[11] For the rest of their WCW career, Fatu and Savage teamed, while Samu only wrestled singles matches.[ citation needed ]

Later on leaving WCW in the summertime of 1990, Fatu and Fell worked for several independent promotions in the The states, Europe, Puerto Rico and Nihon, often teaming with cousin Kokina Maximus.[12] The three worked for the Universal Wrestling Association in 1991, where they won the UWA Trios Tag Team Title and held it for just under ii months.[13] They headlined the UWA's 16th anniversary testify, losing the championship to Dos Caras, El Canek, and Mil Máscaras.[14]

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1992–2004) [edit]

The Headshrinkers (1992–1995) [edit]

Later on Samu and Fatu joined the World Wrestling Federation, they were renamed The Headshrinkers, just 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 best-selling. The Headshrinker's get-go notable bending came when they interfered to help Money Inc. beat The Natural Disasters for the WWF World Tag Squad Championship.[15] Soon after, The Headshrinkers feuded with The Natural Disasters and the recently formed High Energy.[16]

Betwixt 1992 and early 1994, The Headshrinkers occasionally challenged for the tag championship and made desultory PPV appearances, feuding with The Smoking Gunns[17] and Men on a Mission.[18] Fatu would receive a WWF Championship lucifer against Bret Hart on the March 1, 1993 episode of Monday Night RAW. Despite interference by Samu, Fatu was unsuccessful.

The Headshrinkers helped Yokozuna win a casket lucifer against The Undertaker at the 1994 Royal Rumble.[xix] In Apr, they turned face, took Lou Albano as their manager and challenged tag champions The Quebecers. They won the golden on the May 2 episode of Monday Night RAW.[xx] At Male monarch of the Ring on June xix, they successfully defended the title against Yokozuna and Crush.[21] Their title reign concluded at a firm testify in Indianapolis on August 28, when they lost to Shawn Michaels and Diesel fuel.[22] This happened a twenty-four hour period before they were scheduled to defend confronting Irwin R. Schyster and Bam Bam Bigelow at SummerSlam. The match went on without the title, and The Headshrinkers lost by disqualification.[23]

Shortly subsequently, Samu left the WWF to recover from injuries and was replaced by Sione (formerly The Barbarian). They were chosen The New Headshrinkers. The storyline reason for Samu's departure was that he was not coping well with manager Lou Albano'due south attempts to acculturate him, peculiarly about wearing boots. The New Headshrinkers made only two PPV appearances, at the 1994 Survivor Series, where they were eliminated from their ten-human tag match, only helped their team win[24] and at the 1995 Royal Rumble; Sione lasted about 7 minutes early and Fatu over 5 nearer the terminate. They entered a tournament to crown new WWF tag team champions in late 1994/early 1995, and lost to Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka in the semi-finals.[25] For the first half of 1995, they worked with Jacob & Eli Blu, normally putting them over. Their terminal match was a loss to Men on a Mission at a June 22 firm bear witness in London, England, subsequently which Sione left for WCW and Fatu was removed from WWF television.[26]

"Brand a Departure" (1995) [edit]

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

Subsequently a brief hiatus, Fatu reappeared as a singles wrestler in July 1995 repackaged as a streetwise positive role model, for which he filmed several vignettes in his onetime San Francisco neighborhood touching on his existent-life upbringing in the ghetto and preaching the messages of staying in school and maxim no to drugs,[27] all while he spoke fluent English. Each segment ended with the onscreen phrase "Make a Difference", making it the unofficial name of the gimmick. Fatu fabricated his in-ring return on July 29 by pinning Rad Radford on WWF Superstars, so enjoyed a run of victories over enhancement talent for the remainder of the year.[i] However, the character did not get over with fans, and in 1996 Fatu was regularly booked to lose to stars such as Steve Austin, Vader, and Hunter Hearst Helmsley.[one] 2 men known as "The Samoan Gangster Party" (Fatu's cousins Samu and Lloyd Anoaʻi) additionally began showing up in the audience during his matches, only no storylines were ever adult. The "Make a Divergence" gimmick was dropped in May 1996.[i]

The Sultan (1996–1998) [edit]

In 1996, Fatu was repackaged as The Sultan, a masked wrestler who never spoke, ostensibly because his tongue was cut out. He was managed past The Iron Sheik and Bob Backlund. He unsuccessfully challenged Rocky Maivia for the WWF Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania 13.[28] The Sultan vanished in 1998, and Fatu left to train at Dory Funk's Funking Conservatory wrestling school.[29]

Too Cool and Intercontinental Champion (1999–2000) [edit]

After training at Funk's, Fatu returned on the November 13, 1999 episode of WWF Metal equally Rikishi Fatu, beating Julio Fantastico. Rikishi is the general Japanese term for a sumo wrestler, similar to his cousin'southward band name "Yokozuna". "Fatu" presently became "Phatu", until he dropped the final proper name entirely later he started teaming with Also Cool. No mention was fabricated of his WWF by. He had gained some weight, bleached his hair blonde, and wore a mawashi.[30] Per Vince McMahon's request and Fatu's own willingness to award sumo tradition, nothing was worn underneath the mawashi and his buttcheeks were exposed; this was unlike Yokozuna, who wore tights underneath the loincloth, which both McMahon and Fatu felt were unnecessary for the Yokozuna character.[31]

Rikishi briefly feuded with Viscera before forming a wildly pop alliance with the duo Likewise Cool (Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty).[three] 1 night, during Too Cool's traditional postal service-match dance routine, Rikishi joined them. As the dance routines became more frequent and longer, this popularity translated to a meaning push. In the 2000 Royal Rumble match, he and Too Cool did the dance to their respective songs, much to the delight of the audition. He afterwards eliminated seven opponents, and information technology took six wrestlers working together to eliminate him.[32]

Rikishi also became known for his infamous signature maneuver – the Stink Face – every bit 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 and so he would turn around, hike his thong up, and smother his buttocks into his victim's face.[3] On an episode of WWE Raw on May 15, 2000, Stephanie McMahon described Rikishi's buttocks equally "bulbous", "smelly" and "sweaty" when describing the Stink Face.[33] Kurt Angle, who received a Stink Face from Rikishi, said, "Information technology was the worst smell I e'er smelt in my life."[34] The Stink Face also served as a finishing move at times, as wrestlers became physically ill from the maneuver, forcing them to exit the band and thereby losing via count out. The Stink Face up became known equally the most repulsive move in the Earth Wrestling Federation, and this humiliating maneuver became very popular with the fans.[35]

In May 2000, fan favorites Rikishi and Too Cool feuded with Edge, Christian and Kurt Bending, culminating in a victory at Judgment Day.[36] Subsequently winning the Intercontinental Championship from Chris Benoit on the June 22 episode of SmackDown!,[37] Rikishi qualified for the 2000 King of the Ring tournament. On June 25, at King of the Ring, he defeated Benoit in the quarterfinals and Val Venis in the semis. Both opponents hit him with a steel chair after losing, weakening his shoulder and helping Kurt Angle defeat him in the terminal.[38] Stemming from Venis' attack, Rikishi faced him on July six and lost the championship after Tazz hit him with a television camera.[37] 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 superlative. Rikishi before long lost the match after Tazz again striking him with a camera.[39]

Heel turn and main event status (2000–2001) [edit]

On the October 9 episode of Raw, Commissioner Mick Foley used a skid 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 and so turned heel.

Austin immediately set out for revenge, facing Rikishi in a No Holds Barred match at No Mercy.[40] The lucifer went to a no competition when Austin dragged Rikishi to the parking lot and tried to run him over; a police auto collection in front of Austin's, saving Rikishi. Though arrested, Austin had brutally attacked Rikishi, cut and bruising his face. Later that night, Rikishi interfered in The Stone'southward WWF Title defense against Kurt Angle, but "accidentally" kicked the gnaw, allowing Bending to Angle Slam them both and win the championship.[41] Later several attacks on Austin by an unseen assailant, it became clear that Rikishi had an accomplice. During a handicap match pitting Rikishi and Angle confronting Austin, Triple H came to the band, seemingly to assistance 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 bulldoze the machine.

While Austin began feuding with Triple H, Rikishi's tension with The Rock boiled over. Despite delivering a Stink Face up to the Rock, Rikishi would lose to him in a lucifer at Survivor Series.[42] He and then participated in a six-human Hell in a Cell WWF Championship match at Armageddon. Vince McMahon collection a flatbed truck ringside in an effort to dismantle the muzzle and stop the match. Earlier he could, The Undertaker chokeslammed Rikishi from the meridian of the prison cell onto the wood scrap-covered bed. Kurt Angle afterwards retained the title.[43]

In January 2001, Rikishi won a Fatal Four Way match on SmackDown! for the #30 spot in the 2001 Royal Rumble friction match involving Stone, Undertaker and Kane, subsequently he pinned the latter. There, he eliminated The Undertaker, and was soon eliminated by The Rock.[44] Haku returned to the WWF in the Rumble, and he and Rikishi formed a tag team and feuded with The Brothers of Destruction, The Dudley Boyz so 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 up in one case again and gave the Stink Face up to Stephanie McMahon after she distracted him, and cost him a non-title match with Austin. On May xx, at Judgment Solar 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 ii Hotty and divergence (2001–2004) [edit]

Rikishi returned on December vi, 2001, delivering a Stink Face up to Vince McMahon and solidifying his confront status. Upon the WWF Make Extension, Rikishi was drafted to the SmackDown! brand. At Judgment 24-hour interval, 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.[45] Rico would later cause Rikishi to lose the titles back to Billy and Chuck in a rematch on the June 6 episode of SmackDown!.[46]

In early on 2002, Blob Hogan was booked to face Rikishi in Hogan's first friction match back since leaving the WWF to go to rival WCW in the 1990s. Hogan won the match, but Rikishi was able to deliver a Stink Face up to Hogan afterwards the conclusion of the match.[47]

Rikishi was not featured much in late 2002 and early 2003. He feuded with John Cena, Pecker DeMott, and The Total Blooded Italians on SmackDown!. The return of Roddy Piper led Rikishi to challenge him equally Piper had hitting Jimmy Snuka with a kokosnoot years agone on Piper'southward Pit. At Backlash, Piper's protege Sean O'Haire defeated Rikishi after Piper got hit with a coconut by Rikishi giving O'Haire time to hit the Widowmaker on Rikishi.[48] Rikishi eventually formed a tag team with Scotty ii Hotty, and the duo defeated the Basham Brothers for the WWE Tag Team Championship on the February 5, 2004 episode of SmackDown!,[49] holding them for two and a one-half months before losing them to Charlie Haas and Rico on the April 22 episode of SmackDown!.[49] Fatu, however, was released by WWE on July 16, 2004, following repeated requests from WWE to lose weight.

Independent circuit (2005–2019) [edit]

Fatu continued to wrestle on the independent excursion. In October 2005, he shortened his ring name to Kishi later on beingness notified by WWE legal representatives that WWE owned a trademark on the proper name "Rikishi". Fatu, every bit Kishi, would go on to work for Nu-Wrestling Evolution, a professional wrestling promotion based in Italy.[50] On February 17, 2007, Fatu competed as SUMO RIKISHI in a tag squad contest at an All Japan Pro Wrestling event, equally he was brought in past Keiji Mutoh to feud with Akebono.[51] On August 12, 2007, Fatu competed in an viii-human tag, as Rikishi, at AAA'southward TripleMania effect. On Baronial 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 outcome in Duluth, Minnesota.

Total Nonstop Activeness Wrestling (2007) [edit]

On the September 13, 2007 episode of Impact!, Fatu debuted in Total Nonstop Activeness Wrestling nether the ring name Inferior Fatu. On the September xx episode of Impact!, Fatu lost to Christian Cage in his first friction match due to a distraction by Christian's partner A.J. Styles. On the October 4 episode of Impact!, Fatu, Samoa Joe and The Latin American Xchange defeated Christian, Styles, Senshi and Christopher Daniels. On the October 11 episode of Impact!, Fatu and LAX lost a six-man tag team match to Kurt Bending and Team 3D. At Leap for Glory, Fatu competed in the Fight for the Right Reverse Battle Majestic which was won by Eric Immature. On the October 25 episode of Impact!, Fatu defeated Robert Roode in a Fight for the Right Tournament friction match later on interference by Samoa Joe. On October 30, however, it was reported that Fatu had been released from TNA, due to he and TNA management failing to accomplish an agreement about a pay raise. Chris Harris took Fatu'south spot in the Fight for the Right semi-terminal match.

Sporadic WWE appearances and Hall of Famer (2012-2020) [edit]

Rikishi appeared with his family unit at the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame anniversary to conscript his cousin Yokozuna. He so made an in-ring appearance on Raw on July 16, 2012, defeating Heath Slater. During the friction match, he used the Samoan Spike and the Banzai Drop (the latter having been used every bit a finishing motility since his 1999 repackaging as Rikishi) as a tribute to his deceased brother Umaga and cousin Yokozuna, respectively. Later on the match, he danced with his sons Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso.[52] He then reappeared on the 1,000th episode on July 23 with other Legends to help Lita take downward Slater.

Rikishi next appeared on the January six, 2014 episode of Raw, where he reunited with Too Cool to defeat 3MB in a six-man tag team match.[53]

On the Feb 9, 2015 episode of Raw, Rikishi was appear every bit the newest member to exist inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Grade of 2015. His sons, who wrestle every bit 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.[54]

On November 22, 2020, he made an appearance at Survivor Series during The Undertaker'southward retirement anniversary.[55]

Other media [edit]

Rikishi is a playable DLC character in the Attitude Era-themed video game WWE '13. He also appeared in WWF SmackDown! ii: Know Your Role, WWF SmackDown! Simply Bring It, WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, and WWE 2K19. Exterior of the master serial, he is featured in WWF No Mercy, WWF Raw, WWE Raw 2, WWE WrestleMania X8 and WWE WrestleMania XIX.

Fatu appeared in the Italian comedy picture Natale a Miami.[56] He also guest starred on the Nickelodeon show Victorious, equally a sumo wrestler in the episode "Brain Squeezers."

Fatu appeared in the Netflix original picture show Sandy Wexler.

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

Fatu under his "Rikishi" band proper noun is the Samoan judge in the "Wall Of The World" on the CBS show The World'due south Best.

Personal life [edit]

Fatu is a fellow member of the Anoa'i family, which has had a presence in professional wrestling since the mid-twentieth century. He is the twin brother of Sam "Tonga Kid" Fatu and the older brother of the late Eddie "Umaga" Fatu.[57] Fatu's uncles Sika Anoa'i and Afa Anoa'i wrestled as The Wild Samoans, while many of his cousins wrestled including Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoa'i, Samula "Samu" Anoa'i, Matt "Rosey" Anoa'i, Joe "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i, Afa "Manu" Anoa'i Jr., and Lloyd "50.A. Polish" Anoa'i. His begetter Solofa Fatu Sr. died of COVID-19 on Oct iv, 2020.[58] [59]

Fatu and his married woman Talisua Fuavai-Fatu take five children: Joshua Samuel, Jonathan Solofa, Jeremiah Peniata, Thavana Monalisa, and Joseph. Joshua Samuel and Jonathan Solofa currently wrestle for WWE as Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso, while Joseph currently wrestles for NXT 2.0 equally Solo Sikoa.[60]

Championships and accomplishments [edit]

  • Northern States Wrestling Alliance
    • NSWA Tag Team Championship (ane time) - with Samu
  • Portland Wrestling
    • Portland Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title (1 time)[6]
  • Ability Pro Wrestling (Memphis)
    • Power Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[61]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Improvement of the Year (2000)
    • Ranked No. 27 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000[62]
    • Ranked No. 347 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003[63]
  • Revolución Lucha Libre
    • Campeonato Internacional Absoluto (v times)[six]
  • Universal Wrestling Association
    • UWA World Trios Championship (ane fourth dimension) – with Kokina Maximus and The Samoan Fell[6]
  • Globe Class Wrestling Association
    • WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 fourth dimension) – with Samu[64] [65]
    • WCWA World Tag Team Championship (three times) – with Samu[66] [67]
  • Globe Wrestling Quango
    • WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship (ane time) – with Samu[6]
  • World Wrestling Federation/Amusement/WWE
    • WWF Intercontinental Title (1 time)[68]
    • Earth Tag Team Title (2 times) – with Samu (1) and Rico (i)[69]
    • WWE Tag Team Title (1 fourth dimension) – with Scotty 2 Hotty[70]
    • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2015)[71] [72]
    • Slammy Award for Best Etiquette (1994) – with Samu [73]
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter
    • Worst Worked Friction match of the Year (1993) with Samu, Bastion Booger, and Bam Bam Bigelow vs. The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission at Survivor Series [74]

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