WWE is saddened to be taught that Afa Anoa’i Sr. — a WWE Corridor of Famer and one-half of the long-lasting Wild Samoans tag crew — has handed away.
Anoa’i used to be greatest identified for teaming alongside his brother Sika Anoa’i because the legendary tag crew The Wild Samoans. The siblings started teaming up within the Nineteen Seventies, accumulating accolades and championships in Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling promotion and the Nationwide Wrestling Alliance earlier than debuting in WWE in 1979. The brothers dominated WWE within the Nineteen Eighties, capturing the World Tag Group Championship thrice and changing into generally known as one of the feared groups in WWE historical past.
Afa returned to WWE in 1992 because the supervisor for The Headshrinkers, a crew comprised of his son Samu and nephew Fatu, aka Rikishi, earlier than retiring from WWE in 1995.
Afa and Sika later opened The Wild Samoan Coaching Facility, the place the legendary duo would prepare future generations of WWE Superstars, together with Batista. In 2007, The Wild Samoans had been bestowed with the very best honor in sports-entertainment once they had been inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame, the place they are going to be endlessly enshrined as one of many best tag groups of all time.
WWE extends its condolences to Anoa’i’s household, associates and followers.