"I . The Firing Squad attempted to make peace with Cody, but Cody refused, and was also attacked. Rob Parker,[13] wearing business suits and shades while maintaining a quiet demeanor. By the end of 2018, The Elite had turned their full. The 40-year-old hails from a wrestling family, much like Reigns, as he is the adopted son. He also participated in matches for the newly introduced WCW Hardcore Championship toward the end of 1999. So, you can see where Reigns connection to someone named Tama Tonga comes from. Please logout and login again. [14] On January 4, 2018, Koloamatangi appeared at Wrestle Kingdom 12, the 27th annual January 4 Tokyo Dome Show (NJPW's annual flagship event), taking part in a New Japan Rumble. [45] After a three-day reign, the three lost the title back to the Briscoes and Yano at The New Beginning in Niigata. [17], After recuperating and spending six months training at the NJPW Dojo in Los Angeles, Hikuleo returned at Honor Rising: Japan in February 2019, accompanying his brothers to ringside. On 14 February 1992, Haku and Yoshiaki Yatsu became the first SWS Tag Team Champions. Goldberg won and retained his title that night and thus added another wrestler in his winning streak, making it 1600. Archived post. Alipate Aloisio Leone, popularly known as Tama Tonga, is often linked with WWE Champion Roman Reigns. As soon as Tama Tongas Twitter lockdown was lifted, he was quick to respond and accused Reigns of snitching him to the Twitter police. Those who believe they are related are hoping for one badass matchup between these supposed relatives. I said, 'Yeah. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Pumpkin-Bomb At the event, The Good Brothers retained the championships. [55] Tonga finished the tournament on August 12 with a record of four wins and five losses. Leone and his younger brother Taula were adopted by their maternal aunt and her husband, professional wrestler Tonga Fifita better known as Haku or Meng from his native island of Tonga while they were visiting in 1991. Jan 5, 2023. Of course, the same thing came out. [69], 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. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. In the early 1980s, Fifita, taking the name King Tonga, wrestled in Canada for Frank Valois' International Wrestling promotion based in Montreal. [50], On 3 March 1989, Haku got into an altercation with some men at a Baltimore Airport bar who called wrestling "fake", and during the fight, Haku bit off the nose of one of the men. Fifita, under the name Meng, wrestled for World League Wrestling winning the WLW Heavyweight Championship on two occasions in 2000. Fifita previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Micah and for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the name Camacho, the bodyguard and occasional tag team partner of Hunico, as well as occasionally . It's said the interest "isn't new", and . During the appearance he represented his son Tama Tonga's Bullet Club stable. On the first night of the Wrestling Dontaku 2018 shows, G.O.D and Fale lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to the Super Villains (Marty Scurll and the Young Bucks). Also in November 2008, they took part in a WWE tryout camp, two months later they were told that Tevita would be offered a contract by the company (he would later appear on television as Camacho) while Alipate would not. On July 5, Tonga and El Terrible lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Tanahashi and Jyushin Thunder Liger. As one half of the Guerrillas of Destiny with Tanga Loa, the Bullet Club. The four of them founded a new villainous stable named Bullet Club under Devitt's leadership.[36]. [1][3], Koloamatangi was trained to wrestle by Bully Ray and Devon at the Team 3D Academy in Florida. All it means is that WWE is much bigger than NJPW. After six long months, Karl Anderson's polarizing NEVER Openweight Title run came to an end against Tama Tonga today at Wrestle Kingdom 17. While Tama stayed neutral at Strong Style Evolved before a tag team match against Marty Scurll and Cody, Tama stated if he were to be on a team it wouldn't be Team Cody. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the current NEVER Openweight Champion in his second reign. In that time, Anderson made successful defenses against former NJPW ace Hiroshi Tanahashi and rising star Hikuleo. Haku is somehow related to the Rock and Romans branches of the family. Fifita wrestled under the names Haku or Meng and was close to the Anoai Family, even forming a tag team with Rikishi. [40][41] Tonga remained in CMLL until the end of the year. [58] On January 4, 2017, Tonga and Loa lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano in a three-way match, also involving Makabe and Honma. Like bragging about being a bigger star as a WWE wrestler than a non-WWE wrestler actually means nothing at all and is a really weak insult. Theres no evidence that Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns are even distantly related. Roman Reigns, whos gearing up for the anticipated SummerSlam, managed to get a screenshot of Tongas tweet before that though. The two teams are set to collide at IMPACT No Surrender. He challenged Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship on December 17 at The Spectrum but failed to win the title. Coming towards the end of Fifita's WWF career, he would wrestle under the name King Haku for Japanese promotion Super World of Sports. When it comes to professional wrestling, there are plenty of wrestlers who have been able to pick up loads of titles across their careers. For exclusive Tama's Island content please visit the Tama's Island Patreon page! [8] Haku and Andr lost the titles at WrestleMania VI, when Demolition defeated the Colossal Connection to regain the titles. In the WWF, he also wrestled under the names King Tonga and King Haku. [68], G.O.D. 330 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003, The Heartbreakers (Heartbreaker Apollo and Heartbreaker Adonis), The Wildcats (Mike Anthony and Dobby Gillies), The Starr Corporation (Bouncer Bruno and Victor the Bodyguard), The Huertas Brothers/The Invaders (Maelo Huertas and, Salt 'n' Pepper (Derrick King and Stan Lee), The Texas Outlaws (Todd Dean and Brian Gamble), D'Jour Twins (Dave D'Jour and David D'Jour), This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 15:13. [25], Many former wrestling personalities have described Haku as the toughest or greatest legitimate fighter in wrestling, including Stone Cold Steve Austin,[26] Road Warrior Animal,[27] Perry Saturn,[28][29] Barbarian and Warlord,[30] Hulk Hogan,[31] Rocky Johnson,[32] The Rock,[33] Rick Steiner,[34] Arn Anderson,[35] Goldberg,[36] Big Van Vader,[37] Fit Finlay,[38] Mean Gene Okerlund,[39] Ric Flair,[40] Stu Hart,[41] Rikishi,[42] Frenchy Martin,[43] Jim Cornette,[44] Bob Holly,[45] Dave Penzer,[46] Gino Brito,[47] J. J. Dillon,[48] Sonny Onoo,[49] and Hillbilly Jim. Haku's last matches were against WWF European Champion Diamond Dallas Page at house shows in February and March 2002 losing to all of them in Texas, New Mexico, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. He was eventually released from the WWF in April 2002. And weirdly, many are asking if this is an internal family war. They took him back to Poinciana, Florida where he grew up with his biological cousin and adoptive brother, fellow professional wrestler Tevita, and his older sister Vika. Me and Siva kind of cleaned house there and left. [15] Tonga was one of sixteen wrestlers who competed in the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. Tevita Tu'amoeloa Fetaiakimoeata Fifita (born May 7, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), under the ring name Tanga Loa ( Tanga Roa) (originally Tanga Roa).. Fifita started his wrestling career in WWE's farm territory Florida Championship Wrestling in 2009. He is also the adopted cousin of Bad Luck Fale.[8][9]. [20] In the first round, Hikuleo defeated Fred Rosser, but lost in the semi-final round to eventual tournament winner Tom Lawlor. Even in a competitive anime season like that one, Bocchi stood out with its wacky humor, cool rock 'n roll music, relatable dandere protagonist and "cute girls doing cute things" factor. Thank You @Tama_Tonga , thank you @njpw1972 . They lost the championship on 16 April when they lost them to George and Shunji Takano but would regain them on 18 April, holding them until 19 June when SWS closed. He has a half-brother, Tama Tonga, and is the cousin and adopted brother of Tanga Loa and Vika. They were in the NJPW dojo at the same time and realised they were related when a relative commented on a photo Fale had posted on social media. Bullet Club (2013-present) Karl Anderson vs. Tama Tonga Announced For NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, Full Card Confirmed Image Credit: NJPW Karl Anderson will officially compete at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17. Meng appeared at Chikara's King of Trios 2012 tournament, held on 1416 September in Easton, Pennsylvania, teaming with The Barbarian and The Warlord under the team name the Faces of Pain. But thats where the connection of the Tonga wrestlers and the Anoai ends. Also Read: Details on the Net Worth of Ric Flair in 2018, Everything You Need to Know About Dwayne Johnsons Partner, Lauren Hashian, Details on the Net Worth of Ric Flair in 2018. [12] We asked one half of the Guerrillas of Destiny all about the current happenings in NJPW, the Good Brothers making moves, EVIL's dominance, and, of course, about those comparisons to Roman Reigns! Gentleman Ian (113 Articles Published) Jeff Sharp is a freelance writer from Parts Unknown. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. [63] On December 11, they were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Los Ingobernables de Japn (Evil and Sanada). [28] In September, Hikuleo made his return to Japan at NJPW Burning Spirit teaming with Kenta and Taiji Ishimori to defeat Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Kushida. On 14 September, the team was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Team ROH (Mike Bennett and Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[15][16]. He took part in the 2014 World Tag League with Bad Luck Fale in November of that year. would end up dropping the tag team titles at Wrestle Kingdom 13 to Sanada and EVIL in a 3 Way Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship that also included The Young Bucks. [66] The following day at New Year's Dash, they would regain the title from Chaos.[67]. [65] They lost the title to Chaos (Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) in a five-team gauntlet match on January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome. 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