On April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016, G.O.D. On November 13, Tonga and El Terrible won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from Atlantis and Diamante Azul.Tonga next made it to the finals of the 2012 La Copa Junior Tournament, where, on December 14, he was defeated by La Sombra in the main event of CMLL's 2012 Sin Piedad ("No Mercy") show. [32] Tonga next made it to the finals of the 2012 La Copa Junior Tournament, where, on December 14, he was defeated by La Sombra in the main event of CMLL's 2012 Sin Piedad ("No Mercy") show. The reigning IWGP Tag Team Champion put Roman Reigns and The Usos on notice in one of his latest tweets. [11] Shortly after competing in the Royal Rumble in 1992, Haku left the WWF to compete exclusively in SWS.[12]. [45] After a three-day reign, the three lost the title back to the Briscoes and Yano at The New Beginning in Niigata. Discover Tama Tonga's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Be the first one to comment on this story. defeated Makabe and Honma to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions. Quote Tweets. They finished at the bottom of their block with a record of three wins and four losses. WWE has interest in longtime New Japan Pro-Wrestling superstar Tama Tonga, according to a recent report from Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp.. [19] In March of the following year, Hikuleo competed in the New Japan Cup USA tournament, defeating Jordan Clearwater to qualify for the tournament. Set for the Fort Lauderdale IMPACT! Jan 5, 2023. However, all of that would only be possible if WWE comes to an agreement for a working relationship with NJPW. Meng finally won the title at the Sin pay-per-view on 14 January 2001. Roman to GOD: "You boys will Acknowledge me as your tribal chief. [89] In the semi-finals match, Tonga was defeated by A Block winner Kazuchika Okada, therefore failing to make the finals. He was promoted to the main roster in 2011, where he worked . The 'fake' stuff. He is also the adopted cousin of Bad Luck Fale.[8][9]. Of course, the same thing came out. Haku was left to wrestle on the lower card shows like Sunday Night Heat. Since 2003, Fifita has been essentially retired, returning to the wrestling ring on a few occasions over the years. Kindly help Sportskeeda's WWE section improve. In 1986, King Tonga, in his rookie year in the World Wrestling Federation, became a star by bodyslamming Big John Studd on Championship Wrestling, though predictably Studd's manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan didn't pay him the US$15,000 he promised to anyone who could do so. In late June 2016, Tonga returned to CMLL with his brother for a month-long excursion and the two competed in the 2016 International Gran Prix, where Tonga was the last eliminated, losing to winner Volador Jr.[52], Tonga was announced as one of the participants of the 2016 G1 Climax from 18 July 2016. Also Read: Is Tama Tonga Related to Roman Reigns? He was touted as being a former bodyguard to the Emperor of Japan and was initially called The Monster. [1] He is also known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he wrestled under the name Meng. [88] He finished with 10 points, defeating IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White to advance to the semi-finals. At No Surrender, Jay White interfered in the Guerrillas of Destiny's match against former Bullet Club stablemates Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows by hitting his finishing move Bladerunner on Tonga causing them to lose the match. [35] Also Tama Tonga commom uses the Face Paint like the Usos, uses the same outfit Roman uses and stuff.And for the great finale, we had a twitt from tama tonga saying he was the spiritual son from Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, but he could be actually his lost 3 grade nephew if you analize the Anoa'i family tree. In the course of their conversation, Tonga revealed that he met with Triple H in 2016 and verbally agreed to join WWE. In the WWF, he also wrestled under the names King Tonga and King Haku. The next week, Col. Parker announced that Meng will no longer be a bodyguard, but will be a wrestler from now on, winning his first match against a jobber with one fast high kick. [31] The match was scheduled for the following week at Fight for the Fallen, where Hikuleo, who was accompanied to the ring by his father King Haku, lost to Archer. [43], On 4 January 2016, at Wrestle Kingdom 10, Tonga teamed with Fale and Yujiro Takahashi to take part in a match to determine the inaugural NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions, they were defeated by Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano when Jay pinned Tonga. Tama Tonga (@Tama_Tonga) May 28, 2021 For months, Tama and Tanga (Guerrillas of Destiny) have been feuding with the Suzuki Gun duo of Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi (Dangerous Tekkers). They then left the ring declaring that they were the true Bullet Club. Over the years, wrestlers like Tama Tonga have won way more titles than most fans realize. He had less success than the previous year with a solitary victory over the team of King Fale/Yuji Nagata,[28] and losses against the other teams. 2008. Tama Tonga has announced that he has signed a new deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling, after recently teasing an AEW debut. From then on, Tonga and his associates would be announced during their entrances as members of Bullet Club OG, while the rest would be known as Bullet Club Elite. But thats where the connection of the Tonga wrestlers and the Anoai ends. After dragging Omega and the Young Bucks back to the ring to attack them further, fellow Bullet Club members Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Yujiro Takahashi, and Chase Owens all attempted to come to The Elite's defence, but were summarily beaten down. 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. Cookie Notice For some reason, social media users believe that Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns are related. [61], Tonga participated in his second G1 Climax by entering the 2017 edition in July. Published Nov 22, 2016. I said, 'Yeah. In March Tonga, Loa and Jado formed an alliance with Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato and later Hiroshi Tanahashi and joined the Hontai stable which represents New Japan.[85]. Prior to this, Meng had faced Goldberg (before he won the World Championship) on WCW Saturday Night and despite the loss had pushed Goldberg for longer than anyone had until that point. [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. In the spring of 1999, when Ric Flair was the (kayfabe) president on WCW programming, the barbaric Meng would often annihilate Flair's enemies per his instructions. Most live rock is sold in two basic categories: base live rock and display quality live rock. In the first part of 2010 he returned to WWC, first as a singles wrestler with the moniker King Tonga Jr. (his father had also wrestled in Puerto Rico as King Tonga). Tonga, born Alipate Aloisio Leone, is Tongan American and not Samoan. His distraction seemed to irritate both Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa. Alipate Aloisio Leone[7] (born October 15, 1982) is a Tongan-American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Tama Tonga (Tama Tonga). By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Late in the match Andr attempted to interfere, but Haku accidentally struck him with a savate kick which left Andr tied in the ropes; Haku was pinned shortly after this. [2][11], Koloamatangi continued his training throughout 2017, serving as a young lion. He has also worked with NJPW's partner promotion in Mexico, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship twice. At Wrestling Dontaku, Tonga defeated EVIL to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, his first New Japan singles championship. [23] Among Fifita's cousins are former New England Patriots defensive tackle Steve Fifita[24] and Australian Wallabies rugby international player Tatafu Polota-Nau. For exclusive Tama's Island content please visit the Tama's Island Patreon page! When they were ready to close, we had a few drinks, and on our way out there were five guys just sitting there. 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. Fresh off his victory over El Phantasmo at NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka, Tama Tonga is ready for new challenges. Under the guidance of two other former sumotori who had turned to puroresu, Genichiro Tenryu and Takashi Ishikawa, he joined their home promotion, All Japan Pro Wrestling. pLive rock is the basis for most aquaria today. The family also boasts a former wrestling champion, Sam Fatu, who went by several stage names. [57] They reached the final of the 2016 World Tag League but lost to Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma on December 10. The team's manager, Bobby Heenan, blamed Andr for the loss and even slapped the Giant, who retaliated by "paint-brushing" Heenan. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Pumpkin-Bomb [42] 1998 TAMA RockStar Used Acoustic Battery. The 40-year-old hails from a wrestling family, much like Reigns, as he is the adopted son. [24] At Windy City Riot, Hikuleo teamed with his Bullet Club stablemates and Scott Norton, losing to United Empire. February 21, 2022. He then grabbed another guy who tried to get involved and knocked him unconscious." After moving to Japan in 1974, he competed under the shikona (sumo name) of Fukunoshima (). Early in his career, he also refereed matches in the Amarillo territory. A week later, he left WCW just weeks before it was bought by WWF in March 2001. 247.4K. Rhodes and Omega would feud in both ROH and New Japan for a chunk of 2018 before Tama Tonga led the charge against all members of The Elite. [68], G.O.D. [66] The following day at New Year's Dash, they would regain the title from Chaos.[67]. As soon as Tama Tongas Twitter lockdown was lifted, he was quick to respond and accused Reigns of snitching him to the Twitter police. His final TV taping was against Shawn Stasiak on a WWF Jakked taping in Buffalo, New York on 23 July 2001 which Stasiak won. [63] On December 11, they were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Los Ingobernables de Japn (Evil and Sanada). PS. Roman Reigns was born Leati Joseph Joe Anoaiand is a member of the Anoai family. Tama's Island Tama Tonga Sports 4.8 234 Ratings OCT 21, 2022 Orange Juice and Red Wine Orange Juice and Red Wine [55] Tonga finished the tournament on August 12 with a record of four wins and five losses. That . [56], Returning to tag team competition with G.O.D., he and his brother regained the IWGP Tag Team Championship from the Briscoe Brothers on October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling. On AXS TV Tapings January 21 & 22 IMPACT Wrestling", "Guerrillas of Destiny, big in Japan, look for even more success", "NJPW 40th Anniversary Tour ~ Wrestle Kingdom VI In Tokyo Dome", "Noticias: Tama Tonga, Un imponente Samoano llega a nuestro pas! Retweets. [17] The following day, Haku teamed with his son and fellow Bullet Club members Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson and Yujiro Takahashi in a ten-man tag team match, where they defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kushida, Satoshi Kojima, Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma. [23], Following The Guerillas of Destiny's ejection from Bullet Club at No Surrender Hikuleo began to become more aggressive to stable leader Jay White, who was responsible for kicking out Hikuleo's brothers. 94 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, Ranked No. Alipate and Tevita live together in Orlando, Florida, commuting to Japan for tours of between a couple of weeks to three months.[10]. [15] At The New Beginning in Sapporo later that month, Koloamatangi changed his ring name to "Hikuleo". Upon winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship at G1 Supercard, he became the third wrestler to have won a championship in NJPW, CMLL, and ROH, behind Rocky Romero and Matt Taven. Japanese pro-wrestling star, Tama Tonga, broke out of Twitter Jail and ignited a feud with Roman Reigns, famous for being the current face of the WWE. [44] On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, Tonga, Fale and Takahashi defeated the Briscoes and Yano in a rematch to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Tevita Fifita (May 7, 1983) is a Tongan-American professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name Tanga Loa. He challenged Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship on December 17 at The Spectrum but failed to win the title. Jay's recent promo on NJPW Strong is openly critical of the brotherhood he left behind in New Japan. According to Sullivan, it was obvious that he and Meng weren't locals, so when they walked into the bar, a guy playing pool insulted Meng. Meng later joined the Dungeon of Doom under the name "Face of Terror" and forming a tag team named the Faces of Fear with his previous WWF tag team partner The Barbarian, with the pair being managed by another former WWF alumnus, Jimmy Hart. They initially congratulated Omega, but suddenly turned and attacked Omega and the Young Bucks as they were celebrating on the ramp while wearing T-shirts referring to themselves as the "BC Firing Squad". He was victorious against the returning Brady Boone, Jim Brunzell, Barry O, and the newly arrived Shane Douglas. [18] Hikuleo was absent from NJPW for a year from September 2019; he returned in September 2020 on the NJPW's United States show, NJPW Strong, defeating Brody King. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. Tonga 'Uli'uli Fifita (born 10 February 1959) is a Tongan professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as Haku. Rob Parker,[13] wearing business suits and shades while maintaining a quiet demeanor. And weirdly, many are asking if this is an internal family war. Just after WrestleMania, Haku became the first wrestler to challenge the new WWF champion, The Ultimate Warrior, but he lost the match. Tonga himself lost the strap to Anderson at last year's Dominion event. He is also known as a founding member of Bullet Club; he also makes appearances for Impact Wrestling in the United States.[8]. Fifita, under the name Meng, wrestled for World League Wrestling winning the WLW Heavyweight Championship on two occasions in 2000. While its pretty obvious that Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns arent related, their beef has sparked some hilarious reactions. Tama Tonga, one of the groups found members alongside Anderson, Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt (Finn Balor), shared his thoughts on the situation during the latest episode of Tama's Island. Did a WWE legend just take a shot at Sami Zayn's physique right here? He later teamed with Idol Stevens, billed as The New American Family they briefly held the WWC World Tag Team Championship. Take a 30sec survey now! This led to Hikuleo answering White's "U.S of Jay" open challenge at Mutiny in April 2022, however White defeated Hikuleo, who gave White the "too sweet" gesture post-match, confirming his loyalty to Bullet Club. He worked in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council where he feuded with Invader 1 and won many titles such as the WWC North American Tag Team Championship with El Gran Apolo, The WWC World Tag Team Championship with Hercules Hernandez and the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship. More viewing suggestions and links to movie trailers can be found with this story online at inland360.com. Since then, social media users are wondering if this is actually a family feud. Hikuleo competed in the 2019 New Japan Cup for the first time in his career, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Mikey Nicholls. [8] Haku and Andr lost the titles at WrestleMania VI, when Demolition defeated the Colossal Connection to regain the titles. They have a daughter, Vika; a son, Tevita who is also a wrestler; and two adopted sons, Alipate and Taula. He is an expert in pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts, and has been featured on numerous high-profile websites and magazines. Thank U. People used to always compared Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns. He spoke about an incident when he witnessed several cops trying to hold Haku down and one of them struck Haku with a baton on his face while the others emptied their cans of mace on him but nothing seemed to faze Haku. The team also had a classic feud with The British Bulldogs that was started when the Islanders, along with Bobby Heenan, kidnapped the Bulldogs' mascot, a bulldog named Matilda. [25] Hikuleo teamed with White, to defeat Kazuchika Okada and Rocky Romero of Chaos at Capital Collision in May. To me, it's nothing. The latest Twitter feud stems from wrestling heavyweights Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns beefing online. Fans around the world have also made it vocal that they are quite invested in a potential dream tag team match between The Guerrillas of Destiny and The Usos. Alipate Aloisio Leone, popularly known as Tama Tonga, is often linked with WWE Champion Roman Reigns. Meng spent much of 1997 facing lower and mid-card performers before starting a small winning streak in the summer of 1998. During a phone call in 2004 they decided they would become professional wrestlers once they had finished their respective obligations three years later. Later that night, Haku appeared with Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa after Kenny Omega successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Cody. It's all good. Although they are both apart of the Anoai family, Johnson and Reigns arent biologically related. At the G1 Special in San Francisco, Tama, Loa, King Haku, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi defeated CHAOS members Gedo, Yoshi-Hashi, and Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, Sho and Yoh), with Tama pinning Gedo after a Tongan Death Grip by Haku to Gedo followed by a Gun Stun. He needs to stop lying, I know damn well that's Roman reigns. [62] In December, Guerrillas of Destiny won their block in the 2017 World Tag League with a record of five wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. [40][41] Tonga remained in CMLL until the end of the year. [26] Hikuleo was scheduled to compete in an 8-man tag-team match at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, teaming with Bullet Club stablemate El Phantasmo and one night only members The Young Bucks against Darby Allin, Sting and Los Ingobernables de Japon members, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi, however it was announced that Takahashi wouldn't be able to compete at the event, due to suffering from a fever, so the match was made a six-man tag-team match, without Hikuleo. Gentleman Ian (113 Articles Published) Jeff Sharp is a freelance writer from Parts Unknown. 15 Things You Didn't Know About The Anoa'i Family. [1][3], Koloamatangi was trained to wrestle by Bully Ray and Devon at the Team 3D Academy in Florida. At the end of the night, following Kenny's victory over Cody in the main event, Tama, Loa, and Haku came out to seemingly celebrate with Kenny and the Young Bucks in a show of loyalty, only to attack The Elite, as well as fellow Bullet Club members Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, even Chase and Takahashi, and finally Cody, when they tried to intervene. 402. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Guerrillas of Destiny were challenging the Good Brothers for the Impact World Tag Team Championships when Chris Bey came to ringside. [2][4][7], Koloamatangi and his elder brother Alipate were adopted by their maternal aunt, Dorothy Koloamatangi, and her husband Tonga Fifita, who brought them to the United States. I have no negativity with it. He's currently active in IMPACT Wrestling where he's teaming with Tanga Loa and feuding with THe Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson). Earlier in the show heel manager Bobby Heenan had announced he would have a new tag team that night and everyone thought he was going to introduce a new team to the WWF. 316K subscribers NJPW star Tama Tonga sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Tampa, FL. Instead he showed up at ringside during the match where it became known his "new" team was in fact The Islanders. /ppThe . 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. Dwayne Johnson refers to Haku as an uncle. Jeff Sharp is a freelance writer from Parts Unknown. See details. Published Aug 14, 2021. Later that month he was programmed into a house show program with Hercules. In WCW, (because the name Haku was trademarked by the WWF) Fifita wrestled as Meng. [35] Hikuleo teamed with Bey in his Impact debut, defeating FinJuice at Victory Road. The likes of Ric Flair and Edge are well known for being incredibly successful when it comes . On 4 January 2012, Tonga appeared in a dark match during Wrestle Kingdom VI (considered as NJPW's most important show), teaming with Captain New Japan to defeat Kyosuke Mikami and Tomoaki Honma. His finishing hold is the camel clutch, and he has been known to use the poison mist. 15 Things You Didn't Know About The Anoa'i Family, 10 Wrestlers From The 1990s Who Are Only Remembered For One Storyline, 10 "So-Bad-They're-Good" WWE Storylines That Were Wildly Entertaining, 10 AEW Wrestlers We Hope Will Never Return To The Company, 10 Feel-Good WCW Stories That Made Fans Emotional, 10 Wrestlers Whose Ring Names Are Tributes (To Other Wrestlers), 5 Best WWE Tag Team Champions Of The Golden Era (& 5 Worst), 10 WCW Character Transformations That Made No Sense, 5 Wrestling Valets & Managers That Were Helpful (& 5 That Were Just Eye Candy). This article is about the professional wrestler. On January 30, 2019, they lost the Never Openweight 6-Man Championship against Taguchi, Makabe, and Yano. He attended Florida's Webber International University, majoring in sport management and playing basketball as a center for the Webber International Warriors. Lets break down these pro-wrestlers family trees to find out. 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. By fall, he would become listed as a member of the Impact roster,[34] and he, Chris Bey, and El Phantasmo established themselves as a U.S. based branch of Bullet Club in Impact Wrestling. Sione Vailahi, who would later become better known as pro-wrestler "The Barbarian", was also a part of this group. [34] He was eventually released from the WWF in April 2002. 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