Ahead of Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite, the Bullet Club original revealed that he was a free agent, fuelling speculation that he would appear for the US-promotion.As Tama Tonga's original tweet featured a 'misinformation' hashtag, many fans questioned whether . He was referred to as The Samoan Savage, The Tonga Kid, and Tama. A week later, he left WCW just weeks before it was bought by WWF in March 2001. 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. [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. NJPW star Tama Tonga returned to the ring this past week at NJPW Strong after a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to travel restrictions, but The Bullet Club OG has kept himself very busy by. [19] In March of the following year, Hikuleo competed in the New Japan Cup USA tournament, defeating Jordan Clearwater to qualify for the tournament. . Afterwards, White, Chris Bey, and the Good Brothers all gave the 'too sweet' hand gesture in the middle of the ring signalling that Tonga and Loa had been kicked out of the group. In WCW, (because the name Haku was trademarked by the WWF) Fifita wrestled as Meng. [1] He is also known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he wrestled under the name Meng. [1][3], Koloamatangi was trained to wrestle by Bully Ray and Devon at the Team 3D Academy in Florida. [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. Haku would work in WWF's developmental territory Heartland Wrestling Association. Privacy Policy. 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Teaming with Kurasawa, he feuded against Sting and Road Warrior Hawk after the feud he was called "The Monster" Meng.[14]. 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. The 'fake' stuff. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013, Tonga followed Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale ringside after Karl Anderson's loss to Hiroshi Tanahashi where they all attacked Tanahashi. [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. bishop vesey's grammar school fees. However, Tonga did manage to defeat the IWGP United States Champion, Juice Robinson, as well as that year's B Block winner, Kota Ibushi. But thats where the connection of the Tonga wrestlers and the Anoai ends. At Wrestling Dontaku, Tonga defeated EVIL to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, his first New Japan singles championship. He has a half-brother, Tama Tonga, and is the cousin and adopted brother of Tanga Loa and Vika. Following that, Hikuleo debuted in The European promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling for his excursion to gain more experience and training, losing to Dan Magee in his first match on June 29. That . He was initially portrayed as the mysterious and intimidating bodyguard of Col. [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. 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. 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. The Firing Squad attempted to make peace with Cody, but Cody refused, and was also attacked. [9], In early 1991 he formed a tag team shortly after this with fellow Heenan Family member The Barbarian. [37] At Turning Point in November, Bey and Hikuleo were once again unsuccessful in capturing the Impact World Tag Team Championships from The Good Brothers. Just after WrestleMania, Haku became the first wrestler to challenge the new WWF champion, The Ultimate Warrior, but he lost the match. [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. Thank You @Tama_Tonga , thank you @njpw1972 . They finished at the bottom of their block with a record of three wins and four losses. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He would later lose the crown to Hacksaw Jim Duggan[7] who himself was crowned as "King Duggan". Since then, social media users are wondering if this is actually a family feud. Love it. [15] Tonga was one of sixteen wrestlers who competed in the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. 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 needs to stop lying, I know damn well that's Roman reigns. He was eliminated from the match after submitting to Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. Nevertheless, this merely served as a springboard for him to wrestle all over the world. NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING 417K subscribers Subscribe 439 16K views 3 months ago #njpower IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Jay White vs. Tonga feuded with the top stars of the promotion, including Dino Bravo. Or, maybe its because Reigns is related to someone with a similar name as Tama Tongas. However he would cement his position as king by successfully defending his crown against the returning Race in a match at the 1989 Royal Rumble at The Summit in Houston. A feud thus broke out between the Islanders and the Connection; when Zenk left the WWF, Martel and replacement partner Tito Santana, as Strike Force continued the war, with the Islanders challenging Strike Force for the WWF World Tag Team Championship after the latter team won the belts. [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. Fifita wrestled under the names Haku or Meng and was close to the Anoai Family, even forming a tag team with Rikishi. What was that comparison like for you? And we had a lot of spat, back and forth but he knows now I ain't one to back down. [33], In the summer of 2021, Hikuleo would begin to make appearances in another NJPW partner promotion in the U.S., Impact Wrestling. Hence, Jax and Snuka are not related to each other by blood. [29] Later in the Burning Spirit tour on September 25, Hikuleo betrayed Bullet Club by attacking Jay White along with Tama Tonga, turning face and joining the Guerillas of Destiny stable with his brothers Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa along with Jado.[30]. Jay's recent promo on NJPW Strong is openly critical of the brotherhood he left behind in New Japan. [33], Tonga returned to NJPW in early 2013, just in time to compete in Wrestle Kingdom 7 on January 4 where he teamed up with Captain New Japan and Wataru Inoue to defeat Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi by pinning Jado. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 38 years old? Over the years, wrestlers like Tama Tonga have won way more titles than most fans realize. Despite interfering in the match, Bullet Club was defeated by Sting, Allin, and Takagi at the event. He finished with a record of four wins and five losses. 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. and our His son Tevita played football as a defensive end for the University of Texas at El Paso and was on the WWE roster from 2009 until 2014, as Camacho, and was also known as Micah in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. On April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016, G.O.D. In the course of their conversation, Tonga revealed that he met with Triple H in 2016 and verbally agreed to join WWE. [15] At The New Beginning in Sapporo later that month, Koloamatangi changed his ring name to "Hikuleo". On the night of the G1 Climax finals, Tama, Loa, and Ishimori won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships from the Super Villains in what was originally scheduled to be a showcase match but became a title match after Matt Jackson accepted a challenge from Loa to put the belts on the line. Tama Tonga was adopted by his maternal aunt and her husband Haku, who are the parents of Tanga Loa. Tama Tonga has announced that he has signed a new deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling, after recently teasing an AEW debut. [39], A second generation professional wrestler, Koloamatangi is the nephew and adopted son of professional wrestler Haku and his wife Dorothy Koloamatangi. His last night as a bodyguard was at SuperBrawl V when Hacksaw Jim Duggan wrestled Bunkhouse Buck; after the match, Meng attacked Duggan. Roman Reigns, whos gearing up for the anticipated SummerSlam, managed to get a screenshot of Tongas tweet before that though. You can follow Tama Tonga here, and the Tama's Island podcast here. [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. We use cookies to improve user experience. He attended Tonga College, an all-boys school, where the top sport was rugby. [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. First off, Tama Tonga is the son of Haku, a Wrestler that in Kayfabe was in a tag team with a Samoan and presented as such.He had the same moves, the same headbutt no selling spot and stuff, also had the same outfits the samoan used. Winless in these matches, he then became part of the Heenan Family feud against The Big Boss Man and participated in the 1990 Survivor Series. In that time, Anderson made successful defenses against former NJPW ace Hiroshi Tanahashi and rising star Hikuleo. TAMA offers Drum Kits, Snare Drums, Original Percussion, Hardware, Microphone Stands and Sticks, plus drum accessories like bags, cases and practice goods. Later on, Meng had a short-lived feud with Sting and occasionally faced top stars like Lex Luger and WCW Champion Bret Hart. Haku never legally tagged Andre into the match (due to Andr's poor health). [35] Hikuleo teamed with Bey in his Impact debut, defeating FinJuice at Victory Road. [90] Due to knocking White out of the tournament, Tonga earned an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match on October 10 at Declaration of Power, however failed to capture the title from White at the event. 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. I'll never forget it."[51]. Born in the South Pacific island which shares his first name, Tonga Uliuli Fifita was entrenched in athletic competition from an early age. The feud has been quite entertaining to wrestling watchers. [47] On March 3, Tonga scored the biggest singles win of his career by defeating former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and reigning IWGP Tag Team Champion Togi Makabe in the first round of the 2016 New Japan Cup. Hikuleo appeared in the crowd on Night 2 of Fyter Fest, watching the IWGP United States Championship match between Jon Moxley and Lance Archer, thus making his All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut. Maivia's daughter, Ata Maivia-Johnson, is Jax's aunt. This American-Samoa family is pretty distinguished in wrestling circles for blessing the sport with some of the greatest pros. /ppThe . They then left the ring declaring that they were the true Bullet Club. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. He was named Webber International University's junior varsity men's basketball most valuable player for 20092010. [6] In one of his first big matches after becoming King Haku, he would face Hulk Hogan with Miss Elizabeth in Hogan's corner on Saturday Night's Main Event in October 1988. When they were ready to close, we had a few drinks, and on our way out there were five guys just sitting there. Haku would later go on to form the tag team known as The Colossal Connection with Andr the Giant and win the WWF Tag Team Championship from Demolition on 30 December edition of Superstars (taped on 13 December). On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Meng finally won the title at the Sin pay-per-view on 14 January 2001. Me and Siva kind of cleaned house there and left. New Japan. [40][41] Tonga remained in CMLL until the end of the year. 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 . 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. While speaking on the. He also entered the 2011 G1 Tag League tournament, this time teaming up with Strong Man, calling themselves Muscle Pavilion. The second night, Tama debuted the newest member to Bullet Club, Taiji Ishimori. 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. 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. 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. Thank you so much to Tama Tonga for taking the time to chat with myself. Roman to GOD: "You boys will Acknowledge me as your tribal chief. Bullet Club (2013-present) Kevin Sullivan told a story to WWE Classics about the time when he and Haku went to a tavern to grab a few beers before heading to their hotel. Fifita, under the name Meng, wrestled for World League Wrestling winning the WLW Heavyweight Championship on two occasions in 2000. Haku is somehow related to the Rock and Romans branches of the family. It's said the interest "isn't new", and . While its pretty obvious that Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns arent related, their beef has sparked some hilarious reactions. [86] He lost the title to Karl Anderson at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall, ending his reign at 42 days. The New Japan Cup in the USA tournament gives him the. Home; News; Reviews; Humor; Mechanics; You are here: Home / anoa'i family tree 46: 29.10.2021: Tonga is the reigning NEVER Openweight Champion, winning the belt from Karl Anderson at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17. He later teamed with Idol Stevens, billed as The New American Family they briefly held the WWC World Tag Team Championship. Kindly help Sportskeeda's WWE section improve. In 1988, following King Harley Race's legitimate stomach injury sustained in a match against Hulk Hogan, Haku was given Race's crown and robe and was rechristened King Haku during a coronation ceremony. [4] In 2016, he travelled to Japan, where he became a student at the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) dojo. Goldberg, too, had an impressive winning streak. [53] NJPW's most prestigious tournament, it entitles its winner to an IWGP Heavyweight Championship title match at the next Wrestle Kingdom., Tonga's participation in the G1 was seen as a major step-up. On this page, you find the full wrestling profile of Tama Tonga, with his Career History, Real Name, Age, Height and Weight, all the Face/Heel Turns, the Championship Titles he won, Finishers, Theme Songs, the Tag Teams and Stables he is been a part of, his appearance changes through the years, and more. [9], After graduating from Poinciana High School high-school, he joined the United States Air Force and was stationed for six years at Whiteman Air Force Base, serving as a B-2 Spirit mechanic. Tonga himself lost the strap to Anderson at last year's Dominion event. Most live rock is sold in two basic categories: base live rock and display quality live rock. All positive for me. Of course, the same thing came out. Haku was left to wrestle on the lower card shows like Sunday Night Heat. Jan 5, 2023. The family also boasts a former wrestling champion, Sam Fatu, who went by several stage names. 28. Indonesian live rock is back after years and is considered to be the PREMIER display live rock on the market. Tama Tonga Defeats Karl Anderson, Wins NEVER Openweight Title At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Colin Tessier Wednesday, January 04, 2023 Image Credit: NJPW Tama Tonga has won the NEVER Openweight. Andr's face turn meant that the team had split. Hikuleo returned to AEW on the June 1 episode of AEW Dynamite teaming with Undisputed Elite members The Young Bucks and reDRagon to defeat the Jurassic Express, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy and Darby Allin in a ten-man tag-team match. [50] They lost the title to Jay and Mark Briscoe on June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall. [13], Alipate continued wrestling as Kava in WXW during the year, winning the WXW Television Championship on 20 June 2009 though he lost it the same day. With SWS closing, King Haku wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico and New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Wrestle Association R in Japan, before finally joining World Championship Wrestling. They would win the tournament for the first time after defeating FinJuice in the finals. As one half of the Guerrillas of Destiny with Tanga Loa, the Bullet Club. Their most notable match was a defeat in the opening match of WrestleMania VII against The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty). They continued wrestling under the same name in World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) and Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council (WWC) until early 2009. He is currently wrestling for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and the U.S. promotion Impact Wrestling under the ring name Hikuleo ( Hikureo), he is a former member of Bullet Club.He has joined his brothers of the Guerrillas of Destiny as of September. He was promoted to the main roster in 2011, where he worked . See details. [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. The match was a 16-man torneo cibernetico elimination match, from which Tonga was eliminated when Atlantis and Shocker double teamed him. [29], In September 2012 it was announced that Tonga would go to Mexico from 10 October 2012 and work for NJPW's partner promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Thank U. The 40-year-old hails from a wrestling family, much like Reigns, as he is the adopted son. [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. Tonga, playing off his heel persona, got into an interaction that escalated quite quickly. "Tama & Tonga: pic.twitter.com/mfbzeFBN6n. Alipate Aloisio Leone[7] (born October 15, 1982) is a Tongan-American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Tama Tonga (Tama Tonga). The two teams are set to collide at IMPACT No Surrender. [42] He defeated Nobuo Yoshihashi,[16] and Akira,[17] but lost to Ryusuke Taguchi,[18] Fujita Hayato,[19] Kenny Omega,[20] Koji Kanemoto,[21] and Taiji Ishimori, ending with four points, second to last his group. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens defeated Chaos members Yoshi-Hashi, Gedo, Rocky Romero, Yoh and Sho, after making Gedo submit to the Tongan Death Grip. With the Bullet Club currently being stacked with talents such as Jay White, KENTA, and EVIL, it shouldn't be too hard for Guerrillas of Destiny to find a third man for a match against The Bloodline. "Standing behind [The] Rock at Mania" - Wrestling fans react to Triple H reportedly bringing in WWE legend's adopted son. After a troupe of Japanese sumo wrestlers visited the island kingdom in an attempt to drum up local interest in the sport . [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. He also participated in matches for the newly introduced WCW Hardcore Championship toward the end of 1999. Tonga collected a net worth of $5 million and an average salary of $ 500,000 at an important event. [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. [87] Also at the event, Tonga was announced to be a part of the G1 Climax 32 tournament in July, where he would compete in the B Block. He defeated Davey Richards and Nobuo Yoshihashi but lost to Fujita Hayato, Kenny Omega, Koji Kanemoto, Ryusuke Taguchi and Taiji Ishimori and ended up with just four points, second to last his group. Divisions: Makuuchi Jry Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi. Do check the Promotions tab if you cannot find it in the Primary Inbox. So that's all positive. 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