Sika Anoa'i

Infobox Wrestler
name = Leati Anoa'i
names = Sika


height = 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
weight = 298 lbs
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birth_date = birth date and age|1945|4|5cite book|last = Sutter|first = Frederic Koehler|title = The Samoans: A Global Family|publisher = University of Hawaii Press|year = 1989|location = Honolulu, Hawaii|pages = 195|isbn = 0824812387]
birth_place = Leone, American Samoa
death_date =
death_place =
resides = Pennsylvaniaciteweb|title=Wild Samoans: Tag Team Legends|work=Spasifik|url=http://www.spasifikmag.com/hpsportleisure01/wrestlingforfame/wildsamoans/|accessdate=2007-10-11]
billed = Samoa
trainer = Afa Anoa'i [citeweb|title=Ten Questions With Afa the Wild Samoan|work=Wrestling Clothesline|url=http://www.wrestlingclothesline.com/afa.htm|accessdate=2007-10-11]
debut = 1974
retired =

Leati "Sika" Anoa'icite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/sika.html|title=Online World of Wrestling - Sika Anoai|accessdate=2007-09-08] (born April 5 1945 in Leone, American Samoa) is a member of the famous Anoa'i family and is a former professional wrestler. He and his brother Afa are related to heavyweight boxer David Tua. [citeweb|title=David Tua|work=The Wild Samoan Training Center|url=http://www.wildsamoan.com/Davidtua.htm|accessdate=2007-10-12]

One of 4 children, Sika moved to the United States when he was 14. His father was a pastor and was transferred to San Francisco. To help feed his family, Sika joined the Merchant Marine. Eventually, he followed Afa's lead and began wrestling professionally.

Sika has two sons, Matt and Joe. [citeweb|title=Wild Samoan Sika|work=The Wild Samoan Training Center|url=http://www.wildsamoan.com/sika.htm|accessdate=2007-10-11] citeweb|title=Biography: The Wild Samoans|work=World Wrestling Entertainment|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/wildsamoans/|accessdate=2007-10-11] Matt is a professional wrestler, who recently wrestled in WWE under the name "Rosey". He currently works out of All Japan Pro Wrestling. Joe played college football for Georgia Tech from 2003-2006. [citeweb|title=Player Bio: Joe Anoai|work=Ramblin Wreck|url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/anoai_joe00.html/|accessdate=2007-10-12]

Career

Sika teamed with his brother Afa to form the tag team the Wild Samoans. They teamed in various promotions including WWF and Mid-South. In 1979, they signed with the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment). Along with Afa, Sika held the WWF Tag Team Championship on three occasions.citeweb|title=History of the World Tag Team Championship|work=World Wrestling Entertainment|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/|accessdate=2007-10-11] They won their first title in the WWF by defeating the team of Ivan Putski and Tito Santana on April 12 1980.cite web|title=WWWF/WWF/WWE World Tag Team Title|work=Wrestling Titles|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-t.html|accessdate=2007-12-26] The Wild Samoans held the belts for almost four months before losing them to Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales on August 9. The title was vacated the following day, however, because Backlund already held the WWF Championship and could not defend both titles. A tournament was held to select the new champions, and The Wild Samoans defeated Tony Garea and Rene Goulet to regain the belts.

After losing the title to Garea and Goulet, the Wild Samoans left the WWF to compete in Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling. They won the tag team championship three times before leaving the promotion to wrestle in the National Wrestling Alliance's Mid-Atlantic territory. While there, the Wild Samoans defeated the Fabulous Freebirds to win the NWA National Tag Team Championship. Sika and Afa soon left the promotion and vacated the championship.

Following their stint in the NWA, the Wild Samoans returned to the WWF. They won their third and final WWF Tag Team Championship on March 8 1983 by defeating Jules Strongbow and Chief Jay Strongbow. Four days later, Sika sustained an injury during a match. As a result, he was forced to take time off while his nephew Samula Anoa'i helped defend the title in his place. [citeweb|title=WWF World Tag Team Title History |work=Wrestling Information Archive|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wwf/wwftag.htm|accessdate=2007-10-12] After Afa left the WWF, Sika teamed with Kamala and was managed by King Curtis Iaukea until Mr. Fuji took over management of the team.citeweb|title=Wrestler Profiles: Curtis Iaukea|work=Online World of Wrestling|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/c/curtis-iaukea.html|accessdate=2007-10-12] Sika also headlined a Saturday Night's Main Event on September 23, 1987 against Hulk Hogancite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/snme/871003.html|title=WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results - September 23, 1987|accessdate=2007-09-08] . On March 27, 1988 Sika was a part of the battle royal at WrestleMania IV, but he did not win.cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/wrestlemania4.html|title=WWE WrestleMania IV results - March 27, 1988|accessdate=2007-09-08]

Anoa'i also appeared alongside Roddy Piper and other WWF wrestlers in the 1987 film "Body Slam". In 1988, Sika teamed up with another relative, Kokina (better known as Yokozuna). The pair wrestled as a tag team in Continental Wrestling Federation and were managed by Alan Martin.citeweb|title=Eddie Gilbert Page 2|work=Kayfabe Memories|url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Wrestlers/WLegilbert-2.htm|accessdate=2007-10-12]

On the March 23, 2007 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, it was announced that Afa and Sika would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2007.cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070323.html|title=WWE SmackDown results - March 23, 2007|accessdate=2007-09-08] On March 31, 2007, the Wild Samoans were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Afa's son, Samu, and Sika's son, Matt.cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/halloffame/wwe.html|work=Online World of Wrestling|title=Hall of Fame 2007|accessdate=2007-09-08]

Sika and Afa now run The Wild Samoan Training Center, a wrestling school that has produced such alumni as Umaga and Batista. In March 2002, Sika suffered head and facial injuries when a beer truck hit his car near Pensacola, Florida.

In 2002, Sika started up a small indy promotion in Milton, Fl. There, he had former WWE talnet such as, Granmaster Sexay, Rikishi, Jon Heidenrich,& Black Pearl. He also had a few up and coming stars that are rising up in the gulfcoast such as, The Future Legend D.J Pringle, Jerry Reiner, Sirus Lavaye, Brutal Joe Gibson, BTY Colby Godwin, 610 Kid, James Ryker, The Master of Devestation Cameron Frost, Billy Rayz & Scotty Rayz, and Cameron Thomas just to name a few.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves
**Samoan Drop
**Headbutt
**Stomach claw
**Snap suplex
**German suplex
**Superplex
*Managers
**General Skandor Akbarcite web|title=Tag Team Profiles: The Wild Samoans|work=Online World of Wrestling|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/w/wild-samoans.html|accessdate=2007-12-25]
**Lou Albano [citeweb|title=Biography: Captain Lou Albano|work=World Wrestling Entertainment|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/captainloualbano/bio/|accessdate=2007-10-12]
**Ole Anderson
**Brother Ernest Angel [citeweb|title=Continental Wrestling: November 1987 - May 1988|url=http://www.msu.edu/~lattimej/Continental.html|accessdate=2001-10-12]
**Abdullah Farouk, Jr.
**Mr. Fuji
**King Curtis Iaukea
**Ernie Ladd
**Alan Martin
**Dr. V
**Saul Weingeroff [citeweb|title=Memphis/CWA #3 Page #2|work=Kayfabe Memories|url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwa3-2.htm|accessdate=207-10-12]

Championships and accomplishments

*Continental Wrestling Association:*AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Afa [citeweb|title=N.W.A. (Mid-America)/A.W.A. Southern Tag Team Title|work=Wrestling-Titles.com|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html#77|accessdate=2007-10-12]

*Georgia Championship Wrestling:*NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Afa [citeweb|title=N.W.A. National Tag Team Title|work=Wrestling-Titles.com|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ga/nwa/nat-t.html|accessdate=2007-10-12]

*Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling:* NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Afa [citeweb|title=Gulf Coast Tag Team Title|work=Wrestling-Titles.com|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/al/gc/gc-t.html|accessdate=2007-10-12]

*International Wrestling Alliance:*IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Afa

*Mid-South Wrestling Association:*Mid-South Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Afa

*NWA All-Star Wrestling:*NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship "(Vancouver version)" (1 time) - with Afa

*NWA Detroit:*NWA Detroit World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Afa

*Stampede Wrestling:*Stampede International Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Afa

*World Wrestling Entertainment| World Wrestling Federation:*WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2007) [citeweb|title=The Wild Samoans|work=World Wrestling Entertainment|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/wildsamoans/|accessdate=2007-10-11] :*WWF World Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Afa

*Pro Wrestling Illustrated:*PWI ranked him # 462 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. [citeweb|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years |work=Wrestling Information Archive|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi500yr.htm|accessdate=2007-10-11] :*PWI ranked him # 93 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Afa in 2003. [citeweb|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 100 Tag Teams of the PWI Years|work=Wrestling Information Archive|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi100tg.htm|accessdate=2007-10-11]

References

External links

* [http://www.wildsamoan.com/afacorner.htm Sika at Wild Samoan.com, his brother's site]