Rodney Anoaʻi
Biography
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with The World Wrestling Federation where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. The termyokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. Although the "Yokozuna" character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoaʻi had never competed as an actual sumotori. Though Yokozuna wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hailing from Polynesia (although he was managed by Mr. Fuji, who would follow Anoaʻi to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt, and waving a Japanese flag). In the WWF, Anoaʻi was a two-time WWF Champion and two-time Tag Team Champion (with Owen Hart), as well as the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble. Anoa'i was the first wrestler of Samoan descent to hold the WWF Championship as well as the first Royal Rumble winner who as a result of a direct stipulation received a world title shot at WrestleMania. He defeated WWE Hall of Famers Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan, in consecutive pay-per-view victories at WrestleMania IX and the1993 King of the Ring, to win his two WWF Championships. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Movies (47)
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
WWE: True Giants
2014
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
as Yokozuna
2012
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
2012
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
as Yokozuna
2009
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
as Self - Yokozuna
2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as Yokozuna
2006
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
as Yokozuna
2005
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
as Yokozuna (archive footage)
2004
Heroes of Wrestling
as Yokozuna
1999
WWF Summer Flashback!
as Yokozuna
1997
WWF World Tour '96
as Yokozuna
1997
Best Of Raw • Volume One
as Yokozuna
1996
WWE Survivor Series 1996
as Yokozuna
1996
WWE SummerSlam 1996
as Yokozuna
1996
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
as Yokozuna
1996
WWE WrestleMania XII
as Yokozuna
1996
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
as Yokozuna
1996
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
as Yokozuna
1996
WWE Survivor Series 1995
as Yokozuna
1995
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
as Yokozuna
1995
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
as Yokozuna
1995
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
as Yokozuna
1995
WWE King of the Ring 1995
as Yokozuna
1995
WWE In Your House
as Yokozuna
1995
WWE WrestleMania XI
as Yokozuna
1995
WWF Off the Top Rope
as Yokozuna
1995
WWE SlamFest
as Yokozuna
1995
WWE WrestleFest '95
as Yokozuna
1995
Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
as Yokozuna
1994
WWE Survivor Series 1994
as Yokozuna
1994
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
as Yokozuna
1994
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
as Yokozuna
1994
German Fan Favorites
as Yokozuna
1994
Razor Ramon
as Yokozuna
1994
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
as Yokozuna
1994
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
as Yokozuna
1994
The Undertaker
as Yokozuna
1994
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
as Yokozuna
1994
WWF WrestleFest '94
as Yokozuna
1994
WWE King of the Ring 1994
as Yokozuna
1994
Inside the WWF
as Yokozuna
1994
WWE WrestleMania X
as Yokozuna
1994
WWE March to WrestleMania X
as Yokozuna
1994
The History Of WrestleMania
as Yokozuna
1994
