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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Full filmography
- Biography: WWE Legends (2021)
- 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 (2012) as Yokozuna
- WWE Hall Of Fame 2012 (2012)
- Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection (2009)
- WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s (2009) as Yokozuna
- WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006) as Yokozuna
- Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story (2006) as Self - Yokozuna
- WWE Hall of Fame (2005) as Yokozuna (Archive footage)
- WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker (2005) as Yokozuna
- Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story (2004) as Yokozuna (archive footage)
- Heroes of Wrestling (1999) as Yokozuna
- WWF Summer Flashback! (1997) as Yokozuna
- WWF World Tour '96 (1997) as Yokozuna
- WWE Terminators '96 (1996) as Yokozuna
- WWE SummerSlam 1996 (1996) as Yokozuna
- WWE Royal Rumble 1996 (1996) as Yokozuna
- WWE WrestleMania XII (1996) as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series 1996 (1996) as Yokozuna
- WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage (1996) as Yokozuna
- WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog (1996) as Yokozuna
- Best Of Raw • Volume One (1996) as Yokozuna
- WWE SlamFest (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWE WrestleMania XI (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWE King of the Ring 1995 (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series 1995 (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWE In Your House (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWE WrestleFest '95 (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWE In Your House 4: Great White North (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWF Off the Top Rope (1995) as Yokozuna
- WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header (1995) as Yokozuna
- Inside the WWF (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE WrestleMania X (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE Sunday Night Slam (1994) as Yokozuna
- Razor Ramon (1994) as Yokozuna
- The Undertaker (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE WrestleFest '94 (1994) as Yokozuna
- German Fan Favorites (1994) as Yokozuna
- Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive! (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE King of the Ring 1994 (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE Royal Rumble 1994 (1994) as Yokozuna
- The History Of WrestleMania (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series 1994 (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE March to WrestleMania X (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt (1994) as Yokozuna
- Bret "Hit Man" Hart (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994 (1994) as Yokozuna
- WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994 (1994) as Yokozuna
- Raw (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE March to WrestleMania IX (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993 (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE Royal Rumble 1993 (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWF Stars and Stripes Challenge (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE Bashed in the USA (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE WrestleMania IX (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE SummerSlam 1993 (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series 1993 (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWF European Rampage 1993 (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE King of the Ring 1993 (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993 (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE UK Rampage '93 (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE Global Warfare (1993) as Yokozuna
- Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches (1993) as Yokozuna
- All Aboard the Lex Express (1993) as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series 1992 (1992) as Yokozuna
- L'homme au masque d'or (1991) as Le Lutteur Hawaïen
- AWA SuperClash IV (1990) as Kokina Maximus
- WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986) as Yokozuna
- WWE Pay Per View (1985)