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.
Known For
Yokozuna
WWF Stars and Stripes Challenge
Self - Yokozuna
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
Yokozuna
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
Yokozuna
WWE Global Warfare
Yokozuna
Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Yokozuna
WWF World Tour '96
Yokozuna
WWE WrestleFest '95
Yokozuna
German Fan Favorites
Yokozuna
WWE SlamFest
Yokozuna
WWE Bashed in the USA
Yokozuna
Inside the WWF
Yokozuna
Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Yokozuna
Razor Ramon
Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania XI
Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania XII
Yokozuna
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
Yokozuna
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1993
Yokozuna
WWE In Your House
Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1995
Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1995
Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam 1996
Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Yokozuna
Best Of Raw • Volume One
Yokozuna
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Yokozuna
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
Yokozuna
The History Of WrestleMania
Yokozuna
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
Yokozuna
WWF European Rampage 1993
WWE: True Giants
Yokozuna
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
Yokozuna
Heroes of Wrestling
Kokina Maximus
AWA SuperClash IV
Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
Yokozuna
WWF WrestleFest '94
Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Yokozuna
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania IX
Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1993
Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam 1993
Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993
Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
Yokozuna
WWE March to WrestleMania X
Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania X
Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1994
Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1994
Yokozuna
WWF Off the Top Rope
Le Lutteur Hawaïen
L'homme au masque d'or
Yokozuna
WWF Summer Flashback!
Yokozuna
The Undertaker
Yokozuna
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Yokozuna
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
Yokozuna
Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
Yokozuna
WWE UK Rampage '93
Yokozuna (archive footage)
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
Yokozuna
All Aboard the Lex Express
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-10-02
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Yokozuna