Rodney Anoaʻi
Acting · Born Oct 2, 1966 · Died Oct 23, 2000 (34) · San Francisco, California, USA
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
Films
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
201810.0
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
WWE: True Giants
20147.0
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
20127.7
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
20127.5
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
200910.0
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
20096.9
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
20067.5
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
20067.9
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
20057.8
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
20046.8
Heroes of Wrestling
19991.0
WWF Summer Flashback!
199710.0
Aar Ya Paar
19974.6
WWF World Tour '96
199710.0
WWE Terminators '96
1996
Best Of Raw • Volume One
1996
WWE Survivor Series 1996
19967.4
WWE SummerSlam 1996
19967.8
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
19966.8
WWE WrestleMania XII
19967.0
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
19969.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
19966.0
WWE Survivor Series 1995
19958.4
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
19958.5
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
19959.3
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
19957.2
WWE King of the Ring 1995
19957.0
WWE In Your House
19958.0
WWE WrestleMania XI
19956.5
WWF Off the Top Rope
1995
WWE SlamFest
1995
WWE WrestleFest '95
1995
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
1994
WWE Survivor Series 1994
19947.3
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
1994
German Fan Favorites
1994
Razor Ramon
1994
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
19944.5
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
1994
The Undertaker
1994
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
199410.0
WWE WrestleFest '94
199410.0
WWE King of the Ring 1994
19947.4
Inside the WWF
1994
WWE WrestleMania X
19948.0
WWE March to WrestleMania X
1994
The History Of WrestleMania
1994
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
19946.9
WWE Survivor Series 1993
19936.2
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993
1993
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
1993
WWE SummerSlam 1993
19936.4
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
1993
WWE Global Warfare
1993
All Aboard the Lex Express
1993
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
1993
WWE Bashed in the USA
1993
WWE King of the Ring 1993
19937.8
WWF European Rampage 1993
1993
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
1993
WWE UK Rampage '93
1993
WWE WrestleMania IX
19936.1
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
1993
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
19936.5
WWE Survivor Series 1992
19928.4
L'homme au masque d'or
19915.3
AWA SuperClash IV
199010.0
