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Post by Chuck Conry on Dec 27, 2015 21:07:05 GMT -5
So, how many of these Samoan wrestlers are legit blood related and how many are related by way of just being Samoan?
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 27, 2015 21:15:43 GMT -5
Roman Samoan is cousins with Jimmy and Jey Samoan.
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Post by Reflecto on Dec 27, 2015 21:29:14 GMT -5
So, how many of these Samoan wrestlers are legit blood related and how many are related by way of just being Samoan? This is unreasonable it's all Samoans related for some reason. They also count Haku and his family, who are Tongan, and Jimmy Snuka and his children, who are Fijian. ...see also: Who did Joe tick off to the point he's been in wrestling on a national level for 13 years and the A'noais have never claimed him as a cousin?
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 27, 2015 21:34:25 GMT -5
It's not a "oh you're Samoan that means we are related" thing, it's by way of being close family friends or through marriages, etc.
As for strictly blood relatives, and not blood blothers or marriage, Sika's Roman's dad, and his older brother's Rosey. Umaga and Rikishi were brothers, and obviously, Rikishi is the Uso's father.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 27, 2015 21:55:59 GMT -5
Afa and Sika are brothers (Anoa'i family). Afa's sons Samu and Manu were in WWE. Sika's sons are Rosey and Roman Reigns. The sister of Afa and Sika is the mother of Tonga Kid/Tama, Rikishi, and Umaga. Yokozuna is the son of Afa and Sika's brother Junior. Obviously Jimmy and Jey are Rikishi's sons. There have been other members of the family to become wrestlers, but they are not as well-known.
Peter Maivia is the grandfather of The Rock. Nia Jax is The Rock's first cousin. The Maivia and Anoa'i family are very close going back to Peter Maivia and Afa and Sika. They consider each other family.
The Snuka family is also close to both families. The Rock considers Tamina to be his cousin and Rock's mother considers Tamina her niece. The Maivia family is also close to Tonga/Haku and consider him part of their family.
Samoa Joe is not related to the Anoa'i or Maivia family.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 27, 2015 22:09:53 GMT -5
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Dec 27, 2015 22:45:40 GMT -5
I really do want Joe on Raw, just for one segment of him walking up and talking to Roman and The Usos for a minute, leaving, and them immediately turning to each other and saying "Who the hell was THAT guy?"
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Dec 27, 2015 23:07:49 GMT -5
Joe gets on the main roster. Roman and the Usos start referring to him as their long-lost cousin. Joe rejects it, says he's superior to the Anoi'a family and proceeds to devastate anyone standing in his path, including the Usos and Broman.
Eh, they won't do that. He'll be the Lance Von Erich of that family.
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Post by MrElijah on Dec 28, 2015 8:51:41 GMT -5
Joe gets on the main roster. Roman and the Usos start referring to him as their long-lost cousin. Joe rejects it, says he's superior to the Anoi'a family and proceeds to devastate anyone standing in his path, including the Usos and Broman. Eh, they won't do that. He'll be the Lance Von Erich of that family. I just want a feud of them trying to prove that Joe is related to them but he keeps rebuffing them. It gets to a point that Joe starts bringing in DNA tests and birth certificates to prove that he's NOT related.
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Dec 28, 2015 16:49:47 GMT -5
As I kid I never realized they were all family. So with the Headshrinkers, Afa was managing his son and nephew. Meanwhile another nephew was World Champion!
Off-topic, of sorts, but are Haku and the Barbarian (both from Tonga) related?
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 28, 2015 17:10:36 GMT -5
As I kid I never realized they were all family. So with the Headshrinkers, Afa was managing his son and nephew. Meanwhile another nephew was World Champion! Off-topic, of sorts, but are Haku and the Barbarian (both from Tonga) related? I'm not sure, but I'm almost positive they knew each other growing up and were pretty close. I believe Haku gave an interview a few years ago (he doesn't give many), where he talked about it.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 28, 2015 17:18:58 GMT -5
Off-topic, of sorts, but are Haku and the Barbarian (both from Tonga) related? No, but they've known each other since they were children. I believe both were sent to Japan at or around the same time to study sumo.
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Post by JIMBOB on Dec 28, 2015 17:24:20 GMT -5
Sonny Siaki is another Samoan not related to the family
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2015 17:40:11 GMT -5
According to the Bible, life began with 2 people. So everyone is related.
Everyone.
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So you're a Samoan cousin. As am I.
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Post by auph10imitated on Dec 30, 2015 10:15:38 GMT -5
I still think Yokozuna would have been better served as Kokina as part of the Heasdshrinkers like originally planned. Not that the sumo gimmick was bad, or he was bad, I just didnt like his top heel run. It dragged to death. I think these three as a Demolition type pairing would have been much better. I guess it would have made Afa a bit redundant, but they could have switched it up in tag matches or given Kokina a singles feud separately. It certainly would have made sense by 1994 it would have made sense with Samu leaving and Fatu wouldnt have had to be paired with Barbarian which didnt suit well. It could have just been Kokina and Fatu.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Dec 31, 2015 7:35:06 GMT -5
I still think Yokozuna would have been better served as Kokina as part of the Heasdshrinkers like originally planned. Not that the sumo gimmick was bad, or he was bad, I just didnt like his top heel run. It dragged to death. I think these three as a Demolition type pairing would have been much better. I guess it would have made Afa a bit redundant, but they could have switched it up in tag matches or given Kokina a singles feud separately. It certainly would have made sense by 1994 it would have made sense with Samu leaving and Fatu wouldnt have had to be paired with Barbarian which didnt suit well. It could have just been Kokina and Fatu. And maybe he wouldn't have developed so many health problems without the sumo gimmick. Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the WWF for his death, but I'm sure they would have applied pressure to him to keep his weight under control before it became such a problem for him if he wasn't working in that role.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 31, 2015 9:38:32 GMT -5
As I kid I never realized they were all family. So with the Headshrinkers, Afa was managing his son and nephew. Meanwhile another nephew was World Champion! Off-topic, of sorts, but are Haku and the Barbarian (both from Tonga) related?I like to think that at least Haku was a family friend. I don't know about Barbarian, but it is possible he was friends with some of them. I guess all of those Islanders are connected in some way.
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Post by funakifan88 on Dec 31, 2015 12:23:59 GMT -5
Sonny Siaki is another Samoan not related to the family What ever happened to that guy?
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Post by JIMBOB on Dec 31, 2015 12:52:00 GMT -5
He donated a kidney to his brother and retired as a result
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 31, 2015 18:23:07 GMT -5
As I kid I never realized they were all family. So with the Headshrinkers, Afa was managing his son and nephew. Meanwhile another nephew was World Champion! Off-topic, of sorts, but are Haku and the Barbarian (both from Tonga) related?I like to think that at least Haku was a family friend. I don't know about Barbarian, but it is possible he was friends with some of them. I guess all of those Islanders are connected in some way. Most of the ones in wrestling who continually cross paths certainly do seem to take in one another, even when there's no blood between them. The Maivias have that whole blood brother thing with the Ano'ais (which I'm not entirely sure would hold up in a court of law), but they've also referred to Haku, Sionne and Snuka as family, though I insist it's in a more casual way, the way some of your closest school or work friends might be family to you.
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