is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Samu. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling in the 1980s and 1990s fter leaving ECW Samu worked for a number of independent organizations both as a singles wrestler and alongside Lloyd who worked under names such as Alofa, and "The Tahitian Warrior" winning titles in WWC and ISPW. Samu also became a regular in his father's World Xtreme Wrestling Promotion and has held the WXW World title five times. Samu is still active to this day having won the New World Wrestling Undisputed Brass Knuckles Championship on October 28, 2006 and is a part-time instructor at his father's and uncle's “Wild Samoan Training Facility" On March 31, 2007, Samu and Rosey inducted The Wild Samoans, Afa and Sika into the WWE Hall of Fame. On November 29, 2014 Samu and his son Lance Anoaʻi teamed with former RAGE partner Quinn Magnum in a six-man tag match against Payton Graham, Stryder and Jack Pollock. Samu was also inducted into PWX's Circle Of Respect, its version of a hall of fame. Personal life Anoa'i is a member of the Samoa American Anoa'i family. He is married to Melissa Fritz. Their children include Lance Anoa'i, who is also a professional wrestler. On October 24, 2018 he announced that he had stage 4 liver cancer and was waiting for a transplant.