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Rodney Anoaʻi

Rodney Anoaʻi

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 02, 1966
Died Oct 23, 2000 (34)
Birthplace San Francisco, California, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 02, 2025
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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

Filmography

WWF World Tour '96

WWF World Tour '96

1997

as Yokozuna

WWE WrestleMania XII

WWE WrestleMania XII

1996

as Yokozuna

WWE Survivor Series 1996

WWE Survivor Series 1996

1996

as Yokozuna

WWE SummerSlam 1996

WWE SummerSlam 1996

1996

as Yokozuna

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

1996

as Yokozuna

WWE In Your House

WWE In Your House

1995

as Yokozuna

WWE WrestleMania XI

WWE WrestleMania XI

1995

as Yokozuna

WWE Survivor Series 1995

WWE Survivor Series 1995

1995

as Yokozuna

WWE SlamFest

WWE SlamFest

1995

as Yokozuna

WWE King of the Ring 1995

WWE King of the Ring 1995

1995

as Yokozuna

WWE WrestleFest '95

WWE WrestleFest '95

1995

as Yokozuna

WWE Royal Rumble 1994

WWE Royal Rumble 1994

1994

as Yokozuna

WWE WrestleMania X

WWE WrestleMania X

1994

as Yokozuna

Inside the WWF

Inside the WWF

1994

as Yokozuna

Razor Ramon

Razor Ramon

1994

as Yokozuna

WWE Survivor Series 1994

WWE Survivor Series 1994

1994

as Yokozuna

WWE King of the Ring 1994

WWE King of the Ring 1994

1994

as Yokozuna

German Fan Favorites 2

German Fan Favorites 2

1994

as Yokozuna

WWF WrestleFest '94

WWF WrestleFest '94

1994

as Yokozuna

WWF Bashed in the USA

WWF Bashed in the USA

1993

as Yokozuna

WWE SummerSlam 1993

WWE SummerSlam 1993

1993

as Yokozuna

WWE Global Warfare

WWE Global Warfare

1993

as Yokozuna

WWE King of the Ring 1993

WWE King of the Ring 1993

1993

as Yokozuna

WWE WrestleMania IX

WWE WrestleMania IX

1993

as Yokozuna

WWE Survivor Series 1993

WWE Survivor Series 1993

1993

as Yokozuna

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

1993

as Yokozuna

WWE Survivor Series 1992

WWE Survivor Series 1992

1992

as Yokozuna

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Raw

as Yokozuna

Episodes: 57

First Aired: Jan 11, 1993

Raw

as Yokozuna (archive footage)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 11, 1993

WWF Wrestling Challenge

as Yokozuna

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1986

Biography: WWE Legends

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 18, 2021

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