[89] In the semi-finals match, Tonga was defeated by A Block winner Kazuchika Okada, therefore failing to make the finals. And weirdly, many are asking if this is an internal family war. In 1988, following King Harley Race's legitimate stomach injury sustained in a match against Hulk Hogan, Haku was given Race's crown and robe and was rechristened King Haku during a coronation ceremony. Haku on The Rock & Rocky JohnsonWWE/WCW/New Japan Pro Wrestling Superstar Haku aka Meng aka King Tonga talks about Hollywood Megastar Dwayne "The Rock" Johns. [59] On June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall, Tonga and Loa defeated War Machine to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the third time. [52] Heenan also praised Haku as a good-hearted family man. [38] Tonga returned to CMLL with Bucanero in early October. He's up there a level with exposure and all it does it is put me out there with him. But Twitter cracked the whip on him for his foul language and locked his account for violating their guidelines. [48] The following day, he was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Hirooki Goto. At Wrestling Dontaku, Tonga defeated EVIL to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, his first New Japan singles championship. They finished at the bottom of their block with a record of three wins and four losses. Just after WrestleMania, Haku became the first wrestler to challenge the new WWF champion, The Ultimate Warrior, but he lost the match. He is currently wrestling for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and the U.S. promotion Impact Wrestling under the ring name Hikuleo ( Hikureo), he is a former member of Bullet Club.He has joined his brothers of the Guerrillas of Destiny as of September. And then the banter escalated. He would return in 2003 to win the championship for the third time. [53], Wrestler Shane Douglas said in a shoot interview that one would be better off fighting the US Army than fighting Haku. [26] Hikuleo was scheduled to compete in an 8-man tag-team match at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, teaming with Bullet Club stablemate El Phantasmo and one night only members The Young Bucks against Darby Allin, Sting and Los Ingobernables de Japon members, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi, however it was announced that Takahashi wouldn't be able to compete at the event, due to suffering from a fever, so the match was made a six-man tag-team match, without Hikuleo. Also in November 2008, they took part in a WWE tryout camp, two months later they were told that Tevita would be offered a contract by the company (he would later appear on television as Camacho) while Alipate would not. To practice more frequently they eventually joined the academy proper and were partly trained by Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. [40][41] Tonga remained in CMLL until the end of the year. He was referred to as The Samoan Savage, The Tonga Kid, and Tama. During a phone call in 2004 they decided they would become professional wrestlers once they had finished their respective obligations three years later. Theres no evidence that Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns are even distantly related. He is currently wrestling for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and the U.S. promotion Impact Wrestling under the ring name Hikuleo ( Hikureo), he is a former member of Bullet Club. The two teams are set to collide at IMPACT No Surrender. One of the wrestlers who teased the idea of a dream match-up was Tama Tonga. The verbal sparring between Jay and Tama is passive-aggressive at best, but it exists nonetheless. "The next thing I know is that Meng goozles the guy like Mr. Spock," Sullivan said. 40. Tonga, playing off his heel persona, got into an interaction that escalated quite quickly. The brothers are active in New Japan Pro-Wrestling with the Bullet Club. In the spring of 1999, when Ric Flair was the (kayfabe) president on WCW programming, the barbaric Meng would often annihilate Flair's enemies per his instructions. He would later lose the crown to Hacksaw Jim Duggan[7] who himself was crowned as "King Duggan". 15 Things You Didn't Know About The Anoa'i Family, 10 Wrestlers From The 1990s Who Are Only Remembered For One Storyline, 10 "So-Bad-They're-Good" WWE Storylines That Were Wildly Entertaining, 10 AEW Wrestlers We Hope Will Never Return To The Company, 10 Feel-Good WCW Stories That Made Fans Emotional, 10 Wrestlers Whose Ring Names Are Tributes (To Other Wrestlers), 5 Best WWE Tag Team Champions Of The Golden Era (& 5 Worst), 10 WCW Character Transformations That Made No Sense, 5 Wrestling Valets & Managers That Were Helpful (& 5 That Were Just Eye Candy). The family also boasts a former wrestling champion, Sam Fatu, who went by several stage names. They continued wrestling under the same name in World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) and Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council (WWC) until early 2009. That's a match I would love to see, but we know that if anything ever came of it, you've got the military background which is why I believe you'll wear the military attire. At the G1 Special in San Francisco, Tama, Loa, King Haku, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi defeated CHAOS members Gedo, Yoshi-Hashi, and Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, Sho and Yoh), with Tama pinning Gedo after a Tongan Death Grip by Haku to Gedo followed by a Gun Stun. A week later, he left WCW just weeks before it was bought by WWF in March 2001. Haku never legally tagged Andre into the match (due to Andr's poor health). I have no negativity with it. Many wonder if the Bullet Club star is somehow related to Reigns. Goldberg won and retained his title that night and thus added another wrestler in his winning streak, making it 1600. [88] He finished with 10 points, defeating IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White to advance to the semi-finals. Please logout and login again. Earlier in the show heel manager Bobby Heenan had announced he would have a new tag team that night and everyone thought he was going to introduce a new team to the WWF. Japanese pro-wrestling star, Tama Tonga, broke out of Twitter Jail and ignited a feud with Roman Reigns, famous for being the current face of the WWE. Tonga is the reigning NEVER Openweight Champion, winning the belt from Karl Anderson at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17. In January 2021, Guerrillas of Destiny won the IWGP Tag Team Championships from Dangerous Tekkers. He attended Tonga College, an all-boys school, where the top sport was rugby. Are Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns related to each other? [30] His debut match for CMLL saw him participate in the 2012 edition of CMLL's Leyenda de Azul tournament. You can check out the entire video interview below, read the full interview here, or read on for Tama Tonga's thoughts on Roman Reigns. It isn't a diss to Tonga at all. The likes of Ric Flair and Edge are well known for being incredibly successful when it comes . And I reached over without thinking there are four other guys there (laughs) grabbed his face, and bit his nose off. So there is definitely a relation there, although not blood relatives since I think Tama Tonga is Haku's adopted son. The 40-year-old hails from a wrestling family, much like Reigns, as he is the adopted son. [37] At Turning Point in November, Bey and Hikuleo were once again unsuccessful in capturing the Impact World Tag Team Championships from The Good Brothers. [5][16] In March 2018, Hikuleo sustained an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament. Tonga was under a 24-hour Twitter lockout, due to his recent posts having violated Twitters rules. With his finger now pointed firmly at Roman Reigns, the two have engaged in an online war. He defeated Davey Richards and Nobuo Yoshihashi but lost to Fujita Hayato, Kenny Omega, Koji Kanemoto, Ryusuke Taguchi and Taiji Ishimori and ended up with just four points, second to last his group. Since 2003, Fifita has been essentially retired, returning to the wrestling ring on a few occasions over the years. Tama Tonga may have been on a briefly enforced Twitter hiatus after chirping with a fan. [43], On 4 January 2016, at Wrestle Kingdom 10, Tonga teamed with Fale and Yujiro Takahashi to take part in a match to determine the inaugural NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions, they were defeated by Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano when Jay pinned Tonga. [4] In 2016, he travelled to Japan, where he became a student at the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) dojo. We recently caught up with Tama ahead of his return to the ring, and of course, we had to ask about those comparisons with WWE Superstar Roman Reigns! [45] After a three-day reign, the three lost the title back to the Briscoes and Yano at The New Beginning in Niigata. They took him back to Poinciana, Florida where he grew up with his biological cousin and adoptive brother, fellow professional wrestler Tevita, and his older sister Vika. Also Read: Is Tama Tonga Related to Roman Reigns? Your login session has expired. In that time, Anderson made successful defenses against former NJPW ace Hiroshi Tanahashi and rising star Hikuleo. Tama Tonga has announced that he has signed a new deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling, after recently teasing an AEW debut. Amid rumors of WWE potentially building a working relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling, several NJPW talent took to social media to further tease the possibility of working with WWE. [50] They lost the title to Jay and Mark Briscoe on June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall. [32] Tonga next made it to the finals of the 2012 La Copa Junior Tournament, where, on December 14, he was defeated by La Sombra in the main event of CMLL's 2012 Sin Piedad ("No Mercy") show. When they were ready to close, we had a few drinks, and on our way out there were five guys just sitting there. After Archer's victory, Hikuleo entered the ring staring off with Archer, hinting at a future match between the two for the title. In the summer of 1990 Haku transitioned to an opening card wrestler on the house show circuit. He made his debut in November 1974 and reached the rank of Makushita 27. In WCW, (because the name Haku was trademarked by the WWF) Fifita wrestled as Meng. Roman Reigns himself has been on a tear in WWE for months and it would certainly be a fascinating scenario to have the reigning Universal Champion share the ring with Bullet Club members. [47] On March 3, Tonga scored the biggest singles win of his career by defeating former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and reigning IWGP Tag Team Champion Togi Makabe in the first round of the 2016 New Japan Cup. People used to always compared Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns. He, alongside This led to a main event WCW World Championship match with Bill Goldberg on 10 August edition of Monday Nitro. Their most notable match was a defeat in the opening match of WrestleMania VII against The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty). First off, Tama Tonga is the son of Haku, a Wrestler that in Kayfabe was in a tag team with a Samoan and presented as such.He had the same moves, the same headbutt no selling spot and stuff, also had the same outfits the samoan used. He had less success than the previous year with a solitary victory over the team of King Fale/Yuji Nagata,[28] and losses against the other teams. 46: 29.10.2021: 247.4K. They come from two distinctive indigenous communities. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa are currently in their seventh reign as IWGP Tag Team Champions. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. I'll show you.' He then grabbed another guy who tried to get involved and knocked him unconscious." [11] Shortly after competing in the Royal Rumble in 1992, Haku left the WWF to compete exclusively in SWS.[12]. Tevita Fifita (May 7, 1983) is a Tongan-American professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name Tanga Loa. He needs to stop lying, I know damn well that's Roman reigns. After dragging Omega and the Young Bucks back to the ring to attack them further, fellow Bullet Club members Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Yujiro Takahashi, and Chase Owens all attempted to come to The Elite's defence, but were summarily beaten down. Fifita appeared on multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF and WCW and is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion. Alipate Aloisio Leone [7] (born October 15, 1982) is a Tongan-American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Tama Tonga ( Tama Tonga ). We need to confirm your email address. Alipate Aloisio Leone is a professional heavyweight wrestler, Tama lives a luxurious and luxurious lifestyle. In March Tonga, Loa and Jado formed an alliance with Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato and later Hiroshi Tanahashi and joined the Hontai stable which represents New Japan.[85]. Tama Tonga vs Jay White LIVE IN ENGLISH on NJPW World! Then the fight started. You know. Growing up on the main island of the South Pacific island-kingdom of Tonga, Fifita attended Tonga College, where he played rugby union. Love it. Fifita previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Micah and for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the name Camacho, the bodyguard and occasional tag team partner of Hunico, as well as occasionally . Also Tama Tonga commom uses the Face Paint like the Usos, uses the same outfit Roman uses and stuff.And for the great finale, we had a twitt from tama tonga saying he was the spiritual son from Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, but he could be actually his lost 3 grade nephew if you analize the Anoa'i family tree. Bullet Clubs Tama Tonga tweeted a video of himself cursing at Internet nerds during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotions last week. At the age of 15, he was part of a group of six teenagers and young men sent by the king of Tonga to Japan to study Sumo. Roman Reigns, whos gearing up for the anticipated SummerSlam, managed to get a screenshot of Tongas tweet before that though. They have a daughter, Vika; a son, Tevita who is also a wrestler; and two adopted sons, Alipate and Taula. Prior to this, Meng had faced Goldberg (before he won the World Championship) on WCW Saturday Night and despite the loss had pushed Goldberg for longer than anyone had until that point. In 2009, as King Haku, he would wrestle regularly for World Xtreme Wrestling where he won the WXW Hardcore Championship twice. Tama Tonga (Alipate Aloisio Leone) was born on 1982 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, is a Tongan professional wrestler. It was in Baltimore Airportme and Siva Afi went over and there were lots of babyfaces there at the bar. If the fans think so, OK, great. At The New Beginning in Sapporo, Bullet Club stablemate Cody turned on the leader of the stable, Kenny Omega. He has a half-brother, Tama Tonga, and is the cousin and adopted brother of Tanga Loa and Vika. Leone is the cousin of Bullet Club member Bad Luck Fale, they both spent their early childhoods in Mua, Tonga without meeting. By Gentleman Ian. The heel Tonga was managed by former wrestler Tarzan "The Boot" Tyler. [29], In September 2012 it was announced that Tonga would go to Mexico from 10 October 2012 and work for NJPW's partner promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). 330 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003, The Heartbreakers (Heartbreaker Apollo and Heartbreaker Adonis), The Wildcats (Mike Anthony and Dobby Gillies), The Starr Corporation (Bouncer Bruno and Victor the Bodyguard), The Huertas Brothers/The Invaders (Maelo Huertas and, Salt 'n' Pepper (Derrick King and Stan Lee), The Texas Outlaws (Todd Dean and Brian Gamble), D'Jour Twins (Dave D'Jour and David D'Jour), This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 15:13. Jax is a part of the Anoa'i family because of their "blood brother" relationship with the legendary High Chief Peter Maivia. 402. Rob Parker,[13] wearing business suits and shades while maintaining a quiet demeanor. Tama Tonga was adopted by his maternal aunt and her husband Haku, who are the parents of Tanga Loa. The team's manager, Bobby Heenan, blamed Andr for the loss and even slapped the Giant, who retaliated by "paint-brushing" Heenan. In the first part of 2010 he returned to WWC, first as a singles wrestler with the moniker King Tonga Jr. (his father had also wrestled in Puerto Rico as King Tonga). 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NJPW star Tama Tonga is a member of the original Bullet Club in the promotion. PS. Please logout and login again. Meng appeared at Chikara's King of Trios 2012 tournament, held on 1416 September in Easton, Pennsylvania, teaming with The Barbarian and The Warlord under the team name the Faces of Pain. The team also had a classic feud with The British Bulldogs that was started when the Islanders, along with Bobby Heenan, kidnapped the Bulldogs' mascot, a bulldog named Matilda. After the 2020 Pandemic, Guerrillas of Destiny would make their return to Japan as participants of the World Tag League. [2][6] Koloamatangi, under the ring name Hikule'o (a reference to the Tongan god[10]), made his professional wrestling debut on November 12, 2016, in Auckland, New Zealand at NJPW's On the Mat Internet pay-per-view, losing to Henare. On 14 February 1992, Haku and Yoshiaki Yatsu became the first SWS Tag Team Champions. His finishing hold is the camel clutch, and he has been known to use the poison mist. [12], Leone went to Japan in 2010, initially going to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) to train, he impressed enough to be hired by the company. What was that comparison like for you? NJPW star Tama Tonga returned to the ring this past week at NJPW Strong after a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to travel restrictions, but The Bullet Club OG has kept himself very busy by. So, you can see where Reigns connection to someone named Tama Tonga comes from. Instead he showed up at ringside during the match where it became known his "new" team was in fact The Islanders. Few will understand the love and admiration I have for the country, fans and the people of Japan. Tama Tonga, one of the groups found members alongside Anderson, Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt (Finn Balor), shared his thoughts on the situation during the latest episode of Tama's Island. So that's all positive. Rhodes and Omega would feud in both ROH and New Japan for a chunk of 2018 before Tama Tonga led the charge against all members of The Elite. He wrestles under the ring name Hikuleo[22] previously, Leo Tonga. In the past, Tama Tonga has made it known that he is willing to share the ring with The Usos. [56], Returning to tag team competition with G.O.D., he and his brother regained the IWGP Tag Team Championship from the Briscoe Brothers on October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling. He is also known as a founding member of Bullet Club; he also makes appearances for Impact Wrestling in the United States.[8]. At No Surrender, Jay White interfered in the Guerrillas of Destiny's match against former Bullet Club stablemates Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows by hitting his finishing move Bladerunner on Tonga causing them to lose the match. They defeated the teams of Togi Makabe/Tomoaki Honma,[23] and King Fale/Super Strong Machine,[24] but lost to the teams of Manabu Nakanishi/Strong Man,[25] Masato Tanaka/Tomohiro Ishii,[26] and Yuji Nagata/Wataru Inoue,[27] which meant they finished fourth in their group with four points. Haku would work in WWF's developmental territory Heartland Wrestling Association. "Meng bit through the guy's shirt like a wolf, bit a chunk out of the guy's back, then spit it on the floor," he said. Hikuleo competed in the 2019 New Japan Cup for the first time in his career, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Mikey Nicholls. More viewing suggestions and links to movie trailers can be found with this story online at inland360.com. Peter Maivia wasnt biologically an Anoai, but the patriarch, Reverend Amituanai Anoai, considered Johnsons grandfather a brother. [58] On January 4, 2017, Tonga and Loa lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano in a three-way match, also involving Makabe and Honma. Heenan said that if he hadn't been there and seen it himself, he wouldn't believe it. Haku stated, "Yeah. Therefore, at Bound for Glory, a three-way tag-team match was set up between the two teams and Tag Team Champions, The Good Brothers with the titles on the line. Later in the event when Blacktop Bully was scheduled to wrestle Dustin Rhodes, WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel came out and escorted Meng back to the dressing room because of the attack on Duggan earlier in the show. One week after Sin, Fifita returned to the WWF as Haku and made a surprise appearance at the 2001 Royal Rumble. Do check the Promotions tab if you cannot find it in the Primary Inbox. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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[23], Following The Guerillas of Destiny's ejection from Bullet Club at No Surrender Hikuleo began to become more aggressive to stable leader Jay White, who was responsible for kicking out Hikuleo's brothers. Part of that is because he has seen the different roles kayfabe plays in Japan compared to the United States. The next week, Col. Parker announced that Meng will no longer be a bodyguard, but will be a wrestler from now on, winning his first match against a jobber with one fast high kick. [28] In September, Hikuleo made his return to Japan at NJPW Burning Spirit teaming with Kenta and Taiji Ishimori to defeat Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Kushida. Hikuleo returned to AEW on the June 1 episode of AEW Dynamite teaming with Undisputed Elite members The Young Bucks and reDRagon to defeat the Jurassic Express, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy and Darby Allin in a ten-man tag-team match. If you can not find it in the 2012 edition of Monday Nitro also boasts a former Wrestling,. 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