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.
Filmography
all 63
Movies 60
TV Shows 3
self 2
Biography: Yokozuna (2023)
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man (2018)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased (2016)
WWE: Presents True Giants (2014)
WWE: 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History (2012)
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012 (2012)
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection (2009)
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s (2009)
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story (2006)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006)
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker (2005)
WWE: Undertaker - He Buries Them Alive (2004)
Heroes of Wrestling (1999)
WWF World Tour '96 (1997)
Best Of Raw • Volume One (1996)
WWE Survivor Series 1996 (1996)
WWE SummerSlam 1996 (1996)
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog (1996)
WWE WrestleMania XII (1996)
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage (1996)
WWE Royal Rumble 1996 (1996)
WWE Survivor Series 1995 (1995)
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North (1995)
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header (1995)
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks (1995)
WWE King of the Ring 1995 (1995)
WWE In Your House (1995)
WWE WrestleMania XI (1995)
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 (1994)
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994 (1994)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994 (1994)
German Fan Favorites 2 (1994)
Razor Ramon (1994)
WWF WrestleFest '94 (1994)
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams (1994)
WWE King of the Ring 1994 (1994)
Inside the WWF (1994)
WWE WrestleMania X (1994)
WWF March to WrestleMania X (1994)
The History Of WrestleMania (1994)
WWE Royal Rumble 1994 (1994)
WWE Survivor Series 1993 (1993)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993 (1993)
WWE SummerSlam 1993 (1993)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993 (1993)
WWE Global Warfare (1993)
WWF Stars and Stripes Challenge (1993)
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers (1993)
WWF Bashed in the USA (1993)
WWE King of the Ring 1993 (1993)
WWE WrestleMania IX (1993)
WWE March to WrestleMania IX (1993)
WWE Royal Rumble 1993 (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
WWE Survivor Series 1992 (1992)
AWA SuperClash IV (1990)
L'homme au masque d'or (1990)
WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)
WWF Mania
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1966-10-02
Deathday2000-10-23 (34 years old)
Birth NameRodney Agatupu Anoaʻi
Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States of America
Height193-centimeter
RelativesSika Anoa'i, Afa Anoa'i
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsYokozuna, Kokina Maximus, The Great Kokina, Wild Samoan Kokina
AwardsWWE Hall of Fame
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