Rodney Anoaʻi
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Raw
Yokozuna
1993
Series
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Yokozuna
1986
Series
Biography: WWE Legends
2021
Series
WWE Hall of Fame
Yokozuna (Archive footage)
2005
Series
WWE Sunday Night Slam
Yokozuna
1994
Film
L'homme au masque d'or
Le Lutteur Hawaïen
1991
Film
WWE WrestleMania X
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
Film
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE Terminators '96
Yokozuna
1996
Film
WWE SlamFest
Yokozuna
1995
Film
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
Yokozuna
1993
Film
Razor Ramon
Yokozuna
1994
Film
The Undertaker
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE Survivor Series 1995
Yokozuna
1995
Film
Inside the WWF
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Yokozuna
1992
Film
WWE WrestleFest '94
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE King of the Ring 1994
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE WrestleMania XI
Yokozuna
1995
Film
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE King of the Ring 1995
Yokozuna
1995
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
Yokozuna
1995
Film
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Yokozuna
2006
Film
WWE Survivor Series 1994
Yokozuna
1994
Film
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
Yokozuna
2012
Film
WWE March to WrestleMania X
Yokozuna
1994
Film
Aar Ya Paar
Yokozuna
1997
Film
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
Yokozuna (archive footage)
2004
Film
WWE SummerSlam 1996
Yokozuna
1996
Film
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
Yokozuna
1995
Film
Heroes of Wrestling
Yokozuna
1999
Film
WWE Bashed in the USA
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE SummerSlam 1993
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
2012
Film
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
Yokozuna
1995
Film
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Yokozuna
1996
Film
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
Yokozuna
1996
Film
WWE Survivor Series 1993
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE WrestleMania IX
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
Yokozuna
1996
Film
The History Of WrestleMania
Yokozuna
1994
Film
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
Film
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE King of the Ring 1993
Yokozuna
1993
WWF Stars and Stripes Challenge
Yokozuna
1993
Film
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
Yokozuna
1996
Film
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
Yokozuna
2009
Film
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE In Your House
Yokozuna
1995
Film
AWA SuperClash IV
Kokina Maximus
1990
Film
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
Yokozuna
2005
Film
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
Self - Yokozuna
2006
Film
WWE WrestleMania XII
Yokozuna
1996
Film
German Fan Favorites
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
Yokozuna
1994
Film
Best Of Raw • Volume One
Yokozuna
1996
Film
WWE UK Rampage '93
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWF Off the Top Rope
Yokozuna
1995
Film
WWE Global Warfare
Yokozuna
1993
Film
All Aboard the Lex Express
Yokozuna
1993
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWF World Tour '96
Yokozuna
1997
Film
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWF European Rampage 1993
Yokozuna
1993
Film
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
Yokozuna
1994
Film
WWE: True Giants
2014
Film
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018
Film
WWE WrestleFest '95
Yokozuna
1995
Film
WWF Summer Flashback!
Yokozuna
1997
Film
WWF 1994: The Year In Review
Yokozuna
1995
Film
WWF 1995: The Year In Review
Yokozuna
1995
Film
WWF 1993: The Year in Review
Yokozuna
1993