Rodney Anoaʻi
Known for: Acting
Born: October 2, 1966
Died: October 23, 2000
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
70 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
7.4
Biography: WWE Legends
2021
10.0
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018
NR
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
7.0
WWE: True Giants
2014
7.7
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
2012
7.5
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
2012
10.0
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
6.9
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
2009
7.5
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
2006
7.9
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
7.8
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
2005
7.3
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
6.8
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
2004
1.0
Heroes of Wrestling
1999
10.0
WWF Summer Flashback!
1997
4.6
Aar Ya Paar
1997
10.0
WWF World Tour '96
1997NR
WWE Terminators '96
1996
NR
Best Of Raw • Volume One
1996
7.4
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
7.8
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996
6.8
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
1996
7.0
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
9.0
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
1996
6.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
1996
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1995
1995
8.5
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
1995
9.3
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
1995
7.2
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
1995
7.0
WWE King of the Ring 1995
1995
8.0
WWE In Your House
1995
6.5
WWE WrestleMania XI
1995
NR
WWF Off the Top Rope
1995
NR
WWE SlamFest
1995
NR
WWE WrestleFest '95
1995
NR
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
1994
7.3
WWE Survivor Series 1994
1994
NR
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
1994NR
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
1994
NR
German Fan Favorites
1994
NR
Razor Ramon
1994
4.5
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
1994
NR
WWE Sunday Night Slam
1994
NR
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
1994
NR
The Undertaker
1994
10.0
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
1994
10.0
WWE WrestleFest '94
1994
7.4
WWE King of the Ring 1994
1994
NR
Inside the WWF
1994
8.0
WWE WrestleMania X
1994
NR
WWE March to WrestleMania X
1994
NR
The History Of WrestleMania
1994
6.9
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
1994
6.2
WWE Survivor Series 1993
1993
NR
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993
1993
NR
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
1993
6.4
WWE SummerSlam 1993
1993
NR
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
1993
NR
WWE Global Warfare
1993NR
WWF Stars and Stripes Challenge
1993
NR
All Aboard the Lex Express
1993
NR
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
1993
NR
WWE Bashed in the USA
1993
7.8
WWE King of the Ring 1993
1993
NR
WWF European Rampage 1993
1993
NR
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
1993
NR
WWE UK Rampage '93
1993
6.1
WWE WrestleMania IX
1993
NR
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
1993
6.5
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
1993
6.8
Raw
1993
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1992
1992
5.3
L'homme au masque d'or
1991
10.0
AWA SuperClash IV
1990
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986