Rodney Anoaʻi
Known for Acting · 75 credits
- Born
- 1966-10-02
- Died
- 2000-10-23
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Yokozuna · Kokina Maximus · The Great Kokina · Wild Samoan Kokina
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (69)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
as Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1995
1995
as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993
1993
as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1992
1992
as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania XI
1995
as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania IX
1993
as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
as Yokozuna
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
1993
as Yokozuna
Razor Ramon
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1993
1993
as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
1995
as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania X
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
1996
as Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
1993
as Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
1996
as Yokozuna
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
2009
as Yokozuna
WWE King of the Ring 1994
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
1994
as Yokozuna
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
2012
as Yokozuna
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
as Yokozuna
WWE Bashed in the USA
1993
as Yokozuna
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
1996
as Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996
as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1993
1993
as Yokozuna
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
2006
as Self - Yokozuna
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
1994
as Yokozuna
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam 1993
1993
as Yokozuna
Best Of Raw • Volume One
1996
as Yokozuna
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1994
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series 1995
1995
as Yokozuna
WWE: True Giants
2014
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
2005
as Yokozuna
WWE SlamFest
1995
as Yokozuna
The History Of WrestleMania
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE WrestleFest '95
1995
as Yokozuna
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018
L'homme au masque d'or
1991
as Le Lutteur Hawaïen
WWE In Your House
1995
as Yokozuna
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
1993
as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
1995
as Yokozuna
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
1993
as Yokozuna
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
2004
as Yokozuna (archive footage)
WWE WrestleFest '94
1994
as Yokozuna
WWF European Rampage 1993
1993
as Yokozuna
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
WWE Global Warfare
1993
as Yokozuna
German Fan Favorites
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
1993
as Yokozuna
AWA SuperClash IV
1990
as Kokina Maximus
WWF Off the Top Rope
1995
as Yokozuna
WWF Summer Flashback!
1997
as Yokozuna
WWE March to WrestleMania X
1994
as Yokozuna
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
1993
as Yokozuna
Inside the WWF
1994
as Yokozuna
The Undertaker
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
1994
as Yokozuna
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
1995
as Yokozuna
WWE UK Rampage '93
1993
as Yokozuna
WWF World Tour '96
1997
as Yokozuna
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
2012
WWF Stars and Stripes Challenge
1993
as Yokozuna
WWE Terminators '96
1996
as Yokozuna
All Aboard the Lex Express
1993
as Yokozuna
Heroes of Wrestling
1999
as Yokozuna
About Rodney Anoaʻi
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… With 75 credits spanning from 1985 to 2021, Rodney Anoaʻi has appeared in 69 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rodney Anoaʻi Movies
- WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006) — as Yokozuna
- WWE King of the Ring 1995 (1995) — as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993 (1993) — as Yokozuna
- WWE Survivor Series 1992 (1992) — as Yokozuna
- WWE WrestleMania XI (1995) — as Yokozuna
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