Basic Information About Solofa Fatu
| Category | Athletes › Wrestlers |
|---|---|
| Professions | Wrestler, Actor |
| Net worth | $2,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1965-10-11 (59 years old) |
| Place of birth | San Francisco |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Curiosities and Trademarks | Finisher: The Banzai Drop Finishing move: Rump Shaker (Banzai Drop) Finishing move: Rikishi Driver (Over the shoulder reverse piledriver) Trademark move: Stinkface (Buttocks push into the face) Trademark move: Samoan Drop Trademark move: (Chasse) Savate Kick Trademark move: Side Belly-to-Belly Suplex Trademark move: Headshrinker Splash (Diving Splash) |
| Spouse | 20 July - Talisua Fuavai ( 1985 - present) (3 children) |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft (1.85 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Solofa Fatu win?
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 Golder Raspberry |
 BAFTA |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Solofa Fatu roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Sandy Wexler | Tsunami (as Solofa 'Rikishi' Fatu Jr.) |
| Victorious | Sumo Wrestler 1 episode, 2013 |
| WWE Monday Night RAW | Rikishi / ... 128 episodes, 1993-2019 |
Solofa Fatu's Quotes
- It's time for Rikishi to back that ass up!
Solofa Fatu's photos
Interesting Facts about Solofa Fatu
- Professional wrestler.
- Former WWF Tag Team Champion.
- Won the Intercontinental Championship on June 22, 2000 from 'Chris Benoit'.
- Rikishi rubs his nose twice en route to the ring to tell his children that he loves them.
- Real-life cousin of Dwayne Johnson.
- Formerly wrestled as the Sultan in the WWF in the mid 1990s.
- Was revealed to be the man who "ran over" Stone Cold Steve Austin eleven months earlier at Survivor Series (1999). [October 2000]
- "Rikishi" is Japanese for, simply, a sumo wrestler. However, Rikishi's gimmick is accurately portrayed as being proudly Samoan. His cousin's gimmick as Yokozuna ("grand champion") was portrayed as being an actual Japanese sumo wrestler.
- Before he came into prominence through wrestling, he earned money by street dancing in his home town of San Francisco.
- Notable Title Wins Include: Canadian Television title; WWC Caribbean Tag Team titles; WCCW Tag Team titles w/Samu (3); Texas Tag Team titles w/Samu; WWF World tag team titles w/Samu; WWF Intercontinental title; WWE Tag Team titles w/Rico; WWE Tag Team titles w/ Scotty Too Hotty
- Rikishi is a member of the world famous Samoan Wrestling Family, which includes the Wild Samoans, The Rock & Yokozuna.
- Has a scar on his stomach from a drive by shooting incident in the early nineties.
- Previous Managers: Paul E Dangerously, Oliver Humperdink, Afa, Captain Lou Albano, The Iron Sheik, Bob Backlund, Buddy Roberts.
- Older brother of [Eddie Fatu] (Umaga). Solofa is also the twin brother of [Sam Fatu] (The Tonga Kid).
- Released from WWE as of July 2004 [July 2004]
- Living in Florida. [July 2005]
- WWE Hall of Famer.
- The word "fatu" means "heart" in Samoan.
References & Fact Checks ✅
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fatu_in_1995.jpg
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- Date taken: 6 July 2008 (original upload date)
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rikishi_~_King_of_the_Ring_Event_2000.jpg
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originally posted to Flickr as Rikishi ~ King of the Ring Event 2000 - Author: Nick Noid
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- Date taken: 23 April 2009, 08:44:44
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solofa_Fatu.jpg
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- Date taken: 20 December 2003
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:5.22.11RikishiByLuigiNovi.jpg
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- Date taken: 22 May 2011
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slater%27s_veteran_conquerors.jpg
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Flickr: Nostalgia in the ring - Author: Xander Hieken
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
- Date taken: 23 July 2012, 21:21:54
