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Leati "Sika" Anoaʻi〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Online World of Wrestling – Sika Anoai )〕 (born April 5, 1945) is a professional wrestler and a member of the Anoaʻi family. ==Career== Sika teamed with his brother Afa to form the tag team the Wild Samoans.〔 They teamed in various promotions including WWF and Mid-South. In 1979, they signed with the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment).〔 Along with Afa, Sika held the WWF Tag Team Championship on three occasions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=World Wrestling Entertainment )〕 They won their first title in the WWF by defeating the team of Ivan Putski and Tito Santana on April 12, 1980.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Wrestling Titles )〕 The Wild Samoans held the belts for almost four months before losing them to Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales on August 9.〔 The title was vacated the following day, however, because Backlund already held the WWF Championship and could not defend both titles. A tournament was held to select the new champions, and The Wild Samoans defeated Tony Garea and Rene Goulet to regain the belts.〔〔 After losing the title to Garea and Rick Martel, the Wild Samoans left the WWF to compete in Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling. They won the tag team championship three times before leaving the promotion to wrestle in the National Wrestling Alliance's Georgia territory.〔 While there, the Wild Samoans defeated the Fabulous Freebirds to win the NWA National Tag Team Championship.〔 Sika and Afa soon left the promotion and vacated the championship.〔 Following their stint in the NWA, the Wild Samoans returned to the WWF. They won their third and final WWF Tag Team Championship on March 8, 1983 by defeating Jules Strongbow and Chief Jay Strongbow.〔 Four days later, Sika sustained an injury during a match. As a result, he was forced to take time off while his nephew Samula Anoaʻi helped defend the title in his place.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Wrestling Information Archive )〕 After Afa left the WWF, Sika teamed with Kamala and was managed by The Wizard until Mr. Fuji took over management of the team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Online World of Wrestling )〕 Sika also headlined the October 3, 1987 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event against Hulk Hogan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results – September 23, 1987 )〕 On March 27, 1988 Sika was a part of the battle royal at WrestleMania IV, but he did not win.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WWE WrestleMania IV results – March 27, 1988 )〕 Anoaʻi also appeared alongside Roddy Piper and other WWF wrestlers in the 1987 film ''Body Slam''.〔〔 In 1988, Sika teamed up with another relative, Kokina (better known as Yokozuna). The pair wrestled as a tag team in Continental Wrestling Federation and were managed by Alan Martin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Kayfabe Memories )〕 On the March 23, 2007 edition of ''WWE SmackDown'', it was announced that Afa and Sika would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WWE SmackDown results – March 23, 2007 )〕 On March 31, 2007, the Wild Samoans were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Afa's son, Samu, and Sika's son, Matt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Online World of Wrestling )〕 Sika and Afa now run The Wild Samoan Training Center, a wrestling school that has produced such alumni as Umaga and Batista, Rikishi, Billy Kidman, Chris Kanyon...〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Spasifik ) 〕 In March 2002, Sika suffered head and facial injuries when a beer truck hit his car near Pensacola, Florida.〔 In 1999, Sika started up an independent wrestling promotion in Pensacola, Fl called XW 2000, along with its co-founders and original members, Sam Anoai aka Samu, Matt Anoai (aka Rosey aka Roz), Steve Savage, Maxwel E Payne, Eddie Pitman aka Chief Iron Claw, Rick Lamb aka Lord Humongous(with Manager Mike "Romeo" Flynn), Chris Cody, Deuce Mason among a plethora of young talent whose mission was to help the Community and Non Profit Organizations through Fund Raising/Pro Wrestling Events. From 1999 until 2008, the promotion had a successful run, along with WWE, AWA, WWA, WXW and NWA Legends and Superstars such as Don Fargo, Rikishi, Luna Vachon, Gangrel, The Island Boyz Ekmo(aka Umaga) and Kimo (aka Rosey/Roz), Grandmaster Sexay and Black Pearl among others. XW 2000 also featured quite a few Legends and Independent Stars such as Doctor X, Bobby Doll(Former WWE Star) Gino Galento/Wendy G Kennedy (retired Pro Wrestler turned Actor and Formerly known as Fabulous Fabio) B.A.D. (aka Bolo ), Heavy B, D Ray 3000 (formerly known as Don Crisis and Kid Crisis),Ron Fargo, Steve Fury, James Ryker, Cameron Frost, Billy Rayz, Scotty Rayz, Sirus LaVaye ( aka Mister Omega ), DJ Pringle, Jerry Reiner (formerly known as 123 Kidd and Mr Electricity)Chris Tighe, Big E and Miss Fire just to name a few talented performers... Since 2010 XW 2000 run Shows with the same noble purpose from its first day of creation which is to help the Community with Family oriented Pro Wrestling Shows for Fund Raising Events to our War Veterans and help the Community in general across the Florida Panhandle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sika Anoaʻi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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