Without a doubt this family is the most iconic wrestling family of all time. The sheer amount of legends and Hall of Famers in this family cannot be compared to any other. It can be seen currently in WWE as for the last 4 years everything has changed in WWE but the one constant has been The Bloodline which has members from this family. This Samoan Family has more than 50 years in wrestling. It all started with Peter Maivia and from generation to generation it has become more iconic.
Let’s look at some of the members of the Anoa’i Family
The Wild Samoans Afa and Sika
These were the first two wrestlers from this family that gave the family a name. These were Afa and Sika. This dominant team won 21 Tag Team Championships around the world. They wrestled in NWA and the WWF. These two men were not a fan of talking and instead they liked using their fists to say everything. True to their tag team name they used to bite their opponents and eat raw fish. They made their WWF debut in the year 1980 and they won the WWF Tag Team Championship. For all their contributions they were inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007. They were last seen in 2020 when they coronated Roman Reigns as the Tribal Chief. Sika who was a part of this team passed away recently. He was also the father of Roman Reigns.
Yokozuna
Rodney Ragatapu Anao’I or Yokozuna as he is famously known was a man that transformed the image of this family. Yokozuna debuted in 1992. Yokozuna was a 2 time WWF Champion. He was also a 2 time WWF World Heavyweight Champion. Yokozuna was the first Royal Rumble winner from the family. Yokozuna created history as he was the first Samoan to win the WWF Championship. He was also the first person from the family to main event WrestleMania. Yokozuna did not just headline one WrestleMania but he main evented WrestleMania 9 and 10 and both were against Bret Hart for the WWF Championship. Yokozuna had legendary feuds with The Undertaker and Hulk Hogan among others. He was posthumously inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.
Rikishi
The real name of Rikishi is Solofa F Fatu Jr. He is also the father of Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Solo Sikoa and Tamina. He joined the WWF in 1992 which was the same year as Yokozuna. Rikishi had an unusual signature Move which was the Stink Face to the face of his opponent in the corner. Rikishi is most famously known for driving a car over Stone Cold Steve Austin and he did it for The Rock. He was also involved In a dance off In the Royal Rumble Match. He had feuds against The Rock, Stone Cold, Triple H etc. Rikishi won the Intercontinental Championship once and 3 times he was the tag team champion in WWE. In the year 2015, he was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame. He is still actively involved in social media regarding the Bloodline storyline.
The Rock
Without any doubt, The Rock is the most famous member of this great family. He has given a high name to the family not only in wrestling but also outside of it. He is the biggest movie star in the world and everyone knows that he is a part of the Anoa’I family. His real name is Dwayne Johnson. He is one of the greatest of all time in WWE. However his debut was not perfect as he made his debut at Survivor Series 1996 as Rocky Maivia but he was booed out Of the MSG. He had to turn heel and join the Nation of Domination. His feud against Stone Cold Steve Austin is one Of the best of all time. The Rock was an important part of the Attitude Era and he was the leader when WWE beat WCW. The Rock has won 10 WWE World Heavyweight Championships, 2 time Intercontinental Champion and a 5 time WWE Tag Team Champion. The Rock has main evented some of the biggest WrestleManias of all time. He was the main event of WrestleMania 17, WrestleMania 28 and 29. The Rock recently returned to WWE in 2024 and was The Final Boss which is his best character of his career. He main evented WrestleMania 40 and it looks like he is not done.
Umaga
Umaga was Edward Smith Fatu. Umaga was born in WWE in 2002 and he was one of the most destructive monsters in WWE history. Umaga was someone who moved so well and was such a skilled wrestler. He showed that size did not matter and everyone was afraid of him. Umaga was a 2 time Intercontinental Champion. He had feuds against John Cena, Shawn Michaels, Triple H and he beat all of them with ease. WWE did a great job of portraying him as unstoppable. He also feuded with Kane, Bobby Lashley, CM Punk and Batista. The WWE fans want to see him inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame posthumously.
Roman Reigns
Joe Anoa’I or Roman Reigns as he knows by throughout the world is the biggest face of the family at the present moment. He has been in WWE for 10 years and he has risen to a status that only The Rock had attained from his family. He was in the Shield with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. Before his main roster debut he was in FCW from 2010 and then he was in NXT. He went through the grind before tasting success. He was a dominant tag team champion with Seth Rollins . His solo run started in 2015 and he main evented WrestleMania 31-34 back to back. He wrestled Brock Lesnar, Triple H, and The Undertaker. The character was not clicking. In 2018, he announced that he had leukemia and he was out of WWE.
The turning point of his career came in 2020 during the COVID Pandemic. He returned as a heel and he was The Tribal Chief. He won the Universal Championship and he then was on a run of a lifetime with Paul Heyman. He had bangers against everyone he wrestled and he main evented WrestleMania 37-40 consecutively including both nights of WrestleMania 40. He has been out of WWE since WrestleMania 40 and he Is rumored to return at SummerSlam as a face.
The Usos and Solo Sikoa
Jonathan Fatu and Joshua Fatu better known as Jimmy and Jey Uso are the best tag team of the modern era. They are the sons of Rikishi. They also have a younger brother in Solo Sikoa. The Usos also started in FCW in 2009 and they first debuted as face painting faces and they did not go far in that run. They had to change everything and they got serious. They started winning tag team titles and they had one of the all time great feuds against The New Day. The Usos had the longest tag team title reign of all time when they held the titles for 622 days. Jimmy Uso is out with injury and Jey Uso has become one of the biggest crowd favorites with his YEET movement.
Solo Sikoa is the younger brother of The Usos. He has seen a dramatic rise from winning the NXT North American Championship to becoming the Tribal Chief in the absence of Roman Reigns. He has a bright future and he will feud against his brothers and Roman Reigns after SummerSlam. He has Jacob Fatu in his side and Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa.
Nia Jax
One of the only active female members of the Anoa’I family. Her real name is Savelina Fanene. Nia Jax has been in the WWE since 2014. She was not the best wrestler when she made her debut and the fans blamed her for being careless and hurting other women. She had to work hard and her latest run in the WWE for the past year has been the best and she has been having banger matches. She has won one Women’s Championship and can win her second at SummerSlam 2024. There are also Tanima and Naomi who are a part of the family. Nia Jax has had feuds against Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Bayley.
