Matt Anoa'i
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| Matt Anoa'i | |
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| Matt Anoa'i as Rosey at SummerSlam 2005. | |
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| Ring name(s) | Big Mattie Smalls Captain Chronic Kimo Mack Daddy Kane Matt Anoa'i Matty Samu Rosey RO'Z |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Billed weight | 420 lb (190 kg/30 st) |
| Born | April 7, 1971 San Francisco, California |
| Trained by | Wild Samoan Training Camp |
| Debut | 1994 |
Matthew Salman "Matt" Anoa'i (born April 7, 1971), is a professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling under the name RO'Z. He is mostly remembered for his stint with the World Wrestling Entertainment as Rosey, both as a member of 3-Minute Warning with his cousin Jamal (Eddie Fatu), and later as the Super Hero In Training (S.H.I.T.). Anoa'i also played in the main event of the World Series of Poker and was a featured contestant on Fat March.
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[edit] Career
Throughout his career, Anoa'i has wrestled as part of several tag teams. Early in his career, he has formed many tag teams with his family members such as Samoan Gangsta Party with Sammy the Silk, Samoan Gangstas with L.A. Smooth and Ekmo as The Island Boyz/3-Minute Warning. He also briefly teamed with The Hurricane.
[edit] Independents
In his early career, Anoa'i started out under the name Mack Daddy Kane, teaming with Sammy the Silk as the Samoan Gangsta Party. They had a brief stint in ECW in the summer of 1996, feuding with The Gangstas, as well as the Eliminators and the Bruise Brothers.
Before signing with the WWF, Anoa'i worked the independent circuit as Kimo, teaming with his cousin Ekmo as The Island Boyz.
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
Using the ring name of Rosey, Anoa'i made his WWE debut on the July 22, 2002 episode of Raw with Ekmo (renamed Jamal) as 3-Minute Warning. They were "hired" as Eric Bischoff's assailants, attacking random wrestlers each week, at the orders of Bischoff. Their most notable event came when they attacked two lesbians.
[edit] Hurricane & Rosey
Later in 2003, The Hurricane "discovered" Rosey's potential as a superhero, and christened him "Rosey, the Super Hero in Training" (or the S.H.I.T.). In one memorable promo, he helped an old lady across the street, but when he revealed himself as "the S.H.I.T.", she started hitting him with her purse for using foul language. On the July 19, 2004 episode of RAW, Rosey appeared with a new costume, seemingly graduated to a full superhero. On May 1, 2005, at Backlash Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the World Tag Team Championship. They were joined for a short while by Stacy Keibler, who they referred to as Super Stacy. However, Stacy was then drafted to SmackDown. On September 5, 2005 Rosey and The Hurricane were defeated by Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, during their debut match on Monday Night RAW. This match earned the pair a title shot at Unforgiven. During the title match, Murdoch delivered an elevated DDT on Hurricane to the outside. The DDT caused Hurricane to suffer a "stinger" (in Kayfabe) and allowed Cade & Murdoch to beat the injured Hurricane later in the match, to win the World Tag Team Titles from him, and Rosey.
The loss of the titles eventually brought the team to an end, as they began a losing streak caused by Hurricane's injuries. During the October 17, 2005 episode of RAW, Hurricane was assaulted by Kurt Angle at the request of Vince McMahon. After the beating footage was shown, Hurricane ripped off his mask and struck Rosey (who had come to the ring to his aid). The next week Hurricane no-showed a World Tag Team Title match leaving Rosey to face the champions alone. During the match, The Hurricane (out of costume) appeared at the top of the entrance ramp; going now by his real name, Gregory Helms watched as Rosey was double teamed and defeated. After the match, Helms announced that he was fed up of being funny for the crowd, and that he had been carrying Rosey as a tag team partner. On the November 7, 2005 edition of RAW, Gregory Helms defeated Rosey in their first encounter since teaming together.
Shortly after this turmoil, Jamal was rehired by WWE and he and Rosey were scheduled to reunite 3-Minute Warning. The duo wrestled as a tag team during a dark match on the January 9, 2006 edition of RAW. However, on March 21, 2006, WWE released Rosey from his contract, and the hinted return of 3-Minute Warning never made it to television.
[edit] After WWE
Anoa'i made his debut with All Japan Pro Wrestling on June 25, 2006 under the name RO'Z, as a member of Roughly Obsess and Destroy (RO&D). He teamed with Taiyō Kea to defeat the team of Arashi and Satoshi Kojima. Throughout August 2006, Anoa'i appeared in HWA Adrenaline. In his initial appearance, Anoa'i used the "RO'Z" name and wore his WWE superhero outfit but would later return under his old moniker "Kimo". RO'Z left RO&D and joined enemy faction Voodoo Murders after a heated argument with Kea. RO'Z later began a feud with AJPW Triple Crown Champion and former mixed martial arts fighter Minoru Suzuki, who referred to RO'Z as a "fat pig". He challenged Suzuki for the Triple Crown on October 29, but was unsuccessful.
Anoa'i participated in the AJPW Champion's Carnival 2007 as a member of Block B, but he only finished with 2 points in the series, with his only victory being against Toshiaki Kawada on March 27th (Day 2 of the Tournament). [1]. Along with Headshrinker Samu, Anoa'i inducted The Wild Samoans into the WWE Hall of Fame the night before Wrestlemania 23.
He took part in a new ABC reality series, Fat March. The show called for some overweight people to walk over 570 miles, passing through nine states, with the goal of shedding unwanted pounds and getting fit along the way. There were six male contestants and six female contestants. The press release stated: "He was released from pro wrestling in the U.S. last year when officials felt he was too heavy and it wasn't safe for him to compete. He must lose weight to return to his career." The contestants competed for a prize pool of $1.2 million (US), but due to knee injuries, he quit during the fifth episode.
[edit] Return to WWE
After losing a tremendous amount of weight, he wrestled a dark match for WWE on August 20, 2007, before an episode of Raw. After being introduced as his real name, he was defeated by Johnny Jeter. The match went so well they decided to bring him back for the August 21, 2007 SmackDown! taping, where he was defeated again by Johnny Jeter. Anoa'i reported to Ohio Valley Wrestling in September 2007, although he is still not under contract with WWE. In the developmental territory he wrestled several tag team matches with Afa, Jr., as the Sons of Samoa.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Swinging side slam - WWE
- Revolving leg drop - WWE
- Split-legged moonsault - AJPW
- Samoan Splash (Diving stretch out or a running splash)
- Samoan drop
- Corner splash
- Chokeslam - Independent circuit
- Inverted piledriver - AJPW
- Superkick
- Springboard moonsault
- Previous managers
- Theme Music'
- "3 Minutes" by 2 Skinnee J's (2002-2003)
- "Eye Of The Hurricane" by Jim Johnston (2003-2006)
- Nicknames
- "The S.H.I.T" (Super Hero In Training)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- HWA Adrenaline
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- HWA Tag-Team Championship (1 time) - with Ekmo
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- MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Ekmo
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- WXW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with L.A. Smooth
[edit] Personal life
Matt Anoa'i is married to Mandy (Vandeberg) from Mason Ohio. They have a daughter, Madison (born in December 2003) and a son, Jordan (born in 1998). [1]
He is the son of former professional wrestler, Sika Anoai (1/2 of the Wild Samoans). He is a cousin of former wrestler and current movie star, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Other cousins also include Eddie Fatu (currently known as Umaga on WWE RAW), Rikishi, Tonga Kid, Deuce, and Yokozuna. His brother, Joe Anoa'i, was the starting defensive tackle for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team.
Matt was the ninth person in his family to become World Tag Team Champion as part of WWE (WWF/WWWF).
Matt played high school football in Pensacola, Florida (Escambia High School). Matt played with the NFL's all-time rushing leader, Emmitt Smith, at Escambia.
Has a Samoan Signature designed tattoo on his upper biceps.
[edit] References
- ^ [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/12/21/294128.html Matt Anoai (Rosey) daughter, Madison Alani, born Thursday Dec. 11th in Cincinnati. She's 7 lbs., 14 oz, 21 inches long. "She eats like she's a 360-lb. Samoan," Rosey quipped to wwe.com. .]
