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Rodney Anoaʻi

Oct 02, 1966 - Oct 23, 2000 (34 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA

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

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WWF Wrestling Challenge
Yokozuna
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WWE WrestleMania X
Yokozuna
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Biography: WWE Legends
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WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Yokozuna
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WWE Survivor Series 1996
Yokozuna
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WWE Royal Rumble 1996
Yokozuna
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WWE WrestleMania XI
Yokozuna
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WWE WrestleMania IX
Yokozuna
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WWE Royal Rumble 1994
Yokozuna
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WWE Survivor Series 1992
Yokozuna

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