CLICK ON IMAGE TO THE RIGHT FOR ENHANCED VERSION An 18-year-old youngster created history this week. Amber Ah Sue etched her name in history becoming the first Samoan woman to win a Senior gold medal at an Oceania and South Pacific Wrestling Championship. On her way to winning gold she defeated current Oceania champion Emma Chalmers of Australia and NZ’s national champion Jessica Todd. “I’m really happy and proud to represent Samoa and to win gold first up is unexpected,” she said. The modest youngster didn’t make too much of her victory but to those in the know it was...
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Source: Press Release TICKETS ON SALE TODAY FOR “TNA LOCKDOWN 2010” HULK HOGAN, TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AJ STYLES, RIC FLAIR, KURT ANGLE AND MORE HEADLINE THE MOST DANGEROUS PAY-PER-VIEW IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING! TNA Wrestling returns to St. Louis, one of America’s most famous wrestling cities for Lockdown 2010. The annual pay-per-view extravaganza is scheduled for Sunday night, April 18, at the Family Arena in suburban St. Charles. TNA Wrestling and Hulk Hogan lead the invasion of TNA Superstars including the reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal”...
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Samoa Joe and TNA conduct a very professional and candid interview about the state of TNA wrestling and issues that arose from the past difficulties and how things are transpiring for the better. Samoa Joe represents TNA as well as the profession well as he conducts himself in an extremely professional manner. Check it out for...
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(CNN) — Wrestler Edward Fatu, better known as the hulking, tattooed WWE superstar “Umaga,” died Friday of a heart attack in a Houston, Texas, hospital, a family friend said. Born in American Samoa, Fatu, 36, was a member of the famous Anoa’i wrestling family, which includes cousin Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, his two uncles, who wrestled as The Wild Samoans in the 1980s, and brothers, Sam “Tonga Kid” and Solofa Jr. “Rikishi,” according to Wrestlers Rescue, a support group for retired professional wrestlers. The two-time WWE...
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REAL NAME: Joe Seannoa, 6’2″, 280 pounds BORN: March 17, 1979 in Orange County, California NICKNAMES: King Joe The man TNA and Ring of Honor fans have come to know as Samoa Joe was born Joe Seannoa, into a showbiz family that founded the prominent Polynesian Dance Troop in the United States — Tiare Productions. At the age of five, Joe was performing as part of the opening ceremonies for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The young man was also athletically minded, becoming a California State Junior Judo Champion and was a football player throughout high school. Hailing...
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The first-ever foreign-born yokozuna (grand champion) of Japan’s national sport of sumo announced his retirement in late January 2001. Taro Akebono (formerly Chad Rowan of Hawaii) belongs to the Azumazeki beya, or “stable,” of sumo wrestlers. He has been nursing a long-standing knee injury that refused to heal fully, and at the age of 31 he bid farewell to 13 years of life in the sumo ring. A great yokozuna who always exhibited a courtesy and decorum more Japanese than the Japanese themselves, Akebono was much loved. This is attested by the decision of the Nihon Sumo Kyokai...
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