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Matthew Salman 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, 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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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 (191 kg)
Born April 7, 1971 (1971-04-07) (age 36)
San Francisco, California
Trained by Wild Samoan Training Camp
Debut 1994
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Career
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.
WWE
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, after they began to bore Bischoff, and when
they crashed Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo's wedding. Both events drew criticism
from gay & lesbian rights groups. After the wedding, Rico jumped from SmackDown!
to RAW to manage the team. In June 2003, Jamal was fired from WWE, and Rosey was
forced into a singles program.
Rosey immediately aligned himself with Theodore
Long, who told Rosey he had to earn his "playa's card". He then quickly squashed
The Hurricane in a short match. Refusing to attack Hurricane after the match, he
was promptly attacked by Rodney Mack. He fought Mack the next week, losing. The
Hurricane then fended Mack off.
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.
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.
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.
In
wrestling
Finishing and signature moves
Swinging side slam - WWE
Revolving leg drop - WWE
Split-legged moonsault - AJPW
Samoan Splash (Top rope stretch out splash or
running splash)
Samoan drop
Corner splash
Chokeslam - Independent circuit
Inverted piledriver - AJPW
Superkick
Springboard moonsault
Accidental split-legged moonsault to the mat (prior
to adopting the actual maneuver, Rosey would perform it as a result of an
opponent taking out his legs from under him while on the top rope)
Previous managers
Theodore Long
Rico
Haku
Super Stacy
Eric Bischoff
Nicknames
The S.H.I.T (Super.Hero.In.Training)
Championships and accomplishments
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (1 time) -
with Eddie Fatu
HWA Adrenaline
HWA Tag-Team Championship (1 time) - with Ekmo
International World Class Championship Wrestling
IWCCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Sammy
the Silk
Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with
Ekmo
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The
Hurricane
World Xtreme Wrestling
WXW Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with L.A.
Smooth
Entrance themes
3 Minutes - 2 Skinnee J's
Eye of the Hurricane - Jim Johnston
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 April 1998). At the time of Madisons birth Jordan was five years
old and starting kindergarten. The couple is now expecting their third child due
in June of 2008.
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 has become 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 Samaoan Signature designed tattoo on his
upper bicep.
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