Matt Anoa'i
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| Ring name(s) | Matt Anoa'i Mack Daddy Kane Kimo Rosey RO'Z Captain Chronic |
| Billed height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Billed weight | 163kg (360 lb) |
| Born | April 7, 1970 San Francisco |
| Trained by | Wild Samoan Training Camp |
| Debut | 1994 |
Matt Anoa'i (born April 7, 1970 in Samoa), is a professional wrestler who is currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling under the name RO'Z and TNT Pro Wrestling under the name Captain Chronic; though he is most known as Rosey, the Super Hero In Training (S.H.I.T.), a moniker he went by while working for World Wrestling Entertainment. For most of his career Anoa'i has teamed with his cousin Eddie Fatu.
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[edit] Career
In his early career, Anoa'i started out under the name 'Mack Daddy Kane teaming with Samu as the Samoan Gangsta Party. The had a brief stint in ECW, quickly fueding with the The Gangstas but left the company shortly thereafter.
Before signing with the WWF, Anoa'i worked the independent circuit under the name Kimo with his cousin Eddie "Ekmo" Fatu, wrestling under the team name of The Island Boyz.
Using the ring name of Rosey, Anoa'i made his WWE debut on the July 22, 2002 episode of Raw with Ekmo (who was renamed Jamal) as Three Minute Warning. They were "hired" as Eric Bischoff's assailants, attacking random wrestlers each week, at the orders of Bischoff. The most notable events during this gimmick 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 then 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.
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 Resistance in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the World Tag Team Championship.
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 WWE 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: Weeks after they would begin a losing streak, mainly 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 of Hurricane ripping off his mask and striking 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 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 reunited to recreate 3 Minute Warning. The duo wrestled as a tag team during a dark match on the January 9 edition of RAW. However, on March 21, 2006, WWE released Rosey from his contract, and the hinted return of 3 Minute Warning was never seen by TV audiences.
Anoa'i made his debut with All Japan Pro Wrestling on June 25 under the name RO'Z, as a member of Roughly Obsess & Destroy (RO&D). He teamed with Taiyō Kea to defeat the team of Arashi and Satoshi Kojima. However, 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 defeated.
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".
[edit] In wrestling
- Previous managers
- Finisher and signature moves
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- Super Hero Slam (Swinging side slam)
- Revolving leg drop
- Super Hero Splash (Big splash)
- Samoan drop
- Corner splash
- Chokeslam
- Diving leg drop
- Split-legged moonsault, often to the mat as a result of an opponent hitting Rosey's legs out from under him during the attempt, causing Rosey to hit the mat instead of the opponent.
[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 time) - with Ekmo
- world Xtreme wrestling
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- wXw Tag-Team Championship (2 time) - with Ekmo
[edit] Personal life
Matt Anoa'i is married with one daughter and a son. 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 Jamal (currently known as Umaga on WWE RAW), Rikishi, Tonga Kid, and Yokozuna. His brother, Joe, is the starting defensive tackle for Georgia Tech's football team.
Matt would become the 8th person in his family to become World Tag Team Champion as part of WWE (WWF/WWWF).
