On November 13, Tonga and El Terrible won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from Atlantis and Diamante Azul. [70][71] After defending the championships seven times, their reign would end when G.O.D lost to FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) at Wrestle Kingdom 14. He was eliminated from the match after submitting to Hiroyoshi Tenzan. To practice more frequently they eventually joined the academy proper and were partly trained by Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. He is currently wrestling for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and the U.S. promotion Impact Wrestling under the ring name Hikuleo ( Hikureo), he is a former member of Bullet Club. [47] On March 3, Tonga scored the biggest singles win of his career by defeating former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and reigning IWGP Tag Team Champion Togi Makabe in the first round of the 2016 New Japan Cup. Over the years, wrestlers like Tama Tonga have won way more titles than most fans realize. At the same time, his brother Tevita was playing college football with the UTEP Miners. Indonesian live rock is back after years and is considered to be the PREMIER display live rock on the market. He is an expert in pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts, and has been featured on numerous high-profile websites and magazines. [28] In September, Hikuleo made his return to Japan at NJPW Burning Spirit teaming with Kenta and Taiji Ishimori to defeat Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Kushida. [92], In addition to his adoptive brother Tevita with whom he wrestles in NJPW as the Guerrillas of Destiny, Leone's younger (biological) brother Taula is also part of NJPW under the name Hikuleo. At the age of 15, he was part of a group of six teenagers and young men sent by the king of Tonga to Japan to study Sumo. But it's all good, we have that understanding. 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NJPW star Tama Tonga returned to the ring this past week at NJPW Strong after a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to travel restrictions, but The Bullet Club OG has kept himself very busy by starting up his own podcast, Tama's Island, among others things. [65] They lost the title to Chaos (Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) in a five-team gauntlet match on January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome. Born in the South Pacific island which shares his first name, Tonga Uliuli Fifita was entrenched in athletic competition from an early age. You've got the upper hand there, definitely you can say that. [54][unreliable source] In his third tournament match on 25 July, he scored the biggest win of his career by defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi (who had won the previous year's G1). So there is definitely a relation there, although not blood relatives since I think Tama Tonga is Haku's adopted son. Haku on The Rock & Rocky JohnsonWWE/WCW/New Japan Pro Wrestling Superstar Haku aka Meng aka King Tonga talks about Hollywood Megastar Dwayne "The Rock" Johns. He attended Florida's Webber International University, majoring in sport management and playing basketball as a center for the Webber International Warriors. Also Read: Is Tama Tonga Related to Roman Reigns? One of the wrestlers who teased the idea of a dream match-up was Tama Tonga. Then he told NJPW about it which caused them to bring in Tanga Loa. This American-Samoa family is pretty distinguished in wrestling circles for blessing the sport with some of the greatest pros. The four of them founded a new villainous stable named Bullet Club under Devitt's leadership.[36]. Many wonder if the Bullet Club star is somehow related to Reigns. You know. The reigning IWGP Tag Team Champion put Roman Reigns and The Usos on notice in one of his latest tweets. Tonga has spent his entire career in New Japan, but he does have some ties to WWE. In January 2021, Guerrillas of Destiny won the IWGP Tag Team Championships from Dangerous Tekkers. I said, 'Yeah. Take a 30sec survey now! Tonga 'Uli'uli Fifita (born 10 February 1959) is a Tongan professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as Haku. "I . He was referred to as The Samoan Savage, The Tonga Kid, and Tama. Their most notable match was a defeat in the opening match of WrestleMania VII against The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty). [52] Heenan also praised Haku as a good-hearted family man. Tama Tonga Defeats Karl Anderson, Wins NEVER Openweight Title At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Colin Tessier Wednesday, January 04, 2023 Image Credit: NJPW Tama Tonga has won the NEVER Openweight. But thats where the connection of the Tonga wrestlers and the Anoai ends. [90] Due to knocking White out of the tournament, Tonga earned an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match on October 10 at Declaration of Power, however failed to capture the title from White at the event. He defeated Davey Richards and Nobuo Yoshihashi but lost to Fujita Hayato, Kenny Omega, Koji Kanemoto, Ryusuke Taguchi and Taiji Ishimori and ended up with just four points, second to last his group. After Archer's victory, Hikuleo entered the ring staring off with Archer, hinting at a future match between the two for the title. The 40-year-old hails from a wrestling family, much like Reigns, as he is the adopted son. Under the guidance of two other former sumotori who had turned to puroresu, Genichiro Tenryu and Takashi Ishikawa, he joined their home promotion, All Japan Pro Wrestling. In the early 1980s, Fifita, taking the name King Tonga, wrestled in Canada for Frank Valois' International Wrestling promotion based in Montreal. Tonga feuded with the top stars of the promotion, including Dino Bravo. On 4 January 2016, Fifita, as King Haku, made a surprise return to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, taking part in the New Japan Rumble on the Wrestle Kingdom 10 pre-show. [63] On December 11, they were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Los Ingobernables de Japn (Evil and Sanada). 1998 TAMA RockStar Used Acoustic Battery. Tama Tonga was one of 16 wrestlers that competed in the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. Heenan said that if he hadn't been there and seen it himself, he wouldn't believe it. [49], In March 2016, Tonga announced he would reform his tag team with Tevita in NJPW, recruiting him into the Bullet Club as Tanga Loa. He's currently active in IMPACT Wrestling where he's teaming with Tanga Loa and feuding with THe Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson). 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