Solofa Fatu Jr.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
123
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-10-11 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Solofa Fatu Jr.
Biography
Solofa Fatu Jr. is a Samoan American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Rikishi (which means sumo wrestler in Japanese) with WWE, where he was a one time WWE Intercontinental Champion, two time WWE World Tag Team Champion, and one time WWE Tag Team Champion. Rikishi is a member of the famous Anoaʻi family. He is the twin brother of Sam Fatu (The Tonga Kid/Tama), and both brothers have twins. Sam is the father of twins Marley and Myracle, and Rikishi is the father of twins Jonathan and Joshua Samuel, who currently wrestle in WWE as Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso. Rikishi is the nephew of Sika Anoaʻi and Afa Anoaʻi, known as the Wild Samoans, and his cousins in wrestling are Rodney Anoaʻi (Yokozuna), Samula Anoaʻi (Headshrinker Samu), Matt Anoaʻi (Rosey), Joe Anoaʻi (Roman Reigns), Reno Anoaʻi (Black Pearl), Afa Anoaʻi Jr. (Manu), Lloyd Anoaʻi (L.A. Smooth) and Dwayne Johnson (The Rock). Rikishi and his wife Talisua Fuavai-Fatu have five children. Jonathan and Joshua Samuel, Jeremiah Peniata and daughter Thavana Monalisa Fatu and Joseph. He is the older brother of the late Eddie Fatu (Umaga/Jamal), who died on December 4, 2009 from heart attack. Solofa has a scar on his abdomen from a drive by shooting in 1987. He says he died for 3 minutes in the emergency room Rikishi is a playable DLC character in the Attitude Era-themed video game WWE '13. He also appeared in WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role, WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It, WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, and WWE 2K19. Outside of the main series, he is featured in WWF No Mercy, WWF Raw, WWE Raw 2, WWE Wrestlemania X8 and WWE Wrestlemania XIX. Fatu appeared in the Italian comedy film Natale a Miami. He also guest starred on the Nickelodeon show Victorious, as a sumo wrestler in the episode "Brain Squeezers." Fatu appeared in the Netflix original film Sandy Wexler. Fatu under his "Rikishi" ring name is the Samoan judge in the "Wall of the World" on the CBS show The World's Best.
Known For
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Victorious
WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWE Hall of Fame 2015
WWE Survivor Series 1992
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
WWE Survivor Series 1993
WWE No Way Out 2004
WWE No Way Out 2000
WWE Survivor Series 1994
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
Kurt Angle: It's True! It's True!
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
WWE Survivor Series 2020
WWE Rebellion 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
WWE Global Warning
NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory
WWE Tough Enough
WWE SummerSlam 1994
WWF WrestleFest '94
The Contract
WWE Old School
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88
WWE Unforgiven 2000
Sandy Wexler
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993
The Big Show Show
Groove Street
It Wants Blood 2
WWE King of the Ring 1994
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
WWE King of the Ring 2000
WWE Armageddon 2000
WWE Insurrextion 2000
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
WWE This Is Awesome
Christmas in Miami
WWE WrestleMania XX
WCW Starrcade 1989
WWE UK Rampage '93
The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect
WWE WrestleMania 13
WWE Rivalries
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
WWE Armageddon 1999
WWE WrestleMania 2000
WWE Judgment Day 2000
WWE Wrestlemania X8
Rise of the Gladiators
The Rock - Just Bring It!
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
WWE Judgment Day 2001
AWA SuperClash III
NWA World Championship Wrestling
NWA WrestleWar 1989
AWA Arena Shows
WWF Mega Matches '95
WCW WrestleWar 1989
WWE Velocity
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
German Fan Favorites
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
WWE No Mercy 2000
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
WWE Icons
JCW Legends and Icons
WWF Countdown to The Crowning
Timeline: The History of WWE – 2000 – As Told By Rikishi
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
WWE SummerSlam 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
WWE Judgment Day 2002
WWE Survivor Series 2000
WWE No Way Out 2001
WWE No Mercy 2002
Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection
WWE Vengeance 2002
WWE WrestleMania IX
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
AWA The Road to Super Clash III
WWE Icons Revisited
WWE Rebellion 2002
WWE Unforgiven 2002
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
WWE Backlash 2003
WWE SummerSlam 1993
Living On A Razor's Edge: The Scott Hall Story
WWE Survivor Series 1995
WWE King of the Ring 1993
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
WWE: The Attitude Era - Vol. 3
Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
YouShoot: Rikishi
JCW Bloodymania 7
