Wild Samoans
Samoan professional wrestling tag team
The Wild Samoans were the professional wrestling tag team of Afa Anoaʻi and Sika Anoaʻi in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They held 20 tag team championships around the world.
Gimmick
The Wild Samoans rarely spoke in interviews, instead grunting in a primitive dialect that only their manager Capt. Lou Albano could understand. They had afros and Fu Manchu moustaches. Sometimes they grew scruffy beards. Completing their "wild man" image, the duo engaged in outrageous behavior such as nose picking, biting opponents, and eating raw fish during interviews.
They are members of the Anoaʻi family. Their father Amituana'i Anoaʻi was a blood brother to their trainer Peter Maivia.
History
Early years (1973–1979)
The team began its career in Stu Hart's Calgary, Alberta, Canada based Stampede Wrestling in 1973, where they won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship on two occasions.
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