Trivia

Rikishi rubs his nose twice en route to the ring to tell his children that he loves them.

Real-life cousin of Dwayne Johnson.

Rikishi is a member of the world famous Samoan Wrestling Family, which includes the Wild Samoans, The Rock & Yokozuna.

Has a scar on his stomach from a drive by shooting incident in the early nineties.

Before he came into prominence through wrestling, he earned money by street dancing in his home town of San Francisco.

WWE Hall of Famer.

Older brother of [Eddie Fatu] (Umaga). Solofa is also the twin brother of [Sam Fatu] (The Tonga Kid).

Was revealed to be the man who "ran over" Stone Cold Steve Austin eleven months earlier at Survivor Series (1999). (October 2000)

The word "fatu" means "heart" in Samoan.

Notable Title Wins Include: Canadian Television title; WWC Caribbean Tag Team titles; WCCW Tag Team titles w/Samu (3); Texas Tag Team titles w/Samu; WWF World tag team titles w/Samu; WWF Intercontinental title; WWE Tag Team titles w/Rico; WWE Tag Team titles w/ Scotty Too Hotty

Released from WWE as of July 2004 (July 2004)

Living in Florida. (July 2005)

"Rikishi" is Japanese for, simply, a sumo wrestler. However, Rikishi's gimmick is accurately portrayed as being proudly Samoan. His cousin's gimmick as Yokozuna ("grand champion") was portrayed as being an actual Japanese sumo wrestler.

Former WWF Tag Team Champion.

Formerly wrestled as the Sultan in the WWF in the mid 1990s.

Previous Managers: Paul E Dangerously, Oliver Humperdink, Afa, Captain Lou Albano, The Iron Sheik, Bob Backlund, Buddy Roberts.

Professional wrestler.

Won the Intercontinental Championship on June 22, 2000 from 'Chris Benoit'.