Rodney Agatupu Anoa?i was an American professional wrestler He was best known for his time with The World Wrestling Federation where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna The termyokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan Although the Yokozuna character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler Anoa?i had never competed as an actual sumotori Though Yokozuna wrestled as a representative of Japan he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hailing from Polynesia although he was managed by Mr Fuji who would follow Anoa?i to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt and waving a Japanese flag In the WWF Anoa?i was a twotime WWF Champion and twotime Tag Team Champion with Owen Hart as well as the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble Anoai was the first wrestler of Samoan descent to hold the WWF Championship as well as the first Royal Rumble winner who as a result of a direct stipulation received a world title shot at WrestleMania He defeated WWE Hall of Famers Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan in consecutive payperview victories at WrestleMania IX and the1993 King of the Ring to win his two WWF Championships He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012
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