USamu uyingxenye yomndeni odumile wase-Anoai kanye nendodana yeWWE Hall of Famer Afa Anoai, ingxenye eyodwa yamaThe Wild Samoans. Ngesikhathi esebenza kahle, uSamu wayesebenzela iWWF, WCW, ne-ECW.
Umsebenzi kaSamu waqala ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1980 ngenkathi umalume wakhe uSika ephumile ngenxa yokulimala. USamu ungene ezohlangana noBaba wakhe u-Afa njengengxenye yeThe Wild Samoaans futhi wasiza ekuvikeleni iWWF Tag Team Championship.
USamu noFatu bazokwakha iqembu elaziwa ngeThe Samoa Swat Team eWCW. Ngemuva kokushiya i-WCW, uSamu waziwa ngesikhathi sakhe kwiWorld Wrestling Federation esebenzisana noFatu, aka Rikishi, njengeThe Headshrinkers. Ngokubambisana, bawine iWWF Tag Team Championship kanye.
Ngalesi sigaba sengxoxo yethu, uSamu uxoxa ngokuthi wayeneminyaka emingaki ngenkathi eqala ukuziqeqesha, esebenzisana noBaba wakhe kwiWWF, futhi eneminyaka engama-21 kuphela lapho ebhekene noBob Backlund kowe-WWF Championship.
Buka le ngxoxo engezansi:
SK: Samu, wawuneminyaka emingaki uqala ukuqeqeshwa?
Samu: Ngiqale ukuqeqeshwa ngo-14-15, kepha ngacabanga kakhulu lapho ngineminyaka eyi-16 lapho ngithatha isinqumo sokuyohlala nobaba wami, futhi ngabona lelo sheke alakha eMadison Square Garden noBob Backlund. Ngangazi ukuthi yilokho engangifuna ukukwenza ngemuva kwalokho.
SK: Hhayi-ke, lelo thuba walithola ngo-1983 ngenkathi uMalume wakho uSika elimele, futhi wagcwalisa ngesikhathi kuyiTag Team Champions. Kwakunjani zisuka nje ku-bat ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakho ukungena ngaphakathi bese uqala ukuvikela ibhande leqembu le-WWF Tag?
Samu: Kwakungu-surreal! Yonke imidlalo kwakuyiphupho lami. USika wephule isinqe futhi akasakwazi ukubamba iqhaza, ngakho-ke (i-WWF) bazophinda bathole esinye isiSamoa. Ubaba wami wayengafuni omunye umlingani, kwakungumfowabo ababekhuluma ngaye, futhi wayengafuni ukumaka nomunye umuntu. Kwakungimi noma uCaptain Lou Albano ngaleso sikhathi.
UKaputeni wayephezulu lapho ngeminyaka. Wenza iluphu kanye, kepha akakwazanga ukwenza okuningi ngemuva kwalokho. U-Andre (The Giant) wangifaka igama elihle, ngaba nenhlanhla, futhi abanye baba uhlobo oluthile lokuqeqeshwa komsebenzi, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso.
SK: Ukhulume ubona isheke likaYihlo libhekene noBob Backlund. Lapho uneminyaka engama-21, wadutshulwa ku-WWF Championship belwa noBob Backlund. Ngaleso sikhathi seminyaka yobudala, kwakunjani lokho okuhlangenwe nakho?
Samu : Futhi, bekuyinto sonke esiyiphuphayo, sonke sizama ukusukuma lapho sisebenze nabafana abasezingeni eliphezulu futhi ngethemba ukuthi simele okuhle, ikakhulukazi nomndeni wethu hhayi abalandeli kuphela. Sifuna ukumela umndeni wethu, izwe lethu kanye nabalandeli. Kwakumangalisa.
