USamu yinxalenye yosapho oludumileyo lwe-Anoai kunye nonyana weWWE Hall of Famer Afa Anoai, isiqingatha esinye se-Wild Samoa. Ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe, uSamu wayesebenzela iWWF, iWCW, kunye neECW.
Umsebenzi kaSamu waqala ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1980 xa umalume wakhe uSika wayephumile enokwenzakala. USamu ungene kwiqela lakhe kunye noTata wakhe u-Afa njengenxalenye ye-Wild Samoa kwaye wanceda ekukhuseleni ubuNtshatsheli beQela leeMpawu le-WWF.
USamu noFatu bazakwenza iqela elaziwa njengeQela laseSamoan Swat kwiWCW. Emva kokushiya i-WCW, uSamu waziwa ngexesha lakhe kwi-World Wrestling Federation esebenza noFatu, aka Rikishi, njenge-Headshrinkers. Ngokudibeneyo, baphumelele ubuNtshatsheli beQela leeMpawu leWWF kube kanye.
Ngeli thuba lodliwanondlebe, uSamu uxoxa ukuba wayeneminyaka emingaphi ukuqala kwakhe uqeqesho, esebenza kunye noTata wakhe kwi-WWF, kwaye eneminyaka engama-21 kuphela xa wayejongane noBob Backlund kwi-WWF Championship.
Jonga udliwanondlebe olungezantsi:
SK: Samu, wawuneminyaka emingaphi ukuqala kwakho uqeqesho?
Samu: Ndiqale uqeqesho nge-14-15, kodwa ndaye ndanzulu malunga ne-16 xa ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiye kuhlala notata wam, kwaye ndiyibonile loo tsheki ayenzileyo eMadison Square Garden noBob Backlund. Ndiyazi ukuba yile nto ndifuna ukuyenza emva koko.
SK: Kulungile, ulifumene elo thuba ngo-1983 xa uMalume wakho uSika wayephumile ekonzakaleni, kwaye wagcwalisa ngeli lixa yayiziiNtshatsheli zeTag Team. Kwakunjani kanye kanye ukusuka kwilulwane kwangoko kwikhondo lakho lokungena kwaye uqale ukukhusela ibhanti yeQela leTeki yeWWF?
Samu: Kwakukubi! Yonke imidlalo yayiliphupha lam. USika wophule isinqe kwaye akasenakuthatha nxaxheba, ngenxa yoko (WWF) baya kufumana esinye iSamoa. Utata wam ebengafuni elinye iqabane, ngumntakwabo abathetha ngaye, kwaye ebengafuni ukumaka nomnye umntu. Yayindim okanye uCaptain Lou Albano ngelo xesha.
UCaptain wayephezulu apho ubudala. Wenza iluphu kwaba kanye, kodwa akakwazanga ukwenza kakhulu emva koko. UAndre (isigebenga) wandibeka igama elilungileyo, kwaye ndaba nethamsanqa, kwaye abanye babeluhlobo loqeqesho lomsebenzi, ngokuthetha.
SK: Uthethile ubona itsheki kaTata wakho ejongene noBob Backlund. Xa uneminyaka engama-21 ubudala, wadubula kwi-WWF Championship ngokuchasene noBob Backlund. Kulaa minyaka mncinci, ayenjani loo mava?
Samu : Kwakhona, yayiyinto sonke esiyiphuphayo, sonke sizama ukuvuka siye kusebenza nabantu abaphezulu kwaye ngethemba simele okuhle, ngakumbi nosapho lwethu hayi abalandeli kuphela. Sifuna ukumela usapho lwethu, ilizwe lethu kunye nabalandeli. Kwakumangalisa.
