The Wild Samoans

The Wild Samoans

The Wild Samoans were a professional wrestling tag team of Afa and Sika. The duo held 21 tag team championships around the world. The team began its career in Stu Hart’s Calgary, Alberta Canada based Stampede Wrestling in 1973. In 1975 they made their debut in the United States for Big Time Wrestling in Detroit.

About The Wild Samoans in brief

Summary The Wild SamoansThe Wild Samoans were a professional wrestling tag team of Afa and Sika in Mid-South Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation. The duo held 21 tag team championships around the world. The team began its career in Stu Hart’s Calgary, Alberta Canada based Stampede Wrestling in 1973. In 1975 they made their debut in the United States for Big Time Wrestling in Detroit. They spent the majority of the 1970s in various NWA territories before joining the WWF in 1979. In 1979 they were billed as simply ‘The Samoan’ before reverting to their better-known name. In 1981, changing their name back to ‘Samoans’, they joined Mid- South Wrestling.

In 1982, they joined the North-South Connection and turned face and had a lengthy feud with The Adrian Adonis and The Can-Am Connection. In 1988, they managed Mr. Fuji, now known as Kamala Fuji, in Super-Am. Sika reappeared for a lengthy run in the WWF from 1986 to 1988, performing as a tag team and as a singles competitor. They later left the WWF and reappeared in Pro Wrestling USA where they had a dream match vs the Road Warriors vs Double DQ. Sika’s biggest match was a loss to the team of Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas on April 17, 1984.