Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Karl Anderson vs. Tama Tonga Announced For NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, Full Card Confirmed Image Credit: NJPW Karl Anderson will officially compete at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17. [46] During February, Tonga accepted an offer to join WWE. [50] They lost the title to Jay and Mark Briscoe on June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall. On 14 September, the team was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Team ROH (Mike Bennett and Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[15][16]. [14] And he shared it while taking a jab at the Tonga, alleging his rant came from a Drake album. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 38 years old? Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens defeated Chaos members Yoshi-Hashi, Gedo, Rocky Romero, Yoh and Sho, after making Gedo submit to the Tongan Death Grip. But after Taichi and Sabre Jr. defeated the champions in two separate singles matches earlier this month, they are expected to challenge for the IWGP Tag Team Championships once again. Divisions: Makuuchi Jry Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi. [22], He teamed up with Hirooki Goto, calling themselves Ara-tonga (a pun on Goto's nickname "Aramusha/Daredevil" and Tama's last name) to compete in the 2010 G1 Tag League tournament. Haku would work in WWF's developmental territory Heartland Wrestling Association. At the end of the night, following Kenny's victory over Cody in the main event, Tama, Loa, and Haku came out to seemingly celebrate with Kenny and the Young Bucks in a show of loyalty, only to attack The Elite, as well as fellow Bullet Club members Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, even Chase and Takahashi, and finally Cody, when they tried to intervene. [31] Following the tournament Tonga worked with a number of CMLL's top stars, including the Leyenda de Azul tournament winner Diamante Azul. On November 13, Tonga and El Terrible won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from Atlantis and Diamante Azul. 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Tautuiaki Taula Koloamatangi (born February 7, 1991) is an American professional wrestler of Tongan descent. [70][71] After defending the championships seven times, their reign would end when G.O.D lost to FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) at Wrestle Kingdom 14. By fall, he would become listed as a member of the Impact roster,[34] and he, Chris Bey, and El Phantasmo established themselves as a U.S. based branch of Bullet Club in Impact Wrestling. They initially congratulated Omega, but suddenly turned and attacked Omega and the Young Bucks as they were celebrating on the ramp while wearing T-shirts referring to themselves as the "BC Firing Squad". Heenan said that if he hadn't been there and seen it himself, he wouldn't believe it. [45] After a three-day reign, the three lost the title back to the Briscoes and Yano at The New Beginning in Niigata. [53], Wrestler Shane Douglas said in a shoot interview that one would be better off fighting the US Army than fighting Haku. He is also known as a founding member of Bullet Club; he also makes appearances for Impact Wrestling in the United States.[8]. In the summer of 1991 Haku began to appear in Super World Sports in Japan for joint WWF/SWS cards. Also Read: Everything You Need to Know About Dwayne Johnsons Partner, Lauren Hashian. [68], G.O.D. Love it. Jeff Sharp is a freelance writer from Parts Unknown. Goldberg won and retained his title that night and thus added another wrestler in his winning streak, making it 1600. Did a WWE legend just take a shot at Sami Zayn's physique right here? The second night, Tama debuted the newest member to Bullet Club, Taiji Ishimori. [37] At Turning Point in November, Bey and Hikuleo were once again unsuccessful in capturing the Impact World Tag Team Championships from The Good Brothers. Or, maybe its because Reigns is related to someone with a similar name as Tama Tongas. 316K subscribers NJPW star Tama Tonga sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Tampa, FL. Then he told NJPW about it which caused them to bring in Tanga Loa. As one half of the Guerrillas of Destiny with Tanga Loa, the Bullet Club. [32] Tonga next made it to the finals of the 2012 La Copa Junior Tournament, where, on December 14, he was defeated by La Sombra in the main event of CMLL's 2012 Sin Piedad ("No Mercy") show. Coming towards the end of Fifita's WWF career, he would wrestle under the name King Haku for Japanese promotion Super World of Sports. He is currently wrestling for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and the U.S. promotion Impact Wrestling under the ring name Hikuleo ( Hikureo), he is a former member of Bullet Club. [5][16] In March 2018, Hikuleo sustained an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament. He wrestles under the ring name Hikuleo[22] previously, Leo Tonga. Roman Reigns himself has been on a tear in WWE for months and it would certainly be a fascinating scenario to have the reigning Universal Champion share the ring with Bullet Club members. No returns accepted. Again winless, he moved on that fall to feud with the newly returned Davey Boy Smith. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the current NEVER Openweight Champion in his second reign. So, you can see where Reigns connection to someone named Tama Tonga comes from. In the 2022 New Japan Cup, Tonga faced Evil in the second round; during the match House of Torture attacked Tonga only to briefly be saved by the Japanese division of Bullet Club only to have them also turned on Guerrillas of Destiny and Jado. They defeated the teams of Togi Makabe/Tomoaki Honma,[23] and King Fale/Super Strong Machine,[24] but lost to the teams of Manabu Nakanishi/Strong Man,[25] Masato Tanaka/Tomohiro Ishii,[26] and Yuji Nagata/Wataru Inoue,[27] which meant they finished fourth in their group with four points. [30] His debut match for CMLL saw him participate in the 2012 edition of CMLL's Leyenda de Azul tournament. Link copied to clipboard. See details. He was touted as being a former bodyguard to the Emperor of Japan and was initially called The Monster. [28] In September, Hikuleo made his return to Japan at NJPW Burning Spirit teaming with Kenta and Taiji Ishimori to defeat Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Kushida. February 21, 2022. He made a name for himself as Haku in the WWF as half of "The Islanders" with Tama. [19] In March of the following year, Hikuleo competed in the New Japan Cup USA tournament, defeating Jordan Clearwater to qualify for the tournament. The likes of Ric Flair and Edge are well known for being incredibly successful when it comes . He was promoted to the main roster in 2011, where he worked . [5] They turned heel in 1987 during a match on the WWF Superstars of Wrestling with The Can-Am Connection (Tom Zenk and Rick Martel). The four of them founded a new villainous stable named Bullet Club under Devitt's leadership.[36]. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defeat Kazuchika Okada & TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) (13:04) NJPW Road To Power Struggle 2021 - Tag 6 - Event @ Iwate Industrial Cultural Center Apio in Takizawa, Iwate, Japan. Karl Anderson [6] Debut. Tama Tonga has announced that he has signed a new deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling, after recently teasing an AEW debut. [39], A second generation professional wrestler, Koloamatangi is the nephew and adopted son of professional wrestler Haku and his wife Dorothy Koloamatangi. In January 2021, Guerrillas of Destiny won the IWGP Tag Team Championships from Dangerous Tekkers. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? He was referred to as The Samoan Savage, The Tonga Kid, and Tama. He made his NJPW debut in May 2010 under the name "Tama Tonga". In WCW, (because the name Haku was trademarked by the WWF) Fifita wrestled as Meng. 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