What is Umanga's real name?

Question

Raw Superstar on WWE.

Answer 1

Edward Umar Fatu (born March 28, 1973) is a Samoan professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on their RAW brand under the name Umaga.

Eddie Fatu grew up around professional wrestling, eventually being formally trained by his uncle Afa Anoa'i.

He worked the independent circuit as a tag team with his cousin Matt Anoa'i (Kimo), as The Island Boyz using the name Ekmo.

Contents [hide]
1 Career
1.1 Three Minute Warning
1.2 Outside WWE
1.3 Return to WWE
2 In wrestling
3 Family
4 Trivia
5 Championships and accomplishments
6 External links



[edit] Career

[edit] Three Minute Warning
On the July 22, 2002 episode of WWE RAW, The Island Boyz made their debut as Three Minute Warning. Fatu (now known as Jamal) and his cousin (using the name Rosey) were (kayfabe) hired as General Manager Eric Bischoff's assailants, attacking seemingly random wrestlers each week, on his order.

Fatu was released from his WWE contract later that year as a result of his involvement in an altercation outside of a Florida nightclub. He was reportedly angry at a man who was supposedly trying to flirt with his wife who was with him that night.


[edit] Outside WWE

Ekmo in TNA.Fatu worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) for a short while after his WWE release under his old name, Ekmo, and would later move to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as a member of the Roughly Obsess & Destroy (RO&D) faction. Later, with Taiyo Kea, Fatu won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship. He also challenged Satoshi Kojima for the Triple Crown, but Kojima retained his title.

Fatu also wrestled in many independent promotions during this time, including his brother Solofa's Nu-Wrestling Evolution. However, in December 2005, Fatu announced he would be returning to World Wrestling Entertainment and gave his notice to AJPW.


[edit] Return to WWE
In December 2005, it was confirmed that WWE re-signed Fatu. A return of Three Minute Warning was hinted at for many weeks with the team of Matt Anoai and Fatu competing in dark matches together before RAW; however, Rosey was released before the team could be brought back on the main show.

On the April 3, 2006, edition of RAW, Fatu made his redebut using the name Umaga, alongside his manager, the Cuban Armando Alejandro Estrada. When Estrada interrupted a Ric Flair promo he introduced his new client, Umaga, who proceeded to viciously attack Flair.

The name Umaga is a variant on Fatu's middle name, Umar[citation needed], and the gimmick is considered a "throwback" to many Samoan based tag teams like The Wild Samoans, and The Headshrinkers. It is also believed that the name is somehow related to former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga, who is also Samoan. The character has also drawn comparisons to Kamala the Ugandan Giant.

Most of the matches Umaga participated in while establishing himself were squash matches against various jobbers; however, after competing in one of these squash matches, Ric Flair returned to attack him. Their mini-feud culminated with Umaga winning a rematch at Backlash 2006.

At SummerSlam, Estrada offered (the undefeated) Umaga's services to The McMahons (Vince and Shane) to take out their D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) opponents during their match. When he made his way to the ring for his mission, however, he was attacked by Kane. The two of them feuded, alternating the upper hand back and forth, for the next two months until Umaga won a Loser Leaves RAW match, sending Kane off of the brand. Their feud continued, however, at Cyber Sunday where Kane was again defeated by Umaga after fans selected him over Chris Benoit and The Sandman to be Umagas opponent for the night.

Since his return with the Umaga gimmick he has yet to be pinned or made to submit on television, though he has lost matches via disqualification and count-out.


[edit] In wrestling
Finishing and signature moves
Samoan Spike
Wild Samoan Splash / Flying Sausage (Top rope splash)
Reverse piledriver - in Japan
Wild Samoan Drop (Gorilla press into a Samoan drop)
Running hip attack to the head of a seated opponent leaning against the turnbuckle
Reverse STO
Turnbuckle powerbomb, usually preceded by an elevated three-quarter double-arm choke
Diving headbutt
Running headbutt drop to the head of an opponent held in the tree-of-woe position
Giant swing, occasionally into an object such as ring steps or a barricade
Managers
LionDen
Rico
Nidia
Armando Alejandro Estrada
Nicknames
During Fatu's time as Umaga, he has gone by the nicknames "Samoan Wrecking Machine" and "Samoan Smashing Machine", both of which are believed by some to be parodies of "Samoan Submission Machine"; the nickname of Samoa Joe. He has recently been given the more consistent nickname of the "Samoan Bulldozer". In AJPW, he was known as the "Samoan Typhoon", to go along with tag partner Taiyo Kea's nickname of "Hawaiian Tornado".

[edit] Family
Eddie is a member of the famous Anoa'i wrestling family, he is the brother of Solofa Fatu (Rikishi) and Sam Fatu (The Tonga Kid), cousin to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), Samula Anoa'i (Headshrinker Samu), Matt Anoa'i (Rosey), Jimmy Snuka, Jr., and nephew to "Soulman" Rocky Johnson, the Wild Samoans (Sika & Afa), and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.

He is single and has one niece and two nephews, the children of Solafa "Rikishi" Fatu.


[edit] Trivia
Fatu has Samoan designed tattoos on his arms and legs. He sometimes wears a septum piercing as well as a grill while wrestling as Umaga.

As part of his gimmick he only yells in Samoan while appearing as Umaga, though he does speak English.


[edit] Championships and accomplishments
All Japan Pro Wrestling
AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Taiyō Kea
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling / World Entertainment Wrestling
FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Matt Anoa'i
Hawai'i Championship Wrestling
HCW Kekaulike Heritage Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Taiyō Kea
Heartland Wrestling Association
HWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kimo
Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Kimo

[edit] External links
WWE Profile
Umaga at Obsessed with Wrestling
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Fatu"

Answer 2

Wrestler: UMAGA

Real Name: Eddie Fatu

Birthday: March 28, 1973

Hometown: The Island of Samoa San Francisco, california

Height & Weight: 6'4" - 348 lbs
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rained by: The Wild Samoan Pro Wrestling Camp

Debut: 1995

Previous Gimmicks: Ekmo Fatu
Jamal (WWE)
Ekmo (TNA)
O.G. Ekmo
UMAGA (WWE)

Related to: Afa, THE ROCK, RIKISHI, SAMU, TONGA KID, ROSEY, AFA JR, LA SMOOTH, the late YOKOZUNA, check the full dynasty here

http://www.wildsamoan.com/samoandynasty.htm

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Ring name(s) Ekmo Fatu
O.G. Ekmo
Ekmo
Jamal
Umaga
Billed height 193cm (6ft 4in)
Billed weight 158 kg (348 lb)
Born March 28, 1973
Samoa
Resides San Francisco, California
Billed from The Isle of Samoa
Trained by Afa
Debut 1995

His real name is Eddie Fatu.

Answer 5

Edward Umar Fatu

Answer 6

His name is Eddie Fatu and was also known as "Jamal" before he became Umaga. His partner is 3 minute warning, Rosey is actually his cousin in real life. Eddie is Rikishi's "little" brother in real life as well, which means he is cousin's with The Rock in real life as well.

Answer 7

Rikishi Real Name

Answer 8

Edward Umar Fatu is his real name, he's also been portrayed as "Jamal" in WWE as well. In TNA he went by Ekmo Fatu or "Ekmo". I think it makes sense he went with "Umaga" because it sounds a lot like his middle name Umar.

Answer 9

He's the bro of Rikishi. Umaga used to be known as one of the guys in that 3 minute warning thing that Eric Bischoff did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Fatu

Answer 10

eddie fatu and he was known as jamal with his real life cousin rosey they madeup 3minute Warning, but was released shortly after due to night club fight. but returned as umaga after rosey was fired. he is also related to Solofa Fatu (Rikishi), Sam Fatu (The Tonga Kid), Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), Matt Anoa'i (Rosey), Samula Anoa'i (Headshrinker Samu), Jimmy Snuka, Jr., "Soulman" Rocky Johnson,The Wild Samoans (Sika & Afa), and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.

Answer 11

Eddie Fatu is umagas real name and he actually knows english!