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Sivi Afi
Oct 19, 2020 6:35:26 GMT -5
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 19, 2020 6:35:26 GMT -5
So I'm watching some WWF Wrestling Challenge from April 1987. I remember Sivi, but vaguely. Was he basically the Corporal Kirschner to Snuka'a Sgt Slaughter? Did he have any direction or push? Just curious. These are things you think about at 6am while brushing teeth. Thanks..
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Sivi Afi
Oct 19, 2020 6:41:03 GMT -5
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Post by The Brain on Oct 19, 2020 6:41:03 GMT -5
He had some minor wins early on but for the most part he was a jobber.The only direction they gave em was a very brief run in the Islanders.If you blinked you missed it type deal.
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Sivi Afi
Oct 19, 2020 7:46:42 GMT -5
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Oct 19, 2020 7:46:42 GMT -5
I think they billed him as Snuka's cousin & brought him in when Snuka left.
He wrestled years ago in Portland (I think) as Sivi Snuka or Jimmy Avi.
He really never made it past mid-card status.
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Post by rowdy1971 on Oct 19, 2020 8:16:03 GMT -5
Sivi was suppose to be the "New" Snuka but he just didn't have "it" to do it. They tired to turn him heel and be with "The Islanders" as "Chief" Afi, with Bobby Heenan as his manager, he even went as far as to get the painful tattoos that Peter Maivia had, only to never see TV time, just a brief mention on "Prime Time Wrestling". The WWF released Afi. I don't think it would have gone anywhere anyway. But at least he has cool leg tattoos!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2020 13:13:12 GMT -5
He was actually still in the business until 1997, oddly enough.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Oct 19, 2020 22:08:54 GMT -5
Should have been World Champion and been in the main event of at least four Wrestlemania shows in the 80s.
Okay, I am just kidding.... make it three Wrestlemania shows.
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Sivi Afi
Oct 19, 2020 22:13:41 GMT -5
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Post by Nivro™ on Oct 19, 2020 22:13:41 GMT -5
I remember there's an MSG show where Fink says "From the Fiji Islands..." And the place goes absolutely  ing nuts....Then he introduces Sivi Snuka or whatever and the places just dies |
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Post by jason1980s on Oct 19, 2020 22:40:51 GMT -5
It's crazy he got the tattoos and was gone shortly after. He must have wanted to get them done for himself, I can't imagine the company asking him to do that only to let him go not long after. The Islanders 3 man match must have been the first time he got a non jobber entrance. He was so happy he started high fiving the fans.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Oct 20, 2020 10:33:08 GMT -5
He had some minor wins early on but for the most part he was a jobber.The only direction they gave em was a very brief run in the Islanders.If you blinked you missed it type deal.
I wonder looking back now, if the idea was to have Siva Afi and Tama remain the Islanders since it wasn't too long after that in which Haku became King Haku as a singles wrestler.
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Post by rowdy1971 on Oct 20, 2020 10:49:54 GMT -5
It's crazy he got the tattoos and was gone shortly after. He must have wanted to get them done for himself, I can't imagine the company asking him to do that only to let him go not long after. The Islanders 3 man match must have been the first time he got a non jobber entrance. He was so happy he started high fiving the fans. LOL it's Vince McMahon. I'm willing to bet they didn't ask him to do it, but kinda implied that he should because he might be "world champion someday"! |
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Post by The Brain on Oct 20, 2020 11:10:20 GMT -5
He had some minor wins early on but for the most part he was a jobber.The only direction they gave em was a very brief run in the Islanders.If you blinked you missed it type deal.
I wonder looking back now, if the idea was to have Siva Afi and Tama remain the Islanders since it wasn't too long after that in which Haku became King Haku as a singles wrestler.
I could see this being the case.The only way they stay a trio is if Harley never got injured on that SNME against Hogan. |
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Post by jason1980s on Oct 21, 2020 10:17:17 GMT -5
Sivi is a guy I'd like to hear on a shoot. He was there during some of the hottest years of the company. It surprised me he never made it a bit better. If Scott Casey can make a PPV then Sivi certainly could have been an extra but I guess he was gone before rumbles and survivor series really took off.
My guess on the three Islanders timing would be either, as mentioned, Haku will be crowned King as Race's replacement or Tama is about to leave or be fired or Sivi is the replacement or the threesome continue to be a threesome with no different gimmicks. I wonder what Bobby Heenan thought about him. I know he was involved with the Brawler for a few months but Brawler was kind of a funny character. Sivi was almost a true jobber and way out of Bobby's league.
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Sivi Afi
Oct 21, 2020 11:59:56 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 11:59:56 GMT -5
I doubt Mattel will ever do a figure of his, but I’m a little surprised he never got a Classic Superstars figure.
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