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Post by The Brain on Jun 25, 2024 14:51:08 GMT -5
79 yrs old. One badass team during their era. Capt Lou as their manager was the icing on the cake. RIP Sika  |
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Rocky Balboa
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Post by Rocky Balboa on Jun 25, 2024 14:53:03 GMT -5
RIP. Atleast he got to see his son become the biggest name in pro wrestling before he passed.
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Post by AndrewR85 on Jun 25, 2024 15:24:10 GMT -5
RIP Sika  |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jun 25, 2024 15:41:31 GMT -5
R.I.P. Sika!! I acknowledge you!
I just missed the Afa and Sika era when watching wrestling. My first memories of WWF are probably in 1985, cause I knew of Hogan, Sheik, Volkoff, Piper, JYD, etc. So I missed out on the 1983 - 84 era of Sika and Afa.
I remember watching Sika in 1987/88 in that WWF run and thought he was neat. I never liked him but never hated him. He was just kind of there at times. That match with Hogan on SNME which is one of the greatest SNME cards ever, with Savage and Hogan forming the Mega-Powers on it.
He had a great career though, many title reigns all over the USA and the world in general.
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Post by Grenouille on Jun 25, 2024 16:20:43 GMT -5
RIP to a legend.
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Old Zeke
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'Fraid old Zeke, he rides up here with me. Can't trust a pig with watermelons, you know.
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Post by Old Zeke on Jun 25, 2024 17:05:24 GMT -5
R.I.P. Sika.
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Post by JokerFC on Jun 25, 2024 17:39:54 GMT -5
RIP Sika. Bona fide legend
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jun 26, 2024 10:46:53 GMT -5
RIP legend
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Post by The Brain on Jun 27, 2024 12:48:00 GMT -5
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Post by HeelPiper on Jun 27, 2024 22:19:41 GMT -5
The Wild Samoans were the best and most prolific tag team of the first 20 years of the . Cornerstone attraction of the Backlund/Morales era and into the Hulk era in early 84. They worked everybody, and were legit draws. Allentown legends. |
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Post by The Brain on Aug 15, 2024 20:05:14 GMT -5
News out there now that Afa is not doing well at all. Some sites have said he has passed but as of last check he has not but it doesnt sound good at all
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Old Zeke
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'Fraid old Zeke, he rides up here with me. Can't trust a pig with watermelons, you know.
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Post by Old Zeke on Aug 16, 2024 2:59:03 GMT -5
News out there now that Afa is not doing well at all. Some sites have said he has passed but as of last check he has not but it doesnt sound good at all He's had a lot of surgeries on his back the last few months (or so I've read) and his overall health has been getting progressively worse in recent years. Sika's passing caught me off guard as all the surgery stories etc. made me think Afa didn't have long left. I really feel for his daughter, Vale, who rather than just getting to spend time with her Dad before he passes - has had to go online and refute report after report that Afa has passed. I thought maybe these "journalists" would've learnt their lessons about jumping the gun on death announcements after announcing Flair's death in 2017 and Scott Hall's death 2-3 days before it actually happened. |
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Post by The Brain on Aug 16, 2024 16:23:11 GMT -5
Sadly it is now official. RIP Afa  |
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Post by AndrewR85 on Aug 16, 2024 16:25:41 GMT -5
R.I.P. Afa I know him best as manager of the Headshrinkers in the early-mid 90s. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Aug 16, 2024 16:33:22 GMT -5
Damn.... just two months later and Afa is no longer with us.
R.I.P. Afa!
I honestly had no memory of Afa when I first saw him in 1992 because I wasn't familiar with the tag team of the Wild Samoans in the early 80s. When I watched WWF it was in 1985 or so and so all I knew of was Sika's solo career in 1987 and 88.
I remember Afa managing Samu and Fatu for those few years in the WWF during the New Generation era.
I went back during COVID times and watched old stuff on the WWF Network of the Wild Samoans from WWF and Mid South Wrestling and they were incredible in their prime.
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Post by LA Times on Aug 16, 2024 16:52:20 GMT -5
RIP Afa and Sika. Both guys dying just weeks apart is rather eerie. |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Aug 16, 2024 18:30:51 GMT -5
2 months apart 🙏 🤲 RIP both legends
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Post by The Brain on Aug 17, 2024 12:19:22 GMT -5
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Post by PJ on Aug 17, 2024 18:56:59 GMT -5
Weird how soon after Sika passing Afa passed. Rest in Peace.
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Old Zeke
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'Fraid old Zeke, he rides up here with me. Can't trust a pig with watermelons, you know.
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Post by Old Zeke on Aug 18, 2024 3:49:38 GMT -5
Weird how soon after Sika passing Afa passed. Rest in Peace. The only recent example of this that comes to mind is Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds. Only 1 day apart. |
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