Matt Anoai
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Matt Anoai (born April 7, 1970 in Samoa) better known by his stage name of Rosey, is a professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand.
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Career
Pre-WWF career
Before signing with WWF (now the WWE), Matt teamed with "Ekmo" Fatu as The Island Boyz.
WWE career
In 2002, now called Rosey, Matt debuted on WWE TV in with Ekmo (who was renamed Jamal) as Three Minute Warning. They were "hired" as Eric Bischoff's assailants, attacking seemingly random wrestlers each week, at the orders of Bischoff. The most notable events during this gimmick came when they attacked two lesbians, after they began to bore Bischoff, and when they crashed Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo's "wedding." Both events drew criticism from gay & lesbian rights groups. After the wedding Rico jumped from SmackDown! to RAW to manage the team. In June 2003, Jamal was fired from WWE, and Rosey was forced into a singles program.
Later in 2003, The Hurricane "discovered" Rosey's potential as a superhero, and christened him "Rosey, the Super Hero in Training" (or the S.H.I.T.). On the July 19, 2004 episode of RAW, Rosey appeared with a new costume, seemingly graduated to a full superhero.
On May 1, 2005, at Backlash Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Resistance in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the the World Tag Team Championship.
Profile
- Height: 6ft 5in (1.96 m)
- Weight: 350 lbs (159 kg)
- Trained by: Wild Samoan Training Camp
- Professional Debut: 1994
- Previous Managers: Theodore Long, Rico, Haku, Stacy Keibler
Finisher/Signature Moves
- Super Hero Slam
- Super Hero Splash
- Samoan Drop
- Corner Splash
- Spinning Leg Drop
- Split-legged Moonsault to the mat (as a result of an opponent taking out his legs while on the top-rope)
With The Hurricane
- Spinning Samoan Drop/Neckbreaker combination (The Hurricane would perform the neckbreaker, with Rosey holding the victim up on his shoulders)
- Sidewalk Slam/Eye of the Hurricane combination
- Super Hero Splash (Elevated Splash) (The Hurricane would leap from the shoulders of Rosey and splash a prone victim)
Titles/accomplishments
- 1-Time World Tag Team Champion (with The Hurricane)
- 1-Time HWA Tag-Team Champion (with Ekmo)
- 3-Time MCW Southern Tag-Team Champion (with Ekmo)
- 2-Time wXw Tag-Team Champion