Prince Iaukea was utilized as an enhancement talent during the early months of his career before winning the World Television Championship in 1997 and holding the title for nearly two months.
14 Facts About Prince Iaukea
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Prince Iaukea dominated the cruiserweight division during the first half of 2000, winning the company's Cruiserweight Championship twice before departing the company later that year.
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Two days later, Prince Iaukea made his Monday Nitro debut with a loss to Kevin Sullivan and then remained a jobber to the stars for the remainder of the year.
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Prince Iaukea quickly made a name for himself with his unique Samoan persona and real submission wrestling skills along with solid pro wrestling ability.
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Prince Iaukea received blessing from King Curtis Iaukea during a phone conversation with King Curtis telling him that "he was family" and that he enjoyed the work that Prince was doing.
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Prince Iaukea began feuding with Regal and made a successful title defense against Regal at Spring Stampede, but was assaulted by Regal after the match.
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Prince Iaukea briefly feuded with Chris Jericho in early 1998 due to Jericho degrading Hayner's trainer Dean Malenko and Hayner stepped in to defend Malenko's honor.
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Prince Iaukea unsuccessfully challenged Jericho for the Cruiserweight Championship at Spring Stampede.
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Prince Iaukea then lost to Norman Smiley at the company's premier pay-per-view Starrcade on December 27,1998.
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Prince Iaukea was then given a valet named Paisley and his ring name was shortened to simply "The Artist".
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Prince Iaukea defeated Kid Romeo, Kaz Hayashi and Lash LeRoux at SuperBrawl 2000 to win the vacant title.
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Prince Iaukea was briefly known as The Tongan Prince for Jimmy Hart's X Wrestling Federation, but when that went under he used his military background and went to work for a security contractor overseas.
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Prince Iaukea won the NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight title of the Floridan promotion Pro Wrestling Fusion by defeating Chris Jones on November 29,2008, and held it for six months before losing it back to Chris Jones.
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Prince Iaukea rebounded and received a Heavyweight title match against Steve Madison which he lost.