Rocky Iaukea is a retired American professional wrestler, known by his ringname Prince Iaukea, who competed in the Pacific Northwest and Southeastern United States with the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1980s, and in Japan during the early 1990s.
11 Facts About Rocky Iaukea
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The son of King Curtis Iaukea, a popular wrestler in the United States and Japan during the 1960s and 1970s, Rocky Iaukea followed in his father's footsteps and became a wrestler himself.
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Shortly afterwards, Rocky Iaukea began wrestling for Pacific Northwest Wrestling under the name Abudadein.
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Rocky Iaukea's in-ring persona was that of an Arab American "heel" similar to The Iron Sheik.
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Rocky Iaukea briefly won back the title from Top Gun on January 14,1989, but dropped it to Carl Styles a little over two weeks later.
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Rocky Iaukea spent his last year in PNW feuding against Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions The Southern Rockers with allies Matt Borne and The Grappler.
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Rocky Iaukea managed to win the tag team titles once more when he and The Grappler beat The Southern Rockers for the belts in Portland on October 29,1988.
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In early 1991, Iaukea joined the "Thunder Down Under" tour in New Zealand with several World Wrestling Federation wrestlers including Jim Powers, The Genius, Don Muraco, Angel of Death, Koko B Ware, The Brooklyn Brawler, The Nasty Boys and The Bushwhackers.
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Rocky Iaukea accompanied Terry Gordy, "Dr Death" Steve Williams, Dan Kroffat, Doug Furnas, Joe Malenko, and Dean Malenko in a tour of Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling that same year.
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Rocky Iaukea eventually returned to Japan full-time where he wrestled for AJPW and WAR up until his retirement in 1996.
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Rocky Iaukea later started a charter boat service and he is the owner and captain of a catamaran boat which tours the beaches of Waikiki.