1. Sonny Siaki was born on July 23,1974 and is an American retired professional wrestler of American Samoan descent.
24 Facts About Sonny Siaki
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Sonny Siaki is best known for his time in NWA Total Nonstop Action, where he was a one-time TNA X Division Champion.
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When Siaki was three, his family moved to Hawaii, then California in the United States of America before settling in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Sonny Siaki graduated from New Hanover High School, received a football scholarship to play at East Carolina University, and majored in Physical Education.
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Sonny Siaki played inside linebacker until a serious stinger injury forced him to stop playing football, preventing him from pursuing a professional football career.
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Sonny Siaki graduated after seven months and wrestled his first televised match on WCW Saturday Night against Allan Funk.
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Sonny Siaki largely appeared on Saturday Night and faced other Power Plant graduates, though he did make several appearances on Thunder and Nitro.
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Sonny Siaki eventually left WCW in March 2000, unhappy with the way he was being utilized.
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Sonny Siaki moved on to the Urban Wrestling Alliance in California, where he was known as "Money".
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On June 19,2002, Sonny Siaki debuted on the first event of the National Wrestling Alliance-Total Nonstop Action as one-third of The Flying Elvises with Jimmy Yang and Jorge Estrada.
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Sonny Siaki won his first and only title in the promotion on December 11,2002, when he defeated Jerry Lynn to win the TNA X Division Championship.
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Sonny Siaki held the belt until February 12,2003 when he lost to Kid Kash.
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In July 2003, Sonny Siaki began a feud with D'Lo Brown, who he defeated in a casket match.
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Sonny Siaki formed a tag team with Apolo, having his most notable match at Lockdown, where they faced Lance Hoyt and Chris Candido in a steel cage tag match.
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In late December 2005, Sonny Siaki signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment.
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Sonny Siaki debuted in the WWE developmental territory Deep South Wrestling on February 2,2006, suffering a minor injury in the process.
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On February 23,2006, Sonny Siaki returned to Deep South Wrestling as a heel having a match with Damian Steele.
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Sonny Siaki then began teaming up with Afa Anoa'i, Jr.
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Sonny Siaki then re-debuted with Afa, as The Samoan Fight Club, in the new development territory, under the World Wrestling Entertainment name, Florida Championship Wrestling.
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On September 15,2007, it was reported that Sonny Siaki had been released from his developmental contract.
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Three days after the release, Sonny Siaki issued a statement saying that he has had some "personal issues" at home and that his focus was on his family right now, not wrestling.
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On September 17,2008, Sonny Siaki announced his intention to retire from professional wrestling because he planned to donate one of his kidneys to his brother.
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Sonny Siaki wrestled his final match on January 9,2009.
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Sonny Siaki appeared on an episode of "Family Feud" with his family.