Over the past week, the wrestling world has been reacting to the passing of Sika Anoa’i, remembering his legacy as one-half of the Wild Samoans alongside brother Afa Anoa’i. Amongst them is WWE Corridor of Famer Bully Ray who went into higher element in regards to the impression that Anoa’i had on his profession, on a latest episode of “Busted Open Radio.”
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“The primary time I turned on WWF programming, the primary two males I ever noticed have been Afa and Sika, The Wild Samoans,” mentioned Ray. “The minute I noticed them and watched them wrestle, it was instantaneous for me: I used to be like, ‘I need to try this.'”
Ray has had a protracted and profitable profession, primarily as a tag group wrestler alongside D-Von Dudley as The Dudley Boyz. In 1997, the 2 have been awarded Tag Group of the Yr by the Cauliflower Alley Membership, a second made much more memorable as a result of the Wild Samoans have been those to ship the awards.
“To see and to listen to the Wild Samoans, Afa and Sika, are those presenting you with the award they usually’re those speaking positively about you and saying that is the tag group of the longer term,” mentioned Ray. “That was an enormous, large deal.”
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Afa and Sika hardly ever talked on WWE programming to contribute to their “savage” personalities, and due to this Ray vividly remembers listening to them communicate for the primary time on the occasion. “Take a look at my goosebumps, simply remembering that second,” mentioned Ray. “I regarded again at my grandparents … with a glance of shock on my face, I am like, ‘The Samoans simply talked!'”
Just a few days in the past, Ray took to X to announce that Wednesday’s episode of “Busted Open” was devoted to the life and profession of Sika Anoa’i.
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