TOA The Samoan Warrior

[shanangough]

Hi all,

Just wondering if anybody could me much about TOA The Samoan Warrior. Is he still with New Japan?

Cheers,

[Haiku Warrior]

TOA never really was with NJ. He was a K-1 fighter that got hooked up with NJ during the fall of 2003 to the end of the year. He wrestled at NJ's Tokyo Dome show in October and beat Shinya Makabe. He wrestled the following tour for them which was the G1 Tag League. He and Takyama lost to Nishimura & Tenzen in the finals. He then lost to Tanahashi in a U-30 match (which I never understood why they wrestled) on the 11/3 Yokohama show.

[edgehead1984]

Basically he brought in as part of the New Japan vs. K-1 storyline, then Takayam took him and made him a member of the Inoki Army and teamed with him for the G-1 tag league making it to the finals, and he hasn't been seen since.

[shanangough]

Thanks guys,

Any comments about his in-ring ability? Any ideas on where I can get official videos or dvds of the cards he wrestled on?

[edgehead1984]

check www.puroresufan.com for the cards and links to DVD'S for shows in which he was on. I canm't comment on his in-ring ability since I have never seen him.

[Luds]

He was more of a 1 hit wonder...

[Haiku Warrior]

Like Right Said Fred?

[edgehead1984]

LMAO, That is true, I haven't even heard of him in K-1 since then either...

[Luds]

He might have run off to America with Sapp

[Haiku Warrior]

Then Right Said Fred could write a song about those two:

"I'm no good for New Japan
no good for New Japan
shouldn't have been a ma-a-a-n"

[jazz]

toa is not samoan, he is a maori(new zealand native) and he is called TOA THE MAORI WARRIOR.

just wanted to clear things up to save any future confusion