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4 giu 2020 · Having received his training from Steve Rickard, Maivia began his career as a professional wrestler in 1962 at the age of twenty-four. Getting his start in the nation of New Zealand while competing for Rickard’s NWA promotion, he was known initially as Prince Peter Maivia. The young Samoan was an instant hit with New Zealand’s fanbase and ...
9 feb 2024 · When we talk about the all-time greats, we cannot help but talk about how Peter Maivia had a lasting impact on the world of professional wrestling. Known as the Flyinʻ Hawaiian back in the day, the strength and high-flying nature of his wrestling style made him a unique fighter in the sport, while his ‘High Tribal Chief’ made him an instant hit among local and international wrestling ...
27 mar 2019 · Peter Maivia's daughter, Ata Maivia, married professional wrestler Rocky Johnson. Rocky, who is also a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, is most famous for being one-half of the first African-American tag team champions in WWE history. In 1996, their child Dwayne Johnson entered WWE under the name of Rocky Maivia to honor his father and grandfather.
Dwayne Johnson (grandson) Ofelia "Lia" Maivia [1] ( née Fuataga; August 6, 1927 [A] – October 19, 2008) [2] was a Samoan professional wrestling promoter. Maivia was the wife of Samoan professional wrestler Peter Maivia and the grandmother of actor and wrestler, Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock. Lia Maivia had an uncredited role in the ...
5 dic 2023 · Peter Maivia was the grandfather of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, nobody messed with him in the ring in his day. Legend has it he once plucked out a man's eyeba...
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31 mar 2023 · WWF was running its television show, Raw, in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Aug. 11, 1997. They went backstage to meet an up-and-coming wrestling prospect who had borrowed from family names to call his character Rocky Maivia. His real name was Dwayne Johnson, the son of Rocky Johnson and Ata Maivia, Peter Maivia's daughter.
Maivia joins her late husband, WWE Hall of Famer “High Chief” Peter Maivia, in the WWE Hall of Fame, as the two key figures in the rich wrestling history of Hawaii. After The High Chief’s passing in 1982, Maivia took over control of the National Wrestling Alliance territory in Hawaii known as Polynesian Pro Wrestling where she became one of wrestling’s first-ever woman promoters.
