Early career (1995–2001) Anoaʻi trained with his cousin
Eddie Fatu at the Wild Samoan
professional wrestling school operated by members of their family. When their training was completed, they debuted in their uncle
Afa's
World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) promotion. He later began teaming with
Samu as the
Samoan Gangsta Party, using the name Mack Daddy Kane. The following night at
Heat Wave, they lost to The Gangstas. On August 3 at
The Doctor Is In, Anoa'i and Samu took part in a four way for the
ECW World Tag Team Championship against The Eliminators, The Gangstas, and The Bruise Brothers which was won by The Gangstas. In March 1999, Anoa'i traveled to Japan to wrestle for
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). After scoring one-on-one wins over Hosaka and Fuji, Anoa'i took part in a round robin tournament for the
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship but only finished with 2 points. In May 2000, Anoa'i and Fatu would drop the Armageddon gimmick and began competing as "The Samoans" with Anoa'i changing his name to Matty Samu while Fatu became Eddie Fatu. On June 21, Anoa'i and Fatu defeated Hosaka and
Yoshinori Sasaki to win the
FMW Hardcore Tag Team Championship. The two would hold the titles for a month and made two successful title defenses before dropping the titles back to Hosaka and Sasaki on July 28.
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001–2006) Island Boys (2001–2002) Anoaʻi, along with Fatu, signed
developmental contracts with
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and were assigned to
Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA), adopting the tag team name
The Island Boyz, and with Anoaʻi using the ring name Kimo. They won the
HWA Tag Team Championship in November 2001, by defeating
Evan Karagias and
Shannon Moore.
3-Minute Warning (2002–2003) Kimo (renamed Rosey) and Fatu (renamed Jamal) made their WWE debut on the July 22, 2002, episode of
Raw as
3-Minute Warning, a pair of
villainous savages. The name Rosey was inspired by
Rosey Grier, an
American football player. They were "hired" as
Eric Bischoff's
enforcers, attacking random wrestlers each week, after Bischoff either gave people three minutes to entertain him before they were attacked or decided that three minutes of a segment was enough before the team appeared to end it. In September, 3-Minute Warning began a
feud with
Billy and Chuck, interfering in their
storyline commitment ceremony, and defeating them at the
Unforgiven pay-per-view event.
Teaming with The Hurricane (2003–2006) Later in 2003, The Hurricane "discovered" Rosey's potential as a
superhero and christened him as "Rosey, the Super Hero in Training" (the S.H.I.T.).
Rosey and The Hurricane teamed regularly together during this time, wrestling against teams including
Chris Jericho and
Christian and
Evolution. On the July 19, 2004, episode of
Raw, Rosey appeared with a new costume, seemingly graduated to a full superhero, officially turning him into a
fan favorite. On May 1, 2005, at the
Backlash pay-per-view, Rosey and Hurricane defeated
La Résistance in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the
World Tag Team Championship. They were joined for a short while by
WWE Diva Stacy Keibler, who they referred to as Super Stacy. Stacy, however, was then drafted to the
SmackDown! brand. On September 5, 2005, Rosey and The Hurricane were defeated by
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, during their debut match on
Raw. This match earned the pair a tag team title shot at
Unforgiven. During the title match, Murdoch delivered an
elevated DDT on The Hurricane to the outside. After the beating footage was shown, Hurricane ripped off his mask and struck Rosey (who had come to the ring to his aid). During the match, The Hurricane (out of costume) appeared at the top of the entrance ramp, now going by the name
Gregory Helms as he watched Rosey get double teamed and defeated. Shortly after this turmoil, Jamal was rehired by WWE, and he and Rosey were scheduled to reunite 3-Minute Warning. The duo wrestled as a tag team during a
dark match before the January 9, 2006, episode of
Raw. However, on March 21, 2006, Rosey was released from his WWE contract, and the hinted return of 3-Minute Warning never made it to television. Two months later, Anoa'i betrayed RO&D and defected to the
Voodoo Murders. On September 17, Anoa'i teamed with
Taru,
Suwama, and
"brother" Yasshi against
Taka Michinoku, Taiyo Kea,
D-Lo Brown, and
Buchanan in a "losing team must disband" match where Anoa'i pinned Kea after Brown and Buchanan turned on Michinoku and Kea. In October, Anoa'i began pursuing
Minoru Suzuki and the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. On October 29, Anoa'i challenged Suzuki for the Triple Crown Championship but was defeated. He teamed up with
Suwama to wrestle in the
2006 World's Strongest Tag Determination League where they placed first with nine points and Anao'i even scored a win over
Keiji Mutoh along the way. Due to placing first, they made it to the finals where they were defeated by
Satoshi Kojima and
Hiroyoshi Tenzan. He continued to compete for AJPW throughout 2007, including in the 2007
January 4 Dome Show at the
Tokyo Dome, where he teamed with
Taru, Suwama, and
Giant Bernard to defeat
Riki Choshu,
Manabu Nakanishi,
Takashi Iizuka, and
Naofumi Yamamoto. On February 17 at
Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 2, Anoa'i teamed with Suwama to take on Taiyo Kea and
Toshiaki Kawada for the vacant
World Tag Team Championship but came up short. Anoaʻi participated in the AJPW 2007
Champion Carnival tournament as a member of Block B, but he finished with two points in the series, coming last in Block B though he did score a win over Kawada. His last match was on March 30 teaming with TARU and Suwama in a winning effort over
Akira Raijin,
Kiyonari Sanada, and
T28.
Later career (2006–2017) in
Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 2006 During 2006 and 2007, he also competed for a number of
independent promotions, including Great Championship Wrestling, BAW Championship Wrestling, and the Appalachian Wrestling Federation. He wrestled a
dark match being billed under his real name for WWE on August 20, 2007, before an episode of
Raw; he was defeated by
Johnny Jeter. He returned the following day for the August 21
SmackDown! taping, where he was again defeated by Jeter. Anoaʻi began wrestling in
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in September 2007, WWE's developmental territory, although he was not under contract with WWE. He returned to wrestling on the independent circuit, competing for companies including EWF. On Saturday, October 31, 2009, Anoaʻi (wrestling as Rosie – Super Hero In Training) made his debut for the Dynamic Wrestling Alliance defeating "Sexy" Sean Casey at the DWA's
Monster Ball event in Cincinnati, which became the promotion's first televised event. His final match was on July 9, 2016, where he reunited with The Hurricane as the two teamed with Vinny Pacifico in a winning effort against Chris Benne, JGeorge, and Steve Scott. Before his death, Rosey was running a wrestling promotion called Epic Championship Wrestling in
Florida with his father, Sika. ==Other media==