Early career (1974–1978) After deciding to become a professional wrestler, Taogaga went to
Steve Rickard and
Peter Maivia who trained him for two years. In his debut match in 1974, Taogaga defeated one of New Zealand's top light heavyweights, Del Adams.
World Wrestling Federation (1986–1988) In January 1986, Taogaga signed with
Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF), making his debut on 23 January at a house show in Anaheim, CA in a win over Tim Patterson. He would later make his debut on
Prime Time Wrestling on March 1 defeating
Rene Goulet, where he was billed as "'Superfly' Afi" and deemed to be the cousin of
Jimmy Snuka. On the 8 March episode of The Body Shop, Afi was introduced to viewers of
WWF All Star Wrestling as Snuka's cousin. Afi was undefeated initially, albeit against lower-level competition such as
Rene Goulet,
Barry O, Ron Shaw, and
Matt Borne. On 6 March 1986 he gained his first significant victory when he pinned
Bret Hart at a house show in Buffalo, NY. Afi's undefeated streak ended three days later when he lost to Hart's partner
Jim Neidhart in Landover, MD, but he continued to be pushed. Afi gained victories in April over
Hercules Hernandez and
Paul Roma. However fans were unaccepting of Afi as the replacement for the departed Jimmy Snuka, and openly heckled him in matches. He began to slide down the card, losing that spring to Bret Hart,
Don Muraco, and
Jake Roberts. By the summer all momentum had ceased. Now billed as "Sivi Afi", he became a near
enhancement talent and lost to the likes of Bret Hart,
Randy Savage,
Harley Race and
Ted DiBiase. In the summer of 1986, he was briefly referred to as "Toma". He formed a short-lived tag-team with
King Tonga, but the duo was generally unsuccessful. He also teamed with
Ricky Steamboat,
Tony Atlas and
Billy Jack Haynes but went nowhere. Toagaga entered 1987 firmly established as an upper-level enhancement star, losing regularly to Hercules and others but continuing to gain victories against other opening-level talent such as
Frenchy Martin and
Terry Gibbs. He was used frequently as a substitute when other wrestlers could not make house shows, teaming with others such as
Raymond Rougeau. In the summer of 1987, he entered a lengthy losing streak, falling to preliminary competition such as
Steve Lombardi and Frenchy Martin. Following a loss to Ted Dibiase on 9 December at a Wrestling Challenge taping in Fort Myers, Toagaga went on a hiatus. In 1988, after teaming for a short time with
Haku as one half of
The Islanders, he also wrestled in six-man tags with the original Islanders, Haku and
Tama. He debuted a new gimmick, that of "High Chief Afi", a Samoan chieftain. As part of his gimmick, Taogaga had gotten his legs and abdomen heavily tattooed (ala High Chief
Peter Maivia). Unfortunately for Taogaga, it was all for naught; Tama would shortly thereafter depart from the WWF and Haku was repackaged as "King Haku" to replace the injured Harley Race, leaving Taogaga without a team or manager. His last match came on 27 August 1988 in Burlington, VT against
S. D. Jones. Taogaga left the WWF and went on to work for
Burt Reynolds as a stuntman and bodyguard.
Late career (1988–1997) Taogaga made his return to New Zealand in 1990 to appear for Steve Rickard's "
The Main Event". Taogaga defeated all comers during the short-lived show, becoming the new Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion in the process. After the cancellation of "The Main Event", Taogaga resumed touring the world appearing in areas as far flung as
Palestine,
Israel,
England,
Germany, and
Africa. in 1991 Siva found Jeff Miller aka The
Metal Maniac, realizing his gift of Gab and athletic ability Siva broke Metal Maniac into pro wrestling, training him in the basics and securing a spot to travel and work with Superfly Jimmy Snuka. In 1997, after over 23 years on the road, Taogaga retired from the sport, wrestling his final match in
South Africa. == Personal life ==