Afa Anoa'i trained under wrestling legends Rocky Johnson and Peter Maivia. The Wild Samoans became known for their savage persona. They left WWF in 1984 after a successful run. Afa was born in the ...

While the third-generation member of that family -- The Rock -- is the most well-known, it all started with his grandfather, the legendary High Chief Peter Maivia. Maivia, born in Samoa in the ...

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 ...

Lia Maivia, who is The Rock's maternal grandmother, ran the Polynesian Pro Wrestling after the death of her husband, Peter Maivia, and ran it for a few years before it was shut down in 1988.