Edward Smith "Eddie/Eki" Fatu (March 28, 1973 – December 4, 2009) was a Samoan-American expert wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment in the 2000s under the ring name Umaga.
He was an individual from the Anoaʻi wrestling family and much of the time filled in as a part of a label group – differently named The Island Boyz, the Samoan Gangstas, and 3-Minute Warning – with his cousin Matt Anoaʻi. Amid Fatu's first stretch with WWE, he was known as Jamal and Matt was charged as Rosey. In late 2005, Fatu came back to WWE. Repackaged under the ring name Umaga, Fatu went undefeated for a long time on WWE's Raw image all through quite a bit of 2006, preceding enduring his first annihilation under the Umaga name in January 2007. The next month, he won the WWE Intercontinental Championship interestingly, and won it for the second time in July 2007
1 Early life
2 Professional wrestling vocation
2.1 Early vocation (1995–2002)
2.2 World Wrestling Entertainment (2002–2003)
2.3 All Japan Pro Wrestling (2003–2004)
2.4 Return to WWE
2.4.1 Return as Umaga, fight with Ric Flair (2005–2006)
2.4.2 Various quarrels and quest for the WWE Championship (2006–2007)
2.4.3 Intercontinental Champion (2007–2008)
2.4.4 Final storylines and takeoff (2008–2009)
2.5 Independent circuit (2009)
3 Personal life
4 Death
5 In wrestling
6 Championships and achievements
Early life
Fatu was conceived on March 28, 1973 to Vera and Solofa Fatu, Sr. Fatu was an individual from the renowned Anoaʻi family. His mom, Vera, was the sister of Afa and Sika of The Wild Samoans. His two more established siblings, Sam and Solofa, are additionally proficient wrestlers, he was the uncle of The Usos and he was a cousin of Roman Reigns, Yokozuna and Rosey. On April 27, 2008, Fatu's mom passed on following a seven-year fight with cancer.
Proficient wrestling career
Early vocation (1995–2002)
Fatu prepared to end up an expert wrestler at the "Wild Samoan Pro Wrestling Training Center" worked by his Uncles, Afa and Sika. In 1995, with his preparation complete, he began wrestling for Afa's World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW). The following year, both Fatu and his cousin Matt were brought into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to participate in an edge with Solafa Fatu, Jr., Fatu's sibling and Matt's cousin, that wound up being rapidly dropped. Instead they were sent to the WWF's "homestead domain" Heartland Wrestling Association, where they framed a label group which stayed together through different advancements, including Memphis Championship Wrestling and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, holding titles in both under the names Samoan Gangstas and Island Boyz.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2002–2003)
In 2002 the group was taken back to the (now renamed) World Wrestling Entertainment as 3-Minute Warning, a couple of implementers for Raw brand General Manager Eric Bischoff. The group kept going barely short of a year, with Jamal being discharged from his WWE contract in June 2003, supposedly after his contribution in a bar fight.
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