#3 Manu
The Anoa’i wrestling family is filled with wrestlers and is widely considered to be the largest wrestling family in the world. The first two members of this family to achieve major success were the Wild Samoans, Afa and Sika. After they had become legendary names in WWE, many scions of their clan attempted to follow in their footsteps. Some of them achieved great things (Yokozuna, Roman Reigns, and to a lesser extent, Rikishi), while others failed to make their mark.
Manu, the son of Afa the Wild Samoan, was one such a wrestler.
Despite being the son of a well-known and successful wrestler, Manu’s career in WWE lasted only three years (which includes his time in their developmental territory). He received a very small push at first, despite having a good look for a wrestler and possessing a cool finisher (a Back Suplex into a neck breaker, the same move that Jason Jordan now uses as his new finisher).
In February 2009, Manu was released from his WWE contract. Though the reason wasn’t disclosed at the time, Randy Orton – the person with whom Manu was feuding on and off prior to his release – gave one reason why this happened years later.
Orton claimed that Manu was released because he had an attitude problem backstage and felt that he didn’t need to ‘pay his dues’. Simply put, Afa Jr. felt that he was above losing to more established stars because of his name and who his father was.
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