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Columbus82 27 43 12 66 The Islanders was a professional wrestling tag team. The members were Tonga Fifita (Haku) and Sam Fatu (Tama), and they wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation . They were managed by Bobby Heenan and had a memorable feud with The British Bulldogs in which they kidnapped their pet mascot Matilda. [ 1 ]
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The Islanders were a professional wrestling tag team. The members were Haku (Tonga Uli'uli Fifita) and Tama (Sam Fatu), and they wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They were managed by Bobby Heenan and had a memorable feud with the British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid) in which they kidnapped their pet mascot Matilda....
Formation
Prior to being known as Haku, Fifita wrestled as King Tonga, entering the WWF in late-1985. He bodyslammed Big John Studd on a televised show at a time when Studd was being billed as a man who couldn't be slammed. Fatu, meanwhile, wrestled in the WWF in 1984 as the Tonga Kid, who aided Jimmy Snuka in his feud against Rowdy Roddy Piper. Fatu disappeared shortly after the Piper feud and returned to the WWF in mid-1986. He was almost immediately put into a tag team with King Tonga, given their new names and christened The Islanders. Initially, they wrestled as a faces.
Face run
Initially, the Islanders wrestled preliminary matches. They won most of the matches and occasional got matches against higher card teams, such as the Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) or The Dream Team (Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake). Their big break came in October 1986 when they won a tag team battle royal at Madison Square Garden, last eliminating the favored King Kong Bundy & Big John Studd. While it appeared initially that a feud with Studd and Bundy was on the horizon, that idea was scrapped when Studd left the WWF. The Islanders soon found themselves on the lower end of the card, losing to more established tag teams such as The Dream Team, Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik and Don Muraco & Bob Orton, Jr. During this period, the WWF was loaded with great tag teams, and the Islanders were lost in the mix during early 1987. They were the first team to wrestle the Hart Foundation on television after the Harts won the titles in January, but lost. They soon found themselves in a long losing streak against a new team, Demolition (Ax & Smash). They began wrestling other face teams during this period, usually the Rougeau Brothers, and these matches were typically a double disqualification. With little momentum, the Islanders were left off the biggest card of the year, WrestleMania III.
Heel Turn
Shortly after WrestleMania, the Islanders continued the losing to Demolition, but were scheduled for a match on the WWF Superstars of Wrestling. Their opponents were the popular Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel & Tom Zenk), in what was billed as a scientific match. Manager Bobby Heenan appeared at ringside during the bout, seemingly surprising both teams, the referee, and the commentators. The confusion allowed the Islanders to attack the Can-Ams from behind, giving the Islanders a countout win. Tama's gave a flying headbutt to Tom Zenk on the arena floor as Bobby Heenan gloated over his new tag team. A summer feud with the most popular tag team in the federation was brewing, but was scrapped when Tom Zenk departed the WWF. The Islanders appeared at the very first Survivor Series. They were part of the 10 team survivor Tag Team elimination match. While Haku lay on the mat during the match, Dynamite Kid of the British Bulldogs attempted a falling headbutt from the top rope; announcer Jesse Ventura immediately pointed out Dynamite Kid's mistake in mentioning, "Oh, no, you don't want to butt heads with these South Sea Island Boys." Dynamite Kid was practically knocked out, as Haku shook his head, arose, and landed a throat kick to Dyanmite Kid, pinning him. As heels, The Islanders had two major feuds. The first was with Strike Force, who were formed in the wake of Tito Santana saving Martel — now without a tag team partner from the Islanders' Two-on-One attack. The second was with the British Bulldogs, whose mascot Matilda was "dog-napped" by The Islanders on an episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling; in the weeks following the "dog-napping" incident, the Islanders and Heenan brought a leash to the ring and — to taunt their foes — would pantomime feeding and caressing a dog. The two teams met on opposite sides of a 6-man tag team match (along with Koko B. Ware teaming with the Bulldogs and Bobby Heenan with The Islanders) at WrestleMania IV. "High Chief" Afi joined the tag team to make a trio for one episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, taped April 21, 1988 and aired on May 7, 1988. However, the trio would not last long. Tama's last match with the WWF took place on April 24, 1988 in Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens and Haku and Afi would wrestle only a small number of matches through May as the Islanders before Afi was released. Haku stayed in the WWF for several more years afterwards as both a single and tag team wrestler.
At Wrestlemania 4, the Islanders, with Bobby Heenan, defeated the Bulldogs and Koko B. Ware, with Matilda. [1] On April 21, Heenan introduced Siva Afi as the newest member of the group, but Afi never made another appearance with the Islanders. Fatu then left the WWF.
Oct 15, 2023 · The Islanders scored a hard-fought, 3-2 win over the Sabres at UBS Arena on Saturday night, their for first opening-night win at home since 1995.
Rick Hunter and Omar Atlas tag up again to take on the Islanders this timepoor Rick gets the top rope splash on this one.
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Apr 27, 2024 · The Islanders, every one of them, spilled off the bench and surrounded Robert Bortuzzo, whose shot from the blue line was tipped in by Mathew Barzal 1:24 into the second overtime period to keep...
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The Islanders was a professional wrestling tag team. The members were Haku and Tama, and they wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation. They were managed by Bobby Heenan and had a memorable feud with The British Bulldogs in which they kidnapped their pet mascot Matilda.
