Jimmy Snuka

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka was one of those wrestlers who genuinely changed the game. Growing up watching WWF tapes, I was always floored by the way this guy from Fiji turned a professional wrestling ring into his own personal jungle gym — leaping off the top rope with a grace that nobody else in the 1980s could match. That Superfly Splash from the top of the cage at Madison Square Garden in 1983 is burned into the memory of an entire generation of fans, and it's no exaggeration to say it helped lay the foundation for everything high-flying that came after him. The WWE Hall of Fame induction was well deserved. He passed in 2017, and whatever complicated legacy he left behind off the mat, the in-ring artistry was absolutely real and absolutely stunning.

Name (English)

Jimmy Snuka

Name (Japanese)

ジミー・スヌーカ

Reading

じみー・すぬーか

Born

May 18, 1943 – January 15, 2017

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Suva, Rewa, Fiji

Height

180 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

Awards & achievements

• WWE Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.jimmysuperflysnuka.com
• Xhttps://x.com/RealJimmySnuka
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB

Tags

• Rewa
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.