Umaga

Umaga, born Edward Fatu, was the kind of wrestler who could shift the energy of an arena just by climbing through the ropes. At 193 cm and part of the legendary Samoan Anoaʻi dynasty, he played a savage but moved with surprising precision, and that contrast is what won me over. His WWE run as the Samoan Bulldozer and his earlier work in Japan as Jamal showed a performer who understood spectacle and craft alike. Losing him at 36 in 2009 still feels like a waste of years we never got. His career was short, but he left a permanent dent in the business.

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Name (English)

Umaga

Name (Japanese)

ウマガ

Reading

うまが

Real name

エディ・ファトゥ

Born

March 28, 1973 – December 4, 2009

Origin

San Francisco, California, United States

Height

193 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umaga%20(wrestler)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298315

Tags

• California
• professional wrestler

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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