Episode 2538
Tama Tonga
Sun, 2024-Apr-14 01:52 UTC
Length - 2:12
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With 292,595 views on Saturday, 13 April 2024 our article of the day is Tama Tonga.
Alipate Aloisio Leone (born October 15, 1982), better known by his ring name Tama Tonga (タマ・トンガ Tama Tonga), is a Tongan professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand as a member of The Bloodline. He is best known for his tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from 2010 to 2024, where he was a founding member of Bullet Club alongside Bad Luck Fale, Karl Anderson and Prince Devitt, as well as being a founding member of Guerrillas of Destiny (G. O. D.) alongside his brother Tanga Loa.
Tonga began to work with NJPW in 2010. In 2013, along other gaijin wrestlers, created the stable Bullet Club. In 2016, Tonga joined his brother, creating the tag team Guerrillas of Destiny. They won the IWGP Tag Team Championship seven times, the 2020 edition of the World Tag League tournament and, due to the collaboration between NJPW and Ring of Honor, the ROH World Tag Team Championship. As a singles wrestler, Tonga held the NEVER Openweight Championship four times. He has also worked with NJPW's partner promotion in Mexico, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship twice. On the April 12, 2024 edition of SmackDown, Tonga made his WWE debut as a member of the Bloodline.
Tonga is the nephew and adopted son of professional wrestler Haku.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:52 UTC on Sunday, 14 April 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Tama Tonga on Wikipedia.
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