Lia Maivia

Ofelia "Lia" Maivia[1] (née Fuataga; August 6, 1931[A] – October 19, 2008)[2] was a Samoan professional wrestling promoter.

[1] Maivia, her booker Lars Anderson, and Ati So'O faced extortion charges from a competing Hawaiian promotion, but were acquitted in November 1989.

[3] A photo of her headstone featured in her Find a Grave entry displays a birth year of 1931, making her age at death 77.

[9] Bill Apter, a writer and journalist who specializes in wrestling, wrote of Maivia following her death: "When my daughter Hailey, who is now 23, met Lia at a wrestling event in upper New York state, Lia went to a gift shop at a nearby hotel and bought Hailey a stuffed rabbit as a gift.

"[3] Greg Oliver, another professional wrestling journalist, wrote that Maivia "was considered a strong-willed businesswoman, demanding and challenging of her employees.