[6] After being trained by Dean Malenko and Rico Federico, Hayner made his first appearance in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) at the 1995 Fall Brawl pay-per-view as a cadet delivering papers to Cobra for Craig Pittman.
Hayner made his first appearance in WCW on the May 18, 1996 episode of Saturday Night, where he teamed with Rick Fargo as enhancement talents against Chris Benoit and Kevin Sullivan.
[8] He made his official television debut as the fan favorite "Prince Iaukea" on the June 1 episode of Saturday Night, where he defeated The Gambler.
[9] Two days later, Iaukea made his Monday Nitro debut with a loss to Kevin Sullivan[10] and then remained a jobber to the stars for the remainder of the year.
On the February 17, 1997 episode of Nitro, Iaukea captured the World Television Championship by defeating Lord Steven Regal after capitalizing on a distraction caused by Regal's scheduled pay-per-view opponent Rey Misterio, Jr.[5][13] Iaukea successfully defended the title against Misterio, six days later at February's SuperBrawl VII[14] and Uncensored.
[22] He would then float around the lower mid-card for several years, mainly because of an alleged romantic link between Hayner and the wife of an upper level WCW executive.
He defeated Kid Romeo,[30] Kaz Hayashi[31] and Lash LeRoux at SuperBrawl 2000 to win the vacant title.
He was briefly known as The Tongan Prince for Jimmy Hart's X Wrestling Federation, but when that went under he used his military background and went to work for a security contractor overseas.
[1] Iaukea's last match to date took place with NWA Florida Wrestling Alliance on October 17, 2015, unsuccessfully challenging Big O for the Great Malenko Cup.