Known simply as "Samula", he helped The Wild Samoans defend the tag team championship a handful of times while Sika recovered.

[6] Samula twice teamed with Hulk Hogan during WWF's tours in Japan, both times facing Japanese legends Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami.

When the Montreal territory closed up, the two cousins signed with the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and became The Samoan Swat Team: Samu and Fatu.

The team adopted the “Samoan savage" gimmick that had made their fathers so well known and feared throughout the wrestling world, working barefeet and never spoke English on camera.

Samu and Fatu next appeared in Texas, working for Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling promotion.

The SST was given a big push right away; presented as an unstoppable force the team was even allowed to beat hometown heroes Kerry and Kevin Von Erich for the WCCW Tag-Team Titles on August 12, 1988.

[9] Hayes and Cox beat the Samoan Swat Team for the title once again on October 15,[9][10] 1988 but this time they only held the gold for two days before they lost it back to the SST.

[9] The Samoan Swat Team made their Pay Per View debut at AWA Superclash III, the first (and only) PPV that the American Wrestling Association ever presented.

[9] The Samoan Swat Team signed with World Championship Wrestling and was brought in as manager Paul E. Dangerously's replacements for the "Original" Midnight Express who had left the promotion.

[12] At The 1989 Great American Bash the Samoans teamed with former rival Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Jimmy Garvin losing a War Games Match to The Road Warriors, the Midnight Express and Steve Williams.

[15] The family worked for the Universal Wrestling Association in 1991 with Fatu, Kokina and The Samoan Savage winning the UWA Trios Tag-Team titles[9] and holding it for just under 2 months.

[19] Between 1992 and the early part of 1994, the Headshrinkers maintained a position in the middle of the tag-team division, occasionally challenging for the titles and making sporadic PPV appearances feuding with teams like The Smokin' Gunns[20] and Men on a Mission.

[9] On December 15, 1997, he made a appearance in WCW with his cousin Sam Fatu losing to Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion in a dark match for Monday Night Nitro.

[35] On November 29, 2014 Samu and his son Lance Anoaʻi teamed with former RAGE partner Quinn Magnum in a six-man tag match against Payton Graham, Stryder and Jack Pollock.

[37] He came out of retirement on April 5, 2024 teaming with his son, Lance, defeating the Full Blooded Italians, Little Guido and Tommy Rich at BCW A Tribute To The Extreme 2 in Philadelphia.