When Siaki was three, his family moved to Hawaii, then California in the United States of America before settling in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Siaki graduated from New Hanover High School, received a football scholarship to play at East Carolina University, and majored in Physical Education.

After nine months, the UWA folded and Siaki joined Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling in March 2001 where he received further training from the TCW owner, Dusty Rhodes.

On June 19, 2002, Siaki debuted on the first event of the National Wrestling Alliance-Total Nonstop Action as one-third of The Flying Elvises with Jimmy Yang and Jorge Estrada.

After the team disbanded, Siaki joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme, a faction that tried to take over TNA (kayfabe).

After Siaki and Diamond were victorious in a tag match, their opponents were forced to wear Irish and Samoan native dress respectively, punishing Gilberti and Swinger for the ethnic jokes they had made in the preceding weeks.

He debuted in the WWE developmental territory Deep South Wrestling on February 2, 2006, suffering a minor injury in the process.

Going by the moniker "Cocky Siaki", he and Eric Perez (as Urban Assault) would win the Deep South Tag Team Titles on November 30, 2006.