4," in May 1983 wrestling at untelevised house shows before making his television debut in the fall of 1983 as The Tonga Kid.

When Tom Zenk of the Can-Am Connection left the WWF later in 1987, the Islanders continued the feud with his partner Rick Martel and ultimately with Martel's new team Strike Force with Tito Santana and while the two teams generally traded victories during the early part of the feud, once Strike Force won the WWF Tag Team Championship, the Islanders began finding themselves on the losing end, despite having several attempts.

[1] At a Saturday Night's Main Event XV on March 7, they beat The Killer Bees, a tag team consisting of B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell.

After leaving the WWF, Fatu began performing for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico as "Tama".

On January 6, 1989, he and Dan Kroffat defeated The Batten Twins to win the WWC World Tag Team Championship.

Fatu returned to the WWF as Tonga Kid for a few houses shows in 1993 against Papa Shango and Razor Ramon and 1994 teaming with Samu against The Smoking Gunns.

Fatu appeared as "The Tonga Kid" in the opening scene of the 1986 film Highlander, where he was involved in a six-man tag team match with Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell against The Fabulous Freebirds at the Meadowlands Arena.

[10] He also starred as "Tonga Tom" in the 1987 wrestling film Body Slam, along with Dirk Benedict and Roddy Piper.

[4][11][12] Fatu was featured in an April 2020 documentary for Vice's Dark Side of the Ring series, revealing new information on the May 1983 homicide of Nancy Argentino.

Her heart stopped completely before the twins, Marley and Myracle, could be delivered by Caesarean section, but she was spontaneously revived and eventually recovered.

[15][21] This type of incident is very rare, with one of the cardiac surgeons who was working on Theresa saying that he had never seen surviving mothers or babies.