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Jimmy Snuka

Jimmy Snuka
Snuka at the Top Rope Promotions event held in North Attleboro, Massachusetts on July 31, 2011.
Personal information
Ring nameJimmy Snuka
Jimmy Kealoha
Lani Kealoha
Tami Snuka
The Superfly
Big Snuka
Silver Shadow
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Billed weight250 lb (76.2 m)
Birth dateMay 18, 1943(age 73)
Birth placeFiji
ResidesClifton, New Jersey
Billed fromThe Fiji Islands
Trained byDanny Hodge
Debut1969

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James William Reiher (born May 18, 1943) is a semi-retired Fijian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Originally from the Fiji Islands, Snuka wrestled for several promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. Snuka is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having been a two-time (and becoming the very first) ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the early to mid-1980s and is credited with introducing the high-flyer style of wrestling to the WWF. His children Jimmy Reiher, Jr. and Sarona Reiher are also wrestlers.


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