When the Barbarian received a WCW World Heavyweight Title shot at 1992’s Halloween Havoc Pay Per View, a lot of wrestling fans wondered aloud how a life long mid carder could be on the semi main event of a major PPV.  Looking back, Sionne Vailahi (The Barbarian) had every physical gift imaginable and the skills and if booked differently could have been the top card monster that many of his co-workers thought of him as.  As a member of Paul Jones’ Army, one half of the Powers of Pain, a Headshrinker, a member of the Dungeon of Doom and a Face of Fear, the Barbarian may not have been a main eventer, but he was a dependable heel and a valuable asset on any roster.

As the son of Afa of the Wild Samoan, Samu reached the big time early as the third member of the Samoan clan and even helped to defend the WWF World Tag Team Title when Sika was on the shelf for a bit.  Despite his young age, he was not out of place and held is own against much more experienced competition.  He would later team with his cousin Fatu and form a devastating tag team (The Samoan SWAT Team in NWA and the Headshrinkers in WWE).  Samu was a decent tag team wrestler, but as he did not go in with Afa & Sika, and with Fatu’s career eclipses his, it does not seem likely for this Samoan to get in.