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Sarona Reiher
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Tamina
Sarona Snuka
Billed fromIslands of Fiji and Samoa
Pacific Islands[1]
Debut2009

Sarona Reiher is a professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, where she is performing on the SmackDown brand, using the ring name Tamina. She is the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.[1]

Professional wrestling career

Training

Sarona first began in wrestling after she received the first Lia Maivia Scholarship to train in professional wrestling career at the Wild Samoan Training Center.[2]

World Wrestling Entertainment

Raw (2010-2011)

On the May 24, 2010, episode of Raw, the Usos and Reiher as "Tamina" debuted as heels by attacking the Unified Tag Team Champions, The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, and Natalya).[3][4] Tamina along with The Usos made their pay-per-view debut by losing to The Hart Dynasty in a six-person mixed tag team match at Fatal 4-Way.[5] She then began a storyline with Santinto Marella, which lead to Tamina managing the team of Marella and Vladimir Kozlov for several months. On the February 3 edition of Superstars Tamina lost to Melina in a singles match.[6] On the February 7 edition of "Raw", Tamina teamed with Eve Torres and Gail Kim to defeat Melina and The Bella Twins in a six diva tag team match when Eve pinned Melina.[7] On the March 17 edition of "Superstars", Tamina teamed with Eve Torres, Gail Kim and Natalya to defeat the team of The Bella Twins, Melina and Alicia Fox.[8]

Smackdown!, Heel Turn, and Teaming with Alicia Fox (2011-present)

On April 26, Tamina was drafted to the SmackDown Brand as part of the 2011 Supplemental Draft.[9] On the May 27 edition of WWE Smackdown, Tamina appeared as a heel teaming with Alicia Fox to defeat the team of Kaitlyn and the debuting A.J.[10] On the June 3rd edition of SmackDown, she and Alicia Fox, this time with Rosa Mendes in their corner, once again defeated the team of Kaitlyn and A.J, when she pinned A.J.[11] On the June 10 edition of Smackdown, after teasing A.J backstage with Rosa Mendes, Tamina suffered her first loss since joining the brand when she was pinned by A.J in a singles match. [12] On the June 13 All-Star edition of Raw, Tamina lost a 7 on 7 divas tag team match teaming with The Bella Twins, Melina, Rosa Mendes, Maryse and Alicia Fox in a losing effort to Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix, Gail Kim, Eve Torres, Natalya, A.J and Kaitlyn. On June 17, edition of SmackDown, Tamina teamed up with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes picking up the victory against the team of Natalya, AJ, and Kaitlyn.On the July 8 edition of SmackDown she lost to AJ and argued with Alicia Fox. [13]

In wrestling

References

  1. ^ a b "Tamina bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  2. ^ "1st Annual Usos Foundation Banquet A Big Success". WXW Wrestling. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  3. ^ Clevett, Jason (2010-05-25). "Family legacy important to Rikishi Fatu". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  4. ^ Plummer, Dale (2010-05-24). "RAW: New GM has Hart; Batista quits". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  5. ^ Wortman, James (2010-06-20). "Dynastic dominance". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  6. ^ Beaudry, Christerpher (2011-02-03). "WWE Superstars Results (2/3/11) - Tyler Reks, Still A Loner". Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  7. ^ Middleton, Marc (2011-02-07). "WWE Monday Night RAW Results 2/7/11". Lords of Pain. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  8. ^ "WWE Superstars Results: Ladies' Night". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2011-03-17. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  9. ^ "WWE News: Full list of 2011 WWE Draft Picks (televised Raw Draft & Supplemental Draft)". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  10. ^ "Smackdown Results: From Dreamer to Something Meaner". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  11. ^ a b "Smackdown Results: Deliberating the dilemma". World Wrestling Entertainment. June 3, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  12. ^ "Smackdown Results: All about me". World Wrestling Entertainment. June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  13. ^ "Raw Results: Foutainhead". World Wrestling Entertainment. June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  14. ^ Pummer, Dale (2010-12-21). "RAW: No Nexus, no problem". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  15. ^ "Tamina Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
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