Tamina Sarona Reiher ( January 10 , 1978 ) is a professional wrestler of Samoan , Tongan , and Japanese descent who is currently signed to WWE , using the ring name Tamina or Tamina Snuka . She is the daughter of WWE Hall of Fame r Jimmy " Superfly " Snuka and younger sister of former WWE superstar Sim Snuka . Professional wrestling career . 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 . World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE ( 2010 – present ) . Manging the Usos ( 2010 ) . On the May 24 edition of " Raw " , Reiher debuted as a heel under the ring name Tamina along with Jimmy and Jey Uso by attacking the Unified Tag Team Champions , The Hart Dynasty ( Tyson Kidd , David Hart Smith , and Natalya ) . The next week on the May 31 edition of " Raw " , The Usos and Tamina introduced themselves and stated that The Hart Dynasty was in the wrong place at the wrong time , and brawled and again laid out The Hart Dynasty . On the June 7 edition of " Raw " , The Usos and Tamina again attempted to attack The Hart Dynasty , but was unsuccessful with The Hart Dynasty getting the upper hand . The Usos and Tamina made their pay - per - view debut in a six - person mixed tag team match against The Hart Dynasty in a losing effort after Natalya pinned Tamina . Two weeks later on the June 21 edition of " Raw " , Tamina made her debut for the brand facing off with Natalya , but ended in a no contest after The Nexus interrupted the match . On the June 28 edition of " Raw " , The Usos and Tamina was scheduled to face The Hart Dynasty in another six - person mixed tag team match , but the Usos and Tamina attacked them during their entrance , leading to Tamina throwing Natalya in the ring and executing the " Super Fly Splash " and left with the Uso ' s . On the July 12 edition of " Raw " , The Usos and Tamina won their first match by defeating The Hart Dynasty in a six - person mixed tag team match . At the Money in the Bank pay - per - view , Tamina accompanied The Usos to a tag team match against The Hart Dynasty in a losing effort . On the July 26 edition of " Raw " , Tamina along with Jimmy Uso accompanied Jey Uso to a singles match against Randy Orton , but was unsuccessful in defeating Orton . Raw ; Singles competition ( 2010 – 2011 ) . The next week on the August 2 edition of " Raw " , Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with then Divas Champion Alicia Fox and Jillian Hall against Natalya , Eve Torres , and Gail Kim in a winning effort when Fox pinned Natalya . On the August 8 edition of " Raw " , Tamina made an appearance after the diva summer spectacular flirting with Santino Marella , hinting a face turn . Two weeks later , Tamina accompanied The Usos in a tag team match against Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov in a losing effort , but then Tamina stop the Uso ' s from attacking Santino , and blew a kiss to Santino as she left the ring . On the September 27 edition of " Raw " , Tamina competed in a # 1 contender diva battle royal , which was ultimately won by Natalya . On the October 11 edition of " Raw " , Tamina joined Santino Marella after his victory over Zack Ryder and celebrated with him . A few weeks later on the November 8 edition of " Raw " , Tamina teamed with Alicia Fox and Maryse in a " Diva Cup Match " in a losing effort to Eve Torres and The Bella Twins . On the November 15 edition of " Raw " , Tamina accompanied The Usos to a # 1 contender tag team match against Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov in a losing effort . Tamina made a backstage appearance with Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov on the November 22 edition of " Raw " when she serenated and kissed Santino . Two weeks later on the November 29 edition of " Raw " , Tamina teamed with Alicia Fox and Maryse in a six diva tag team match against Natalya , Gail Kim , and Melina , but was distracted by Santino Marella serenating her , and she left the ring with Santino , turning face in the process . Relationship with Santino ( 2010 – 2011 ) . On the December 6 edition of " Raw " , Tamina began an on - screen relationship with Santino Marella , beginning by accompaning him and his partner Vladimir Kozlov in a three elimination tag team match against the teams of The Nexus ( Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater ) and The Usos in a winning effort , as Tamina walked in the ring and kissed Santino , officially becoming the valet of the team . On the December 20 edition of " Raw " , Tamina teamed with her on - screen boyfriend Santino Marella in a mixed tag team match in a winning effort against Maryse and Ted DiBiase Jr . after Tamina executed the " Super Fly Splash " to Maryse . The next week on the December 27 edition of " Raw " , Tamina accompanied Santino Marella in a singles match in a winning effort to Ted DiBiase Jr . , leading to Tamina and Santino being attacked by both DiBiase and Maryse , after Santino and Tamina made a comeback , they both executed " The Cobra " on DiBiase and Maryse . On the January 3 edition of " Raw " , Tamina accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov in a tag team match against The Usos in a losing effort , and was afterward confronted by the Uso ' s , who later was headbutted by Koslov and received a double " Cobra " from Marella and Tamina . The next week , Tamina accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov in a tag team title defense against The Usos in a winning effort . Tamina again accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov on the January 17 and January 31 editions of " Raw " in two tag team title defense ' s against The Nexus ( Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater ) and ( Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty ) , both in winning efforts . That same week on the February 2 edition of " WWE Superstars " , Tamina competed in a losing effort in singles competition against the villainous Melina . On the February 7 edition of " Raw " , Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with Eve Torres and Gail Kim in a winning effort against Melina and The Bella Twins after Eve pinned Melina . SmackDown ; Heel Turn and Various Feuds ( 2011 ) . After being drafted to the SmackDown Brand as part of the 2011 Supplemental Draft , Tamina debuted as a heel on the May 27th episode of SmackDown by defeating The Chickbusters ( Kaitlyn and the debuting A . J . ) with Alicia Fox . A week later on " Smackdown " , Tamina & Alicis again defeated The Chickbusters , with Tamina pinning AJ . Tamina competed on the June 13 edition of " Raw ' s All - Star " special in a 7 on 7 diva tag team match , teaming with Alicia Fox , Maryse , The Bella Twins , Rosa Mendes , and Melina against the team of Gail Kim , Natalya , Beth Phoenix , Eve Torres , and Kaitlyn and AJ in a losing effort . On the June 17 edition of " Smackdown " , Tamina teamed up with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes in a 3 on 3 diva tag team match against The Chickbusters and Natalya in a winning effort . On the June 23 edition of " WWE Superstars " , Tamina competed in a rematch with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes against The Chickbusters and Natalya , but was defeated after AJ pinned Fox . On the July 29 edition of " Smackdown " , Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with Rosa Mendes and Alicia Fox in a winning effort against The Chickbusters and Natalya . On the August 1 edition of " Raw " , Tamina was unsuccessful in a battle royal to become the # 1 contender for the WWE Divas Championship at the Summerslam pay - per - view , with Beth Phoenix ultimately winning the match . On the August 11 edition of " Superstars " , Tamina was defeated in singles competition against Alicia Fox . On the August 26 edition of " Smackdown " , Tamina lost a singles match to Kelly Kelly after receiving the " K2 " . Tamina then competed in a re - match against Alicia Fox and was again defeated on the September 8 edition of " Superstars " . On the October 6 edition of " Superstars " , Tamina lost a singles match to AJ . The next week on the October 10 edition of " Raw " , Tamina teamed with Rosa Mendes in a diva tag team match against Eve Torres and Kelly Kelly , but were defeated after Tamina was pinned by Eve . On the October 26 edition of " NXT Redemption " , Tamina began a feud with Kaitlyn and competed against her in a singles match , but was unsuccessful . The next week on the November 2 edition of " NXT Redemption " , Tamina again was defeated by Kaitlyn in a singles match . On the November 8 edition of " NXT Redemption " , Tamina accompanied her new on - screen boyfriend JTG in a losing effort against old partner Jimmy Uso , who was accompanied by Jey Uso . On the November 11 edition of " SmackDown " , while Natalya was on commentary , Tamina was accompanied by her partner Rosa Mendes in a losing effort to Alicia Fox , who was accompanied by Aksana . Tamina competed in a " Mistletoe on a Pole " diva match on the November 29 live " Christmas " edition of " Smackdown " , which was ultimately won by Brie Bella to kiss any superstar of her choosing before Christmas . Face Turn ( 2011 – 2012 ) . On the December 30 edition of " SmackDown " , Tamina turned face by attacking her partner Natalya following their tag team match against Alicia Fox and Kaitlyn , conflicting about their respective families . Tamina cemented her face status on the January 6 edition of " SmackDown " , when she faced Natalya in a winning effort after performing her father ( Jimmy Snuka ) ' s famous signature move , the " Superfly Splash " . On the January 13 edition of " SmackDown " , Tamina defeated Natalya in a rematch . On the January 19 edition of " Superstar " , Tamina again defeated Natalya . On the January 27 edition of " SmackDown " , Tamina saved Aksana from being attacked by Natalya . On the February 10 episode of " SmackDown " , Tamina saved Alicia Fox from an attack by Divas Champion Beth Phoenix ; the two would then have a stare down which resulted in Tamina challenging Phoenix for her title . Tamina ( now billed as Tamina Snuka ) received her title shot on February 19 at the Elimination Chamber pay - per - view , but was defeated by Phoenix . On the April 25 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Tamina teamed with Kaitlyn in a winning effort against Maxine and Natalya . On the May 9 episode of " NXT Redemption " Tamina competed in singles competition against Maxine in losing effort . On the June 6 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Tamina competed in singles competition against Natalya in a winning effort . At the Money In The Bank pay - per - view , Tamina teamed up with Layla and Kaitlyn who later on defeated the team of Beth Phoenix , Natalya and Eve Torres . Just days later , Tamina appeared on the new - look version of " NXT " and defeated Kaitlyn in singles action . On the August 20 episode of " Raw " , Tamina would compete in a Divas battle royal to become the # 1 Contender for the Divas Championship to face Layla at the Night of Champions pay - per - view , but was unsuccessful in winning the match ; also during the match , Tamina would suffer a back injury . Return and Heel Turn ( 2012 - 2013 ) . During a segment between Vickie Guerrero and AJ Lee at Survivor Series , Tamina returned from injury and attacked AJ , turning into a villainess again in the process . Snuka made her in - ring return on the November 26 episode of " Raw " , defeating former ally Alicia Fox . Snuka suffered her first loss since her return on the December 3 episode of " Raw " , when she was pinned by AJ Lee . On the January 28 , 2013 episode of " Raw " , Snuka faced Divas Champion Kaitlyn in a non - title lumberjill match , however , the match ended in a no - contest after the Lumberjills interfered . On February 17 at Elimination Chamber , Snuka unsuccessfully challenged Kaitlyn for the Divas Championship . AJ Lee ' s Enforcer ( 2013 - 2014 ) . Tamina would return on the September 27th edition of " SmackDown " , accompanying former rival AJ Lee to her match against Cameron , one of The Funkadactyls . She also helped AJ retain her Divas Championship aganist Brie Bella at Battleground by attacking Brie ' s sister Nikki Bella , which distracted Brie , allowing Lee to secure the win by a roll up . On the October 14th edition of " Raw " , Snuka would go on to defeated Brie in a singles match , but the following week Bella Twins defeated Tamina and AJ . Again in a rematch on " Raw " , Tamina and AJ defeated Nikki and Brie . On the November 4 edition of Raw , Tamina , AJ and Aksana lost to Bella Twins and Eva Marie after Eva pinned Tamina . On the following week , Tamina defeated Nikki Bella . On the November 13th edition of " Main Event " , AJ retained her title against Natalya via disqualification after Tamina interfered and attacking Natalya . On the November 15th edition of " SmackDown , " Natalya defeated Tamina with AJ . On the November 18th episode of " Raw " , Tamina and AJ with other 5 Divas were announced to fight together in Survivor Series in a seven - on - seven traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match against the Total Divas . On the November 20th edition of " Main Event " , Tamina would defeat Naomi , giving her team some momentum heading into Survivor Series . Her team lost at Survivor Series . On the December 9th edition of " Raw " , Tamina lost to Natalya in singles competition . The following week on " Raw " , Tamina , AJ , and Alicia Fox defeated the Bella Twins and Natalya . After Kaitlyn ' s final match against AJ on " Main Event " , AJ hugged Kaitlyn , but when Kaitlyn turned around Tamina superkicked her . On the April 15 edition of " Main Event " , Tamina won a Divas Battle Royal to become the # 1 Contender for Paige ' s Divas Championship , but failed to win at Extreme Rules 2014 . Naomi ' s Enforcer ( 2015 - present ) . Tamina returned on the may 4th episode of " Raw " attacking the Bella Twins from behind with Naomi .