The Headshrinkers The Headshrinkers were a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation that consisted of Fatu and Samu . They previously competed under the name The New Wild Samoans in the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) , and as The Samoan Swat Team in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , World Class Championship Wrestling ( WCCW ) , World Wrestling Council ( WWC ) and the American Wrestling Federation ( AWF ) . They started out as heels . The Headshrinkers portrayed a pair of Samoan savages , often displaying uncivilized behavior such as biting into a turkey carcass during a match and dragging each other by their hair . They were also billed as having hard heads that were impervious to pain ; any attack that targeted a Headshrinker ' s head would have no effect , and an opponent who tried to headbutt one of them would end up hurting himself . Having hard heads went with typical professional wrestling portrayals of Samoan wrestlers . While Samu and Fatu are the " Original " team members several other Samoans have at one time replaced one of the two . Career . Samula Anoa ' i is the son of Wild Samoans Afa and Solofa Fatu is the nephew of Afa as well as both of them being the nephews of Sika and part of the Anoa ' i family . The Samoan Swat Team . In 1985 , Samu joined Gino Brito and Dino Bravo ’ s " International Wrestling " territory based in Montreal , which was the first time he worked in the same territory as his cousin Fatu . When the Montreal territory closed up the two cousins signed with the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and became " The Samoan Swat Team " : Samu and Fatu . The team adopted the " Samoan savage " gimmick that had made their fathers so well known and feared throughout the wrestling world , working barefoot and never speaking English on camera . The team became the first ever WWC Carrribean Tag - Team Champions on November 7 , 1987 when they beat Invader I and Invader III . The duo held the titles for just over a month before dropping them to Mark Youngblood and Chris Youngblood before leaving the promotion . Samu and Fatu next appeared in Texas , working for Fritz Von Erich ’ s World Class Championship Wrestling promotion . The storyline was that Buddy Roberts brought the team in to fight his fights against the Von Erich Family and former Fabulous Freebirds partner Michael Hayes . The SST was given a big push right away ; presented as an unstoppable force the team was even allowed to beat hometown heroes Kerry and Kevin Von Erich for the WCCW Tag - Team Titles on August 12 , 1988 . The Samoans remained undefeated in WCCW until they came up against Roberts ’ former partner Michael Hayes and Hayes new partner , " Do It To It " Steve Cox on September 12 . The duo was not without the gold for long as they recaptured the titles only 4 days . Hayes and Cox would beat the Samoan Swat Team for the titles once again on October 15 , 1988 but this time they only held the gold for two days before they lost it back to the SST . On September 12 , 1988 The Samoan Swat Team become double champions as they beat " Hollywood " John Tatum and Jimmy Jack Funk for the WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship . The Samoan Swat Team made their pay - per - view debut at AWA Superclash III , the first ( and only ) PPV that the American Wrestling Association ever presented . The Samoans successfully defended their WCCW Tag - Team titles against Michael Hayes and Steve Cox . In the beginning of 1989 , the Samoans left WCCW , forcing both tag - team titles to be vacated due to the sudden departure . The Samoan Swat Team signed with Jim Crockett Promotions and was brought in as manager Paul E . Dangerously ’ s replacements for the " Original " Midnight Express who had left the promotion . The Samoans also took over the " Original " Midnight Express ’ feud with the Midnight Express beating the team at on April 2 , 1989 . At The 1989 Great American Bash the Samoans teamed with former rival Michael Hayes , Terry Gordy and Jimmy Garvin losing a War Games Match to The Road Warriors , the Midnight Express and Steve Williams . In the fall of 1989 Paul E . Dangerously was phased out and the Samoans were given a new manager : " The Big Kahuna " Oliver Humperdink . Their ranks were also bolstered by the addition of The Samoan Savage who is Fatu ’ s brother . The Samoans started to lose more and more matches as 1989 drew to a close , but their fortunes appeared to be changing due to the injury to Sid Vicious . Because Vicious was injured the Skyscrapers had to pull out of the " Iron Team Tournament " at Starrcade 1989 . The Samoan Swat Team , now using the name The New Wild Samoans ( a reference to the " original " Wild Samoans ) were chosen to be their replacements – Fatu and the Samoan Savage with no explanation of why the more experienced Samu was not chosen . For the remainder of the Samoan Swat Team ’ s time in WCW Fatu and the Samoan Savage competed under the name New Wild Samoans , while Samu made a few singles appearances . After leaving WCW in the summer of 1990 the Samoan Swat Team worked for a number of independent promotions in the US , Europe and Japan , often teaming up with family member Rodney Anoa ' i who competed as " Kokina Maximus " . The Headshrinkers . In 1992 , Samu and Fatu signed up with the World Wrestling Federation , managed by Samu ’ s father Afa . The team changed their name to " the Headshrinkers " but their gimmick remained the same , Samoan wildmen . Rodney Anoa ' i also signed with the WWF but he was repackaged as " Yokozuna " and the family ties between him and the Samoans were not mentioned on air . The team first made their presence known when they helped Money Inc . beat the Natural Disasters to win the WWF World Tag Team titles . . Early in their run with the WWF the Headshrinkers feuded with the Natural Disasters and the recently formed High Energy . Between 1992 and the early parts of 1994 , the Headshrinkers maintained a position in the middle of the tag team division , occasionally challenging for the titles and making sporadic PPV appearances feuding with teams like The Smokin ' Gunns and Men on a Mission . The Headshrinkers assisted their relative Yokozuna in a casket match against The Undertaker at the 1994 Royal Rumble . In April 1994 the Headshrinkers turned face and challenged then tag - team champions The Quebecers , with the addition of manager Lou Albano the team won the gold on April 26 , 1994 . At King of the Ring 1994 on June 19 the Headshrinkers successfully defended their tag team titles against Yokozuna and Crush . Their run with the titles came to a surprising end on an untelevised card on August 28 where they lost the titles to Shawn Michaels and Diesel . The title change happened just one day before they were scheduled to defend against Irwin R . Schyster and Bam Bam Bigelow . Soon after the title change Samu left the WWF to recover from injuries and was replaced by Sionne . The kayfabe reason given to Samu ’ s departure was that he " ate some bad fish and got a disease " and was not coping well with manager Lou Albano ’ s attempts to civilize the Headshrinkers , especially wearing boots . For the first time ever , one half of the team was neither a member of the Anoa ' i family nor a Samoan as Sionne was from the island of Tonga . The new combination made only one pay - per - view appearance as a team which was at the 1994 Survivor Series where they were quickly eliminated . The only other notable appearance of Fatu and Sionne was as part of the tournament to crown new WWF tag team champions in late 1994 , early 1995 . The Headshrinkers lost to Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka in the Semi Finals . By July , the Headshrinkers dissolved , as Sionne left the WWF for WCW . By the time , the team was used to put over new teams such as The Blu Brothers . Independent Headshrinkers . After being away from the spotlight for a while Samu returned to the WWF in 1995 . Samu along with his brother Lloyd Anoa ' i were known as " The Samoan Gangster Party " with Samu being known as " Sammy the Silk " and Lloyd being " LA Smooth " . Their cousin Matt Anoa ' i ( son of Sika ) became known as " Big Matty Smalls " , and joind Samu as The Samoan Gangstas . The two men did not wrestle for the WWF but watched Fatu from afar as the former Headshrinker tried to turn himself into a positive rolemodel for kids on the street . The angle never went anywhere as the Samoan Gangster party never got in the ring or confronted Fatu before he was repackaged and the whole angle was dropped . In 1996 they worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling feuding mainly with The Gangstas in a short but intense war . After leaving , Samu has worked for a number of independent organizations both as a singles wrestler and alongside his brother Lloyd who worked under names such as " Headshrinker " Alofa , " Headshrinker " Ruopa and " The Tahitian Warrior " winning titles in WWC . Championships and accomplishments . Fatu and Samu Kokina , Fatu and Samoan Savage Samu and Lloyd Anoa ' i