Sonny Siaki Sonny Siaki ( July 23 , 1974 ) is a retired American professional wrestler . Unlike many Samoans in professional wrestling , he is not part of the large Anoa ' i or Fatu family . Career . Early career . After his school friend Brad Cain ( Lodi ) notified Siaki that the WCW Power Plant was holding tryouts in early 1999 , Siaki attended the tryout and was awarded a WCW developmental contract . He graduated after seven months and wrestled his first televised match on WCW Saturday Night against Alan Funk . Siaki largely appeared on Saturday Night and faced other Power Plant graduates , though he did make several appearances on Thunder and Nitro . Siaki eventually left WCW , unhappy with the way he was being utilized . Siaki moved on to the Urban Wrestling Alliance in California , where he was known as " Money " . After nine months , the UWA folded and Siaki joined Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling where he received further training from the TCW owner , Dusty Rhodes . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . On June 19 , 2002 Siaki debuted on the first Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay - per - view as one - third of The Flying Elvises with Jimmy Yang and Jorge Estrada . The Elvises were a comedy heel stable who impersonated Elvis Presley . The Elvises eventually split , with Siaki defeating Yang in a singles bout on August 21 , 2002 . Siaki now heel , went on to joined Vince Russo ' s Sports Entertainment Xtreme ; a faction that tried to take ( kayfabe ) over TNA . There he was then given a valet , Desire , a fellow TCW graduate , and earned the nickname " The Ace in the Hole " . On December 11 , 2002 Siaki defeated Jerry Lynn for the TNA X Division Championship . He held the belt until February 12 , 2003 when he lost to Kid Kash . In July 2003 Siaki began a feud with D ' Lo Brown , who he defeated in a Casket match . In October 2003 he formed a tag team with Ekmo ( Umaga ) , which split when Ekmo began working for All Japan Pro Wrestling . Siaki eventually became a face , and in April 2004 he and Simon Diamond began feuding with Glenn Gilberti and Johnny Swinger . After Siaki and Diamond were victorious in a tag match , their opponents were forced to wear Irish and Samoan native dress respectively , punishing Gilberti and Swinger for the ethnic jokes they had made in the preceding weeks . Siaki formed a tag - team with Apolo . On April 24 , 2005 at TNA Lockdown he and Apolo defeated Lance Hoyt and Chris Candido in a steel cage tag match . Candido died four days after this match due to a blood clot brought on by a broken leg he suffered in the match . Throughout mid - 2005 Siaki and Apolo feuded on a casual basis with The Diamonds in the Rough . In December 2005 , Siaki ' s contract with TNA expired , and he declined to re - sign , instead leaving the promotion on good terms . Deep South Wrestling . In late December 2005 , Siaki signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment . He debuted in the WWE developmental territory Deep South Wrestling on February 2 , 2006 , suffering a minor injury in the process . On February 23 , 2006 , Sonny returned to Deep South Wrestling as a heel having a match with Damian Steele . Going by the moniker " Cocky Siaki " , he and Eric Perez ( as " Urban Assault " ) would win the Deep South Tag Team Titles on November 30 , 2006 . He then began teaming up with Afa Anoa ' i , Jr . Both Siaki and former partner Eric Perez were working Raw house shows in March but Siaki suffered a back injury during that tour which left him out of action for 1 month . Siaki continued to tag with Afa Jr . in Deep South until it closed in April 2007 . Florida Championship Wrestling . Siaki then re - debuted with Afa , as The Samoan Fight Club , in the new development territory , under the World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) name , Florida Championship Wrestling . On September 15 , 2007 , it was reported that Siaki had been released from his developmental contract . Three days after the release , Siaki issued a statement saying that he has had some " personal issues " at home and that his focus was on his family right now , not wrestling . Retirement . On September 17 , 2008 , Siaki retired from professional wrestling because he plans to donate one of his kidneys to his dying brother , Bernard . Siaki would only have one kidney remaining , and thus the doctor told him he could not wrestle anymore , effectively ending his ten year career .