Sunami Steve Molinelli ( May 22 , 1986 ) is an American professional wrestler known as Sunami . He is known promarily from his work with Vendetta Pro Wrestling . Professional wrestling career . Sunami begain his training with Billy Blade at the California Wrestling Alliance school in Santa Maria , CA in May 2001 . Other students included Mike Menace , Kid Omega , and Kadin Anthony . Sunami made his in - ring debut in a victory over Steve Burns in Sepetember of 2001 . He would go on to have a run of matches with Kid Omega , each trading multiple victories over one another . March 2002 , Sunami was involved in a 6 - Man Tag Team match with Jack Daniels & Jon Jon the Pheonomenon as his partners . Unfortunately , they were defeated by the team of Jin Hiryu , Lucky , and Brawlin ' Bo Cooper . A feud would ignite in the CWA between Sunami and Brawlin ' Bo Cooper over the CWA Hardcore Championship . In October 2002 , Sunami finally defeated Bo Cooper and Kris Kage in a triple threat to capture his first singles title , the CWA Hardcore Championship . After the CWA was bought out in mid 2003 , Sunami quietly left pro wrestling making only a few appearances throughout the years . The Return . Sunami made his return to pro wrestling in 2009 working for promotions such as North American Wrestling and shows for the Knokx Pro Academy . Vendetta Pro Wrestling . At Vendetta Pro ' s debut show on July 11 , 2009 , Sunami defeated Jesse Jimenez & Kid Omega in Vendetta ' s first ever Tri - Force Match . When Vendetta would return in Janruary of 2010 , Sunami teamed with Shadow Dragon & Maverick against Jason Watts , Tank Alvarado , and old rival Brawlin ' Bo Cooper . At the conclusion of the match , Bo decided to attack all of the competitors in the match with a steel chair . In February of 2010 , Sunami defeated Jaysin Strife . After the match , Bo Cooper again attacked Sunami in the back with a steel chair . Later in the evening during Bo ' s match with Nate Rulez , Sunami ' s music hit , distracting Bo enough to let Nate roll up Bo for the three count . Afterwards , Bo threw a fit in the ring , unknowing that Sunami had come through the crowd with a chair in hand and hit Bo in the back . Extracting a small measure of revenge , it was set that Sunami would face Bo Cooper in Vendetta ' s first No - DQ , No - Countout hardcore match . Sunami got the victory after a frog splash on Bo through a table . As Sunami was making his exit , Bo called Sunami back in the ring . After what the fans thought was just another step in this feud , Bo extended his hand showing respect for Sunami . July 2010 , in a scheduled match between Ballard Brothers & Rock Of Love , Billy Blade attacked his partner Kadin Anthony and threw him to the waiting Ballard Brothers in the ring . Just when it looked like there was no hope for Kadin , Sunami came out to be his partner for the night . Unfortunately , Sunami and Kadin were defeated but it was that night , SU / KA was born . Becoming a Champion . As half of SU / KA , Sunami spent most of 2011 in a bitter feud with the tag - team of Greg Hernandez & Jesse Jimenez , known collectively as Dos Perfectos . The two teams battled for supremacy of Vendetta Pro Wrestling ' s Tag - Team division . It seemed as if Dos Perfectos had won the war , becoming the first ever Vendetta Pro Wrestling Tag - Team Champions and later the Unified Tag - Team Champions , while going on an undefeated streak lasting over a year . Kadin Anthony took some time off , and during this period , Sunami would return to the singles ranks . On December 10 , 2011 at a Vendetta Pro Underground event , Sunami had supposedly defeated Shannon Ballard for the Vendetta Pro Wrestling Heavyweight title . However , without the referee noticing , Ballard ' s foot was placed on the bottom rope by Billy Blade . Seeing Ballard ' s foot on the rope , the referee immediately restarted the match , and moments later , Ballard retained the title . Video of the event surfaced , and soon , Sunami was granted a shot at the title at Reflexion 2012 . Shannon Ballard attempted to get out of the match , claiming injury ( it was later discovered that the injury was legitimate , but would not have kept Ballard out of action ) . Meanwhile , while the referee and Co - Commissioner Joseph Duncan were attempting to figure out what was going on , Sunami was assaulted from behind by Billy Blade , Sean Casey and Vega Velocity . After the damage was done , Ballard agreed to compete in the match , thinking he would have an easy victory . Ballard laid down on Sunami for an easy pin , but Sunami quickly surprised Ballard by rolling him over and getting a shockingly quick pinfall . Sunami defeated Ballard in a Vendetta Pro record 28 seconds to become the new Vendetta Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion . Sunami would successfully defend the Championship at an Underground event against " Apostle " Judah Matthew , before defending it against former Champion Shannon Ballard at Shamrock Slam . Shannon Ballard would regain the title , having his identical twin Brother Shane interfere and switch places . Shane had been out of action for nearly two years before making this surprising return . Then , after winning the title back , the Ballard Brothers were joined by the Midnight Delight as they laid down a brutal assault . Soon , Sunami ' s partner Kadin Anthony ran in , in an attempt to save his partner . Sunami would trade in his return match for the Heavyweight title so that he and partner Kadin Anthony could get a shot at the Unified Tag - Team titles and their old rivals , Dos Perfectos . At Melee 2012 , SU / KA ended the reign of their old rivals , becoming the new Unified Tag - Team Champions . Later in the evening , Shane and Shannon Ballard attempted the use the same switch to rob El Hijo de Rey Misterio , but SU / KA came down and distracted Shane long enough to allow Misterio to recover and see what was going on . Moments later , Misterio would take the Vendetta Pro Heavyweight title away from Shannon Ballard , ironically by pinning Shane . At Summer Sizzle 2012 , SU / KA would then successfully defend their Unified Tag - Team titles against the Ballard Brothers , getting full revenge on their rivals .