Matthew Anoa ' i Matthew " Matt " Anoa ' i ( April 7 , 1970 ) is a Samoa n professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling under the name RO - Z . He is mostly remembered for his stint with the World Wrestling Entertainment as Rosey , both as a member of " 3 - Minute Warning " with his cousin Jamal ( Eddie Fatu ) , and later as the Super Hero In Training ( S . H . I . T . ) . Anoa ' i also played in the main event of the World Series of Poker and was a featured contestant on " Fat March " . Career history . Throughout his career , Anoa ' i has wrestled as part of several tag teams . Early in his career , he has formed many tag teams with his family members such as Samoan Gangsta Party with Sammy the Silk , Samoan Gangstas with L . A . Smooth and Ekmo as The Island Boyz / 3 - Minute Warning . He also teamed with The Hurricane . Independent circuit . In his early career , Anoa ' i started out under the name Mack Daddy Kane , teaming with Sammy the Silk as the " Samoan Gangsta Party " . They had a brief stint in ECW in the summer of 1996 , feuding with The Gangstas , as well as the Eliminators and the Bruise Brothers . Before signing with the WWF , Anoa ' i worked the independent circuit as Kimo , teaming with his cousin Ekmo as The Island Boyz . World Wrestling Entertainment . 3 - Minute Warning . Using the ring name of Rosey , Anoa ' i made his WWE debut on the July 22 , 2002 , episode of " Raw " with Ekmo ( renamed Jamal ) as " 3 - Minute Warning " a pair of heel savages . They were " hired " as Eric Bischoff ' s assailants , attacking random wrestlers each week , at the orders of Bischoff . Their most notable event came when they attacked two lesbians . Teaming with The Hurricane . Later in 2003 , The Hurricane " discovered " Rosey ' s potential as a superhero , and christened him " Rosey , the Super Hero in Training " ( or the S . H . I . T . ) . In one memorable promo , he helped an old lady across the street , but when he revealed himself as " the S . H . I . T . " , she started hitting him with her purse for using foul language . On the July 19 , 2004 , episode of " Raw " , Rosey appeared with a new costume , seemingly graduated to a full superhero , officially turning him face . On May 1 , 2005 , at Backlash Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the World Tag Team Championship . They were joined for a short while by Stacy Keibler , who they referred to as Super Stacy . Stacy , however , was then drafted to the SmackDown ! brand . On September 5 , 2005 , Rosey and The Hurricane were defeated by Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch , during their debut match on " Raw " . During the title match , Murdoch delivered an elevated DDT on The Hurricane to the outside . The DDT caused Hurricane to suffer a kayfabe " stinger " and allowed Cade and Murdoch to beat the injured Hurricane later in the match to win the World Tag Team Titles from him and Rosey . The loss of the titles eventually brought the team to an end , as they began a losing streak caused by Hurricane ' s injuries . During the October 17 , 2005 episode of " Raw " , Hurricane was assaulted by Kurt Angle at the request of Vince McMahon . After the beating footage was shown , Hurricane ripped off his mask and struck Rosey ( who had come to the ring to his aid ) . The next week Hurricane no - showed a World Tag Team Title match , leaving Rosey to face the champions Cade and Murdoch alone . During the match , The Hurricane ( out of costume ) appeared at the top of the entrance ramp , now going by the name Gregory Helms as he watched Rosey get double teamed and defeated . After the match , Helms announced that he was fed up of being funny for the crowd , and that he had been carrying Rosey as a tag team partner . On the November 7 , 2005 , edition of " Raw " , Helms defeated Rosey in their first encounter since teaming together . Shortly after this turmoil , Jamal was rehired by WWE and he and Rosey were scheduled to reunite 3 - Minute Warning . The duo wrestled as a tag team during a dark match on the January 9 , 2006 , edition of " Raw " . Post – WWE . Anoa ' i made his debut with All Japan Pro Wrestling on June 25 , 2006 , under the name RO ' Z , as a member of Roughly Obsess and Destroy ( RO & D ) . He teamed with Taiyō Kea to defeat the team of Arashi and Satoshi Kojima . Throughout August 2006 , Anoa ' i appeared in HWA Adrenaline . In his initial appearance , Anoa ' i used the " RO ' Z " name and wore his WWE superhero outfit but would later return under his old moniker " Kimo " . RO ' Z left RO & D and joined enemy faction Voodoo Murders after a heated argument with Kea . RO ' Z later began a feud with AJPW Triple Crown Champion and former mixed martial arts fighter Minoru Suzuki , who referred to RO ' Z as a " fat pig " . He challenged Suzuki for the Triple Crown on October 29 , but was unsuccessful . Anoa ' i participated in the AJPW Champion ' s Carnival 2007 as a member of Block B , but he only finished with 2 points in the series , with his only victory being against Toshiaki Kawada on March 27 ( Day 2 of the Tournament ) . Along with Samula Anoa ' i , Anoa ' i inducted The Wild Samoans into the WWE Hall of Fame the night before Wrestlemania 23 . He took part in the ABC reality series , Fat March . The show called for some overweight people to walk over 570 miles , passing through nine states , with the goal of shedding unwanted pounds and getting fit along the way . There were six male contestants and six female contestants . The press release stated : " He was released from pro wrestling in the U . S . last year when officials felt he was too heavy and it wasn ' t safe for him to compete . He must lose weight to return to his career . " The contestants competed for a prize pool of US $ 1 . 2 million , but due to knee injuries , he quit during the fifth episode . Return to WWE . After losing a tremendous amount of weight , he wrestled a dark match for WWE on August 20 , 2007 , before an episode of " Raw " . After being billed under his real name , he was defeated by Johnny Jeter . The match went well , so management decided to bring him back for the August 21 , 2007 , " SmackDown ! " taping , where he was defeated again by Jeter . Personal life . Anoa ' i is married to Mandy ( née Vandeberg ) from Mason , Ohio . They have a daughter , Madison ( born in December 2003 ) and one son , Jordan ( born in 1998 ) . He is the son of former professional wrestler Sika Anoa ' i , who competed as one half of the Wild Samoans . He is a cousin of former wrestler and current movie star , Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson . Other cousins also include the late Eddie Fatu ( currently known as Umaga ) , Rikishi , Tonga Kid , Deuce , and the late Yokozuna . His brother , Joe Anoa ' i , was the starting defensive tackle for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team , and is a currently member of WWE under the ring name Roman Reigns . Anoa ' i was the ninth person in his family to become a World Tag Team Champion while with WWE , although his family members won the titles under the WWF banner . Anoa ' i played high school football in Escambia High School in Pensacola , Florida . While there , he played alongside the NFL ' s future all - time rushing leader Emmitt Smith . Anoa ' i also has a Samoan signature designed tattoo on his upper biceps .