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**Alipate "Pate" Fifita** (born October 15, 1982) is a Tongan professional wrestler better known by the ring name **Tama Tonga**. He is best known for his work in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former four-time NEVER Openweight Champion, a former seven-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and a former four-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

Throughout NJPW's working relationship with American partner Ring of Honor (ROH), he his former one-time ROH World Tag Team Championship. He is the son of professional wrestler Tonga Fifita and brother of Taula and Tevita Fifita. Fifita is under contract with NJPW but has also worked with NJPW's partner Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship twice.

## Early life

Alipate and his brother Taula were adopted by professional wrestler Tonga Fifita, better known as Haku, and raised along biological son Tevita and a daughter. Fifita spent six years in the United States Air Force, which taught him self-discipline that has helped him in his wrestling career. Once his Air Force career ended he was inspired by his father to become a professional wrestler.

## Professional wrestling career

### Early career (2008-2010)

Fifita began his professional wrestling career in 2008, working on the independent circuit after graduating from Bully Ray and Devon Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment. He worked for World Xtreme Wrestling and even held the WXW Television Championship for seven days. He also worked in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council, where he and Idol Stevens held the WWC World Tag Team Championship for 20 days. Early in his career, he worked under various ring names such as Kava, King Tonga, Jr., and Pate Fifita. Alipate and his adoptive brother Tevita took part in a WWE tryout together, which led to Tevita being signed to a contract.

### New Japan Pro Wrestling

#### Debut (2010–2012)

Fifita began working for the Japanese wrestling promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) in May 2010 under the name "Tama Tonga". His debut match came as part of the 2010 Super Junior Tag Tournament, where he teamed up with Davey Richards, but lost in the first round to El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto. Tonga was one of 16 wrestlers that competed in the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. He defeated Davey Richards and Nobuo Yoshihashi but lost to Fujita Hayato, Kenny Omega, Koji Kanemoto, Ryusuke Taguchi and Taiji Ishimori and ended up with just four points, second to last his group. He teamed up with Hirooki Goto to compete in the 2010 G1 Tag League tournament. The team earned four points for victories over King Fale and Super Strong Machine, and the team of Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma. The two lost to the teams of Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue, Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man, and finally Masato Tanaka and Tomohiro Ishii, ending fourth in their group. He also entered the 2011 G1 Tag League tournament, this time teaming up with Strong Man. Tonga's success in the 2011 G1 Tag league was even less than his first league showing, winning only one match over the team of King Fale and Yuji Nagata, but being defeated by the rest of the teams in his group. On January 4, 2012, Tonga worked on NJPW's biggest show of the year as he appeared in a dark matches before NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom VI show. The match saw Tama Tonga and Captain New Japan defeat Kyosuke Mikami and Tomoaki Honma.

#### Excursion to CMLL (2012)

In September 2012 it was announced that Tonga would visit Mexico and work for NJPW's Mexican partner, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) for an extended trip to expose him to other styles of wrestling. His debut match for CMLL saw him participate in the 2012 version of CMLL's *Leyenda de Azul* ("The Blue Legend") tournament. The match was a 16-man *torneo cibernetico* elimination match, from which Tonga was eliminated when Atlantis and Shocker double teamed him. Following the tournament Tonga worked with a number of CMLL's top starts, including the *Leyenda de Azul* tournament winner Diamante Azul. On November 13, Tonga and El Terrible won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from Atlantis and Diamante Azul. Tonga next made it to the finals of the 2012 *La Copa Junior* Tournament, where, on December 14, he was defeated by La Sombra in the main event of CMLL's 2012 *Sin Piedad* ("No Mercy") show.

#### Bullet Club (2013–2022)

Tonga returned to NJPW in early 2013, just in time to compete on NJPW's January 4 Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome where he teamed up with Captain New Japan and Wataru Inoue to defeat Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi when Tonga pinned Jado. On April 7, Tonga and El Terrible successfully defended the CMLL World Tag Team Championship against La Máscara and Valiente at New Japan's Invasion Attack event. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013, Tonga formed a new villainous alliance named Bullet Club with Prince Devitt, Bad Luck Fale, and Karl Anderson when the four attacked Hiroshi Tanahashi. On July 5, Tonga and El Terrible lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Tanahashi and Jushin Thunder Liger. Tonga regained the title from Tanahashi and Liger on September 14 with new partner Rey Bucanero. Tonga returned to CMLL with Bucanero in early October. On October 18, Tonga and Bucanero were stripped of the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, when they were unable to defend the title against La Máscara and Rush due to Bucanero being sidelined with an injury. Tonga remained in CMLL until the end of the year. Throughout 2014, Tonga remained the lowest-ranking member of Bullet Club. In November, he and Bad Luck Fale entered the 2014 World Tag League, where they finished at the bottom of their block with a record of three wins and four losses.

On January 4, 2016, at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome, Tonga took part in a match to determine the inaugural NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions, where he, Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi were defeated by Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano. On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, Tonga, Fale and Takahashi defeated the Briscoes and Yano in a rematch to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. After a three-day reign, the three lost the title back to the Briscoes and Yano at The New Beginning in Niigata. On March 3, Tonga scored the biggest win of his career by defeating former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and reigning IWGP Tag Team Champion Togi Makabe in the first round of the 2016 New Japan Cup. The following day, he was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Hirooki Goto. In March, Tonga announced a new partnership with his adoptive brother and newest Bullet Club member Tanga Roa. The team was named "Guerrillas of Destiny" (G.O.D) with Tonga stating that the name was a reference to his ring name meaning "Battle of God" and his brother's ring name meaning "Family of God". On April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016, G.O.D defeated Makabe and Honma to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions. They lost the title to Jay and Mark Briscoe on June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall. Shortly afterwards, Tonga returned to CMLL with his brother for a brief excursion and the two competed in the 2016 International Gran Prix, where Tonga lasted all the way to the final two before losing to Volador Jr. Upon his return to NJPW, Tonga entered the 2016 G1 Climax, where, in his third match on July 25, he scored the biggest win of his career by defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi. Tonga finished the tournament on August 12 with a record of four wins and five losses. On October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling, the Guerrillas of Destiny regained the IWGP Tag Team Championship from the Briscoe Brothers. In December, the Guerrillas of Destiny won their block in the 2016 World Tag League with a record of six wins and one loss and advanced to the finals of the tournament. On December 10, the Guerrillas of Destiny were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma. On January 4, 2017, Tonga and Roa lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano in a three-way match, also involving Makabe and Honma. On June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall, Tonga and Roa defeated War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the third time. They lost the title back to War Machine in a no disqualification match on July 1 at G1 Special in USA. Later that month, Tonga entered the 2017 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of four wins and five losses. In December, Tonga and Roa won their block in the 2017 World Tag League with a record of five wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 11, they were defeated in the finals of the tournament by *Los Ingobernables de Japon* (EVIL and SANADA). Six days later, Guerrillas of Destiny and Bad Luck Fale defeated EVIL, SANDA and BUSHI to become the new NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions. They lost the title to CHAOS (Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) in a five-team gauntlet match on January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome, only to regain it the following day. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku, Guerrillas of Destiny and Fale lost the titles to their Bullet Club stablemates Marty Scurll and The Young Bucks. On July 7 at G1 Special in San Francisco, following a title defense between Omega and Cody for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Guerrillas of Destiny and their father Haku dubbed as "Firing Squad" attacked Omega and The Young Bucks. Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi, come out to make the save, but were unable to help. Tonga offered Cody to attack Omega, but he ended up trying to save them, only to the Firing Squad to attack Cody. Following the G1 Special in San Francisco, Firing Squad's side would be referred as "Bullet Club OG", meaning "Bullet Club Original". Later that month, Tonga took part in the 2018 G1 Climax, finishing the tournament with a record of three wins and six losses, due to most of the matches ending in a disqualification due to excessive outside interference of Loa and Bad Luck Fale (who joined the Bullet Club OG), which led to them being ejected from the arena by NJPW President Harold Meij on August 11, who had previously threatened to suspend them for three months and a fine. On August 12, the Guerrillas of Destiny and the newest member of Bullet Club OG Taiji Ishimori defeated Marty Scurll and The Young Bucks to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. After the match, the Guerrillas of Destiny attacked The Young Bucks and throw their IWGP Tag Team Championship and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. This led to on September 30 at Fighting Spirit Unleashed, Guerrillas of Destiny defeating The Young Bucks to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the fourth time. From November 17 until December 7, Tonga and Roa took part in the 2018 World Tag League finishing the tournament with a record of ten wins and three losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 9, they were defeated in the finals of the tournament by *Los Ingobernables de Japon* (EVIL and SANADA) in the second consecutive year.

On January 4, 2019 at Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome, the Guerrillas of Destiny lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to EVIL and SANADA in a three-way match also involving The Young Bucks. They lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano on January 30. On February 23, at Honor Rising: Japan, the Guerrillas of Destiny defeated EVIL and SANADA to win the IWGP Tag Team Champions for their fifth time. On April 6 at G1 Supercard, the Guerrillas of Destiny defeated EVIL and SANADA, Villain Enterprises (PCO and Brody King) and The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a "Winner takes all match" to retain the IWGP Tag Team and win the ROH World Tag Team Championships. From November 16 until December 8, the Guerrillas of Destiny took part in the 2019 World Tag League. The Guerrillas of Destiny entered the final day with a chance to win the tournament, but a loss against Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi cost them the chance to win the tournament.

On January 4, 2020, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome, the Guerrillas of Destiny lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to David Finlay and Juice Robinson. They regained the titles from Finlay and Robinson on February 1 at The New Beginning in USA, before losing them to Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi on February 21. In August, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Tonga along with several members of the Bullet Club were unable to work on NJPW events in Japan, leading him to take part in *NJPW Strong* series, in which he took part in the 2020 New Japan Cup USA, losing to David Finlay on August 7 in the first round. From November 15 until December 6, the Guerrillas of Destiny took part in the 2020 World Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of six wins and three losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 11, the Guerrillas of Destiny defeated David Finlay and Juice Robinson in the finals to win the 2020 World Tag League, after reaching three consecutive finals in the previous tournaments. On January 4, 2021, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome, the Guerrillas of Destiny defeated *Dangerous Tekkers* (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the seventh time, surpassing Tencozy six reigns, to become the team with the most reigns as champions. After working exclusively against each other in multi-man tag team matches for the last part of January, Tonga stole the *Iron Fingers From Hell* from Taichi and usually use against him, which infuriated Taichi. On Febraury 10, at The New Beginning in Hiroshima, the Guerrillas of Destiny faced Dangerous Tekkers in a rematch for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, which ended by disqualification, after Taichi, who furious at Tonga’s control of the prized fingers, hit Tonga for the loss. However, Taichi regained control of fingers. At Sakura Genesis on April 4, during a match involving both teams, when the fingers seemed to be a distraction for Tonga and Taichi, referee Kenta Sato took the fingers away and passed them to NJPW Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi, who announced a ladder match for the fingers in order to settle the issue. On May 3 on the first night of Wrestling Dontaku, Tonga was defeated by Tachi in the ladder match for the *Iron Fingers From Hell*. On June 1, the Guerrillas of Destiny lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Dangerous Tekkers. On August 14, at Resurgence, Tonga and Loa returned since losing the IWGP Tag Team Champions, confronting The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows). From September 19 to October 20, Tonga took part in the 2021 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of three wins and six losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. During the 2021 G1 Climax on October 14, Tonga picked up a major win over reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada. After Okada won the 2021 G1 Climax on October 21, Tonga challenged Okada to a match for his G1 Climax Championship. On November 6 at Power Struggle, Tonga unsuccessfully challenged Okada for his championship. From November 14 until December 12, the Guerrillas of Destiny took part in the 2021 World Tag League finishing the tournament with a record of seven wins and four losses, failling to advance to the finals of the tournament.

#### Face turn and feud with Bullet Club (2022–2024)

On the January 27, 2022 episode of *Impact!*, the Guerrillas of Destiny made their Impact Wrestling debut attacking Jake Something and Mike Bailey alongside Bey and White, before challenging The Good Brothers to a title match for the Impact World Tag Team Championship. On February 19 at No Surrender, the Guerillas of Destiny unsucessfully challenged The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) for the Impact World Tag Team Championship, after they were betrayed by Jay White. Subsequently, the Guerillas of Destiny were kicked out of Bullet Club and White reinstated The Good Brothers as members for the first time in nearly a decade. Afterwards, White sent a message to Gedo, to warn the rest of Bullet Club to chose between him or the Guerillas of Destiny. On March 13, Tonga returned to NJPW to face EVIL in the second round of the 2022 New Japan Cup. EVIL won the match, when the rest of the group turned on Tonga and Jado, kicking them out of the stable. Afterwards, Tonga, Loa and Jado continued feuding with Bullet Club and aligned themselves with NJPW's home unit, with Tonga not forgotting their betrayal. At Hyper Battle, Tonga confronted EVIL, before being attacked by Yujiro Takahashi with Loa making the save. On May 1 at Wrestling Dontaku, Tonga defeated EVIL to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, winning his first singles title in NJPW after twelve years. Right before Tonga could move, The Good Brothers made their return to NJPW after six years, attacking Tonga and Jado. Tonga's brother, Tanga Loa tried even the odds before being outnumbered by The Good Brothers, before Anderson challenged Tonga to a match for the NEVER Openweight Championship at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall. At Dominion on June 12, Tonga lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Anderson. From July 20 to August 16, Tonga took part in the 2022 G1 Climax. Despite losing a block match to Tomohiro Ishii, Tonga won his block with a record of five wins and one loss and advanced to the semifinals by defeating reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and former Bullet Club stablemate Jay White in his last round-robin match, giving him a record of five wins and one loss. On August 17, Tonga was defeated in the semifiinals of the tournament by Kazuchika Okada.

On January 4, 2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo Dome, Tonga defeated Karl Anderson to regain the NEVER Openweight Championship. He lost the title to David Finlay on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku. From July 16 to August 8, Tonga took part in the 2023 G1 Climax, where he finished the tournament with a record of four wins, two losses, and he also wrestled Shingo Takagi to a 30-minute time limit draw and thus missed the quarterfinals of the tournament by a single point. Following the tournament, on August 12, Tonga, Hikuleo and El Phantasmo were confronted by Finlay and the Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin and Gabe Kidd), with Phantasmo and Hikuleo, who newly reunited after being expelled from Bullet Club, setting their sights on Coughlin and Kidd's Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships. On October 9 at Destruction in Ryogoku, Tonga defeated David Finlay to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the third time. On October 14 at Royal Quest III, after Shingo Takagi faced Tomohiro Ishii in a winning effort, he was confronted by reigning Tonga, who challenged him to a match for his title, having been previously defeated by Takagi during the 2023 G1 Climax, which he accepted, setting up the match at Fighting Spirit Unleashed. On October 28, Tonga lost the title to Takagi in his first title defense. On November 10 at Lonestar Shootout, Tonga challenged Takagi to a rematch for the title, which he accepted.

On January 4, 2024 at Wrestle Kingdom 18, Tonga defeated Takagi in a rematch to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the fourth time. Following the match, Tonga revealed that he would be leaving NJPW at the end of the month, stating that he wanted to find work closer to home in the United States. The following day at *New Year Dash*, during a post-match interview, Tonga was attacked by EVIL, who challenged him for his title, but also humiliated the newly crowned champion as he cut off some of his hair. On January 10, Tonga’s profile was erroneously erased from the NJPW profile page, and EVIL was incorrectly listed as the NEVER Openweight Champion, after it was discovered by video evidence that EVIL had forced NJPW staff to do those modifications, On January 22 at The New Beginning in Nagoya, Tonga faced EVIL for the NEVER Openweight Championship. The match originally ended in a no contest, after Tonga was attacked by the House of Torture. The match was restarted into a Lumberjack Deathmatch, where Tonga lost the title to EVIL. Four days later, Tonga wrestled his last match under his NJPW contract, where he, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma and Yoh defeated House of Torture. Later that night, Tonga helped Shota Umino win his match against Ren Narita, alongside Desperado, following the interference from House of Torture, marking his final appearance for the promotion.

## Personal life

Leone is the cousin of Bullet Club stablemate Bad Luck Fale, they both spent their early childhoods in Muʻa, Tonga without meeting. They were in the NJPW dojo at the same time and realized they were related when a relative commented on a photo Fale had posted on social media.

In addition to his adoptive brother Tevita with whom he wrestles in NJPW as the Guerrillas of Destiny, Leone's younger (biological) brother Taula is also part of NJPW under the name Hikuleo. Alipate and Tevita live together in Orlando, Florida, commuting to Japan for tours of between a couple of weeks to three months.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *DSD - Dive Shack Driver* (Double underhook piledriver) — 2021-present
	+ *Dream Catcher* (Twister) – 2017–2018
	+ *Gun Stun* (Jumping cutter, sometimes from the top rope) – 2016–present; adopted from Karl Anderson

* **Signature moves**
	+ *Bloody Sunday* (Lifting single underhook DDT)
	+ *Ghostface* (Fireman's carry flapjack)
	+ *Headshrinker* / *Veleno* (Jumping double underhook DDT with bodyscissors)
	+ Karate chop
	+ Powerslam
	+ Snap suplex
	+ Somersault topé through the second and top ropes
	+ Spear
	+ *SRC* (Spinning cartwheel Death Valley driver) - 2021-present
	+ Stinger splash
	+ *Supreme Flow* (Diving splash)
	+ *Tama Special* (Alabama slam)
	+ *Tongan Twist*  (Inverted facelock spun out into a DDT)
	+ *Tornillo* (Corkscrew plancha)

* **With Tanga Loa**
	+ **Double-team finishing moves**
		- *Guerrilla Warfare* (Aided double arm DDT)
		- *Nightfall* (Belly-to-back suplex (Loa) / Neckbreaker (Tonga) combination)
		- *Killshot*(Flapjack (Loa)/Jumping cutter (Tonga) Combination)
		- *Super Powerbomb* (Double powerbomb to a cornered opponent)
	+ **Double-team signature moves**
		- Aided *Tongan Twist*
		- Powerbomb (Roa) / Neckbreaker (Tonga) combination
		- Powerbomb (Roa) / Reverse DDT (Tonga) combination
* **Nicknames**
	+ "Jewel of the South Sea"
	+ "Bad Boy" (originally BADBOY)
	+ "Good Guy"
	+ **"The Good Bad Guy"**
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Wao!" by Yonosuke Kitamura (Early career)
	+ "Last Chance Saloon" by Deviant and Naive Ted (used while a part of Bullet Club)
	+ "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (used while a part of Bullet Club)
	+ "Spider Dance" by Yonosuke Kitamura (2013-2016)
	+ "Guerrilas of Destiny" by Yonosuke Kitamura (used while teaming with Tanga Loa and in singles competition)
	+ **"G.O.D (Firing Squad)"** by No Name Tim and Kashis Keyz (used while teaming with Tanga Loa and in singles competition)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre**
	+ CMLL World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with El Terrible (1) and Rey Bucanero (1)
* **Jersey Championship Wrestling**
	+ JCW Championship (1 time)
* **New Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Tanga Loa
	+ NEVER Openweight Championship (4 times)
	+ NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi (1), Bad Luck Fale and Tanga Loa (2) and Taiji Ishimori and Tanga Loa (1)
	+ World Tag League (2020) – with Tanga Loa
* **Peachstate Wrestling Alliance**
	+ PWA Heritage Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ PWI ranked him #**298** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
	+ PWI ranked him #**299** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
	+ PWI ranked him #**132** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tanga Loa
* **World Wrestling Council**
	+ WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Idol Stevens
* **World Xtreme Wrestling**
	+ WXW Television Championship (1 time)
* **WrestleCircus**
	+ Big Top Tag-Team Championship (1 time) – with Tanga Roa

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