He wrestled his last recorded match in Hawaii in February 1982 defeating Victor Rivera. Peter Maivia, Ata’s father previously was not agreeing with their relationship and the reason was because of Rocky’s career as a wrestler as he knows how hard it is to manage their career and private life. After gaining training in New Zealand under Steve Rickard, Peter Maivia set out to make his career in wrestling, in 1962. On October 19, 2008, Maivia's wife, Lia Maivia, died. Maivia's grandson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson revealed that they were done with traditional Samoan instrumentation: a small hammer, a needle, and ink. Peter Maivia and his wife Lia had two children – daughter Ata and son Toa. He formed a bitter rivalry against Bob Backlund and Victor Rivera. The family's founders, Reverend Amituanai and his wife Tovale had four children: sons Afa, Junior, and Sika, and one daughter, Vera. Of the four, only Afa and Sika became wrestlers, a tag team called the Wild Samoans. Peter Maivia may today be known as the legendary High Chief and the forerunner of the Maivia-Johnson sports-entertainment clan but things weren’t the same for this 109 kg wrestler from when he started wrestling. From 1969 to 1975 he worked in NWA San Francisco, NWA Hollywood, World Class Championship Wrestling, Houston Wrestling, and the American Wrestling Association winning many titles. The couple welcomed their son, Dwayne Douglas Johnson on 2 nd May 1972. Joe” and “Fast and Furious,” Mrs. Ata’s son has transcended his wrestling days to become a true movie star but this time we want to tell you about … With ensemble movies like “G.I. Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia (born Fanene Pita Anderson; April 6, 1937 – June 13, 1982) was a Samoan-American professional wrestler better known as Peter Maivia. In California, Maivia formed a close mentor-student relationship with ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham. Peter Maivia Jr/ Toa Maivia(Maternal) Cousin: Savelina Fanene(Maternal), Yokozuna, Solofa Fatu Jr., Tanoai Reed(often acts as his stunt double) ... Dwayne Johnson was born the son of Ata Maivia(Mother)- a Samoan & Wayde Douglas Bowles(Father)- a second generation Wrestler from Canada. He competed in Texas for a short time. When his father teamed up with Ata's father in a sport, they met. In 1968 he worked for International Wrestling Enterprise in Japan. Peter Maivia was born as Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia on April 6, 1937 in The Isle of Samao. Johnson was instrumental in getting Dwayne (later dubbed "Rocky Maivia" after both Rocky Johnson's and Peter Maivia's ring names) signed to a WWF developmental deal. Maivia made his debut in 1960 working for NWA Hawaii. Later in 1964, Maivia followed up his previous success by winning another very prestigious championship, the NWA Australasian Heavyweight title. Peter Maivia, who also adopted her. 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