The Barbarian (wrestler)

The Barbarian
The Barbarian in 2016
Birth nameSione Havea Vailahi
Born (1958-09-06) 6 September 1958 (age 66)[1]
Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Spouse(s)Seini Tonga
Children7
FamilyLei'D Tapa (niece)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Barbarian
Headshrinker Sione
King Konga
Konga the Barbarian
Sachinoshima
Sione
Super Assassin #1
Tonga John
Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[2]
Billed weight300 lb (136 kg)[2]
Trained byRed Bastien[3]
Debut1980
Sachinoshima
幸島
Personal information
BornSione Vailahi
(1958-09-06) 6 September 1958 (age 66)
Tonga
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career
StableAsahiyama
Record34-13-16
DebutMarch 1975
Highest rankSandanme 36 (September 1976)
RetiredSeptember 1976
* Up to date as of 8 September 2022.

Sione Havea Vailahi (born 6 September 1958) is a Tongan professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Barbarian. He is best known for his various stints with Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and for being a part of tag teams the Powers of Pain with The Warlord and the Faces of Fear with Meng.

His first national exposure was in the NWA territory Jim Crockett Promotions, where the Powers of Pain held the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship until they departed the company in 1988 and joined WWF, where they competed in the tag team division until the team was quietly split in 1990. Barbarian then competed as a singles wrestler until departing in 1992 and returning to WCW, where he became one-half of the final WCW United States Tag Team Champions with Dick Slater. During this time, Barbarian challenged Ron Simmons for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc 1992. He left WCW in 1993 and returned to the WWF in 1994 as Headshrinker Sione to form the New Headshrinkers with Fatu. He left the company in 1995 and made a second return to WCW, where he briefly reunited with The Warlord as the masked Super Assassins. Barbarian would then join Meng to form Faces of Fear and become a part of factions Dungeon of Doom and the First Family.

  1. ^ Vailahi, Sione. "Been Verified Results".
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Encyclopedia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Barbarian profile". OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com. Retrieved 14 August 2009.