Tevita Tu'amoeloa Fetaiakimoeata Koloamatangi Fifita (born May 7, 1983) is a Tongan-American

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. As of May 2024, he is signed to

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, where he performs on the SmackDown

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under the

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Tonga Loa, as a member of The Bloodline stable. As of November 2024, he is out of action due to a torn bicep. Fifita started his professional wrestling career in WWE's farm territory

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(FCW) in 2009 as at first Tonga, then later known as Agent T and Donny Marlow. He was promoted to the main roster in 2011, where he worked as a Mexican character named Camacho in a tag team with Hunico. They worked on the undercard on the SmackDown and NXT brands for a few years. After he left WWE in 2014, he worked for two years in

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(TNA) under the name Micah, where he won the 2015's Gut Check. Later, he left the promotion and joined

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(NJPW) under the ring name Tanga Loa, joining his brother Tama Tonga as Guerrillas of Destiny (G.O.D.), a subgroup of the

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faction

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. In NJPW, Loa and Tonga are seven-time IWGP Tag Team Champions and former three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions with Bad Luck Fale and

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. He also has made appearances in

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(ROH), where the Guerrillas of Destiny are former one-time

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. He returned to WWE on May 4, 2024, under the ring name Tonga Loa, aligning himself with The Bloodline. Fifita is part of the Fifita wrestling family, being the son of Haku and brother of Tama Tonga and Hikuleo.

Early years

Born in

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, Fifita attended the University of Texas at El Paso, where he played football as a

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. Fifita graduated with a degree in

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with major in Communications Electronic Media and minor in criminal justice.

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2009–2014)

Florida Championship Wrestling (2009–2011)

After taking part in a World Wrestling Entertainment (

) tryout alongside his adoptive brother Alipate, Fifita signed a developmental contract with the promotion on February 10, 2009, and was assigned to its developmental territory

(FCW) as Tonga. In March, he became known as Agent T, as part of Abraham Washington's Secret Service

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, alongside Agent D and Agent J. He later changed his name to Donny Marlow. On July 21, 2011, Marlow and CJ Parker defeated Calvin Raines and Big E Langston to win the

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. On November 3, Marlow and Parker lost the Tag Team Championship to Brad Maddox and Briley Pierce.

Teaming with Hunico (2011–2013)

On the December 15, 2011, episode of '' Superstars'', Fifita came to the ring as the new enforcer of Hunico, and his new ring name was revealed as Camacho. Hunico and Camacho first teamed together on the April 26 episode of ''Superstars'' where they beat

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. Camacho made his pay-per-view debut at Over the Limit, where he was defeated by Ryback in a singles match. Camacho began appearing again on WWE's developmental territory, the former FCW, which had been rebranded into

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; He made his NXT debut on the July 4, 2012, episode of the rebooted '' NXT'', first losing to

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but emerging victorious later that episode in a six-man tag match while teaming with Hunico and Michael McGillicutty against Rollins, Bo Dallas, and

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. On the next episode of ''NXT'', Camacho defeated Kidd in a singles match following a distraction from McGillicutty. In the pre-show of Money in the Bank, he and Hunico lost to the WWE Tag Team Champions,

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and

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in a non-title match. At '' Raw 1,000'', Camacho, along with Hunico and four other wrestlers attempted to ambush Kane to make a statement, but

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's return resulted in Brothers of Destruction disposing of all six would-be attackers. With Hunico out injured, Camacho continued to compete on NXT; after a $5,000 bounty was promised to anyone who could put Big E Langston "on the shelf"; Camacho attempted to claim the bounty in late-2012 so that he could "get Hunico out of

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", but he was squashed by Langston. On April 4, 2013, Camacho reunited with Hunico at the

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live event. On the November 6, 2013, episode of ''

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'' he and Hunico made their first televised tag team match since July 2012, losing to The Usos. He and Hunico then started a feud against The Ascension, defeating them in a non-title match, but were then defeated in a NXT championship match.

NXT and departure (2014)

Once Hunico started portraying Sin Cara again, Camacho started to wrestle solo on ''NXT''. Camacho scored a rare victory over the returning

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at the March 13 television tapings. His last feud in WWE was with Adam Rose on ''NXT'', which began when he attacked one of Rose's followers after a match and ended at

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when Camacho lost to Rose. On June 12, 2014, Camacho was released from his contract.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2015–2016)

On February 16, 2015, Fifita participated at

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's Gut Check, where he won a tournament to earn a spot in the company. On March 15, 2015, Fifita, under the ring name of Micah and announcing himself as the son of Haku, made his debut at ''

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'' as a member of The Rising, a stable consisting of himself,

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, and

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. On the April 24 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', Micah defeated Kenny King. On the May 22 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Micah wrestled against Kenny King for his

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, but failed to win the title. On the June 3 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', The Rising defeated The Beat Down Clan. On the July 1 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', The Beat Down Clan defeated The Rising in a 4-on-3 handicap match, forcing The Rising to dissolve. On the September 9 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', Micah, Tigre Uno and

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defeated

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, Kenny King and his former partner Eli Drake in a six man tag team match. From October to November (during which ''Impact Wrestling'' had been taped from July 22-July 25), Micah participated in the TNA World Title Series in the "Future 4" group, during which he earned 4 points and thus failed to qualify for the successive round of 16. On the December 16 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', Micah wrestled his final match for TNA, where he teamed up with Eli Drake, Jessie Godderz and

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in a losing effort against Tigre Uno,

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, Manik and Mandrews in an Eight-Man Tag Team match. Micah did not appear after this leading to his release.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2016–2024)

On March 12, 2016, Fifita was announced as the newest member of

(NJPW) stable

. The announcement was made by his brother Tama Tonga, who challenged

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and

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to a match for the

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. Two days later, Fifita was given the new ring name Tanga Loa (sometimes spelled "Tanga Roa"), while his team with his brother was dubbed Guerrillas of Destiny (G.O.D). Fifita's ring name was taken from Tangaloa, a family of gods in Tongan mythology. Loa made his NJPW debut on March 27 by attacking Togi Makabe during his match with Tonga, causing a disqualification. Loa's debut match took place on April 1, when he and Bullet Club stablemates Tonga, Bad Luck Fale,

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and

Yujiro Takahashi , is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of House of Torture and a former member of Bullet Club. He is one-third of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions with Ren Narit ...

were defeated by Makabe, Honma,

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and

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in a ten-man elimination tag team match. On April 10 at

, G.O.D defeated Makabe and Honma to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions. They lost the title to

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( Jay and

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) on June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall. 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, Loa and Tonga lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Tomohiro Ishii and

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in a three-way match, also involving Makabe and Honma. On June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall, Loa and Tonga defeated

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(

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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. In December, Guerrillas of Destiny 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 Japón'' (

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and

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). Six days later, Guerrillas of Destiny and Bad Luck Fale defeated Evil, Sanada and Bushi to become the new NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions. They lost the title to

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(

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, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) in a five-team

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on January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome. The following day at New Year's Dash, they would regain the title from Chaos. At The New Beginning in Sapporo, Bullet Club stablemate Cody turned on the leader of the stable,

. This led to there being two sides to Bullet Club; Team Cody and Team Kenny. While Tama and Loa stayed neutral at Strong Style Evolved before a tag team match against

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and Cody, Loa speaking for both himself and his brother, stated if they were to be on a team it wouldn't be Team Cody. On the first night of the

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shows, G.O.D and Fale lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to the Super Villains (Marty Scurll and the Young Bucks). The second night, Tama debuted the newest member to Bullet Club,

. Later, it was announced that Tama will be competing in the G1 Climax 28. At the

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, Tama, Loa, King Haku,

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, and Yujiro Takahashi defeated CHAOS members

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, Yoshi-Hashi, and Roppongi 3K (

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, Sho and Yoh), with Tama pinning Gedo after a Tongan Death Grip by Haku to Gedo followed by a Gun Stun. At the end of the night, following Kenny's victory over Cody in the main event, Tama, Loa, and Haku came out to seemingly celebrate with Kenny and the Young Bucks in a show of loyalty, only to attack The Elite, as well as fellow Bullet Club members Hangman Page,

, even Chase and Takahashi, and finally Cody, when they tried to intervene. They then left the ring declaring that they were the true Bullet Club. On January 30, 2019, they lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championship against

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, Makabe and Yano. On February 23, 2019, they would regain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles by defeating Sanada & Evil at Honor Rising 2019: Day 2, starting their fifth reign. After defending the championships seven times, their reign would end when G.O.D lost to FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) at Wrestle Kingdom 14. They would soon immediately regain the belts at The New Beginning in the USA event in Atlanta, before again losing them without a defence to Golden*Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi &

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) on a New Japan Road show in

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. After the 2020

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, Guerrillas of Destiny would make their return to Japan as participants of the World Tag League. They would win the tournament for the first time after defeating FinJuice in the finals. They would go on to win an IWGP Tag Team Title match at the

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for the first time, defeating champions Dangerous Tekkers ( Taichi &

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) after Loa hit 'ApeSh*t' (a Sitout Reverse Piledriver) on Taichi after 19 minutes & 18 seconds. They lost the championships back to the Dangerous Tekkers on June 1. On June 1,2022 Tanga Loa suffered an injury to his right knee, it is later confirmed by his brother, Tama, that Loa suffered a torn MCL on his right knee. He underwent successful operation but missed out the remainder of 2022. Loa returned to NJPW in July 2023, competing in the annual

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tournament. Loa competed in the B Block, finishing with 6 points and therefore failing to advance to the quarterfinals. On March 31, 2024, at Road to Sakura Genesis, he wrestled his final NJPW match, challenging for the KOPW trophy in a losing effort to The Great O-Khan.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2016)

On June 1, 2016, the Mexican

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(CMLL) promotion announced Roa and Tonga as participants in the 2016 International Gran Prix. On June 24, Roa, Tonga and

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defeated

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and Volador Jr. in Arena México. On July 1, Roa took part in the 2016 International Gran Prix, from which he was eliminated by Último Guerrero.

Return to WWE (2024–present)

Fifita made his return to the

after nearly ten years at Backlash France on May 4, 2024 under the tweaked ring name Tonga Loa, assisting Solo Sikoa and his brother Tama Tonga in defeating

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and

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in a

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Street Fight establishing himself as a

in the process and joining The Bloodline. His previous run as Camacho was not mentioned on WWE programming. Loa made his WWE in-ring return on the May 31 episode of ''

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'', teaming with his brother Tama, now going by the tag team name of "The Tongans", to defeat

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(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford). On the August 23 episode of ''SmackDown'', Solo Sikoa had

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relinquish his share of the title to Loa so that Fatu could be Sikoa's personal enforcer. On the October 25 episode of SmackDown, Loa and Tonga lost the titles to

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(

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and

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) after interference from Jey Uso ending their reign at 84 days. At Survivor Series: WarGames on November 30, Loa along with The Bloodline and Bronson Reed lost to

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, Sami Zayn and

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in a

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. After the match, it was revealed that Loa suffered a torn bicep and would be out of action for seven to eight months.

Personal life

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is the professional wrestler better known as Meng or Haku. He has a biological sister, Vika. His adopted brothers Alipate Leone and Taula Koloamatangi are also wrestlers; Fifita and Leone both perform in WWE, while Koloamatangi, as well as cousin Simi Taitoko ("Toks") Fale, performed together in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) – with CJ Parker *

( 7 times) – with Tama Tonga ** NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship ( 3 times) – with Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga (2), and

and Tama Tonga (1) **

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(

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) – with Tama Tonga * ''

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'' ** Faction of the Year (2024) – with The Bloodline ** Ranked No. 97 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 ** Ranked No. 6 of the top 50 tag teams in the '' PWI Tag Team 50'' in 2020 *

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( 1 time) – with Tama Tonga *

** TNA Gut Check (2015) * WrestleCircus ** WC Big Top Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tama Tonga *

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( 1 time) – with Tama Tonga

References

External links

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