While the third-generation member of that family -- The Rock -- is the most well-known, it all started with his grandfather, the legendary High Chief Peter Maivia. Maivia, born in Samoa in the ...

He advocated for the Hollywood star to adopt the High Chief nickname, which his grandfather Peter Maivia portrayed in wrestling. "We haven't had a High Chief — High Chief Peter Maivia — and ...

The world of wrestling is deep seeded with tradition ... What began with High Chief Peter Maivia was passed on to nephews Afa & Sika, who took WWE by storm in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.

The Irresistible Force is a half-Samoan pro wrestler with ties to the Anoa'i and Maivia wrestling families. Jax’s father, Joseph Fanene, is Peter Maivia's first cousin, and Jax is the second ...

The Rock took to social media Sunday afternoon to make it clear that he will be at the Intuit Dome tomorrow night, and is dedicating the show to his grandfather, the High Chief Peter Maivia.

Tomorrow night is dedicated to my grandfather, the High Chief Peter Maivia, my grandmother ... s involvement at WrestleMania 41 in Friday’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter: “(Rhodes vs.