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Polynesian Legacy in the Ring: “Pro Wrestling’s Pacific Bloodline” Highlights the Real Story Behind WWE’s Bloodline
Auckland, New Zealand – 13 May 2025
Since its April 30 launch, Pro Wrestling’s Pacific Bloodline: Family Over Everything by Ite Lemalu has become an essential read for fans, scholars, and cultural critics interested in the deep legacy of Polynesian representation in pro wrestling.
This is not a conventional wrestling biography. Told through the lens of a New Zealand-born Samoan, Lemalu weaves a narrative that spans generations; from Peter Maivia and King Haku to The Rock and Roman Reigns, while challenging how Pacific athletes have been portrayed in the ring and remembered in history.
“This book isn’t just about The Bloodline, it’s about the voices that came before them, and the stories still waiting to be told,” says Lemalu, who serves as content writer and media relations manager for NJPW TAMASHII and the NZ Dojo.
The book combines personal storytelling, media critique, and cultural analysis, tracing the movement of Polynesian wrestlers through the territories, WWE, NJPW, and beyond. While the spotlight often shines on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and the Anoa‘i dynasty, Pacific Bloodline also uplifts those too often left out of the official narrative: Ata Johnson, Sam Fatu, Siva Afi, and more.
Structured like a cultural va’a (canoe), the book moves non-linearly, circling back, reframing earlier events, and reconnecting generations, much like the television series The Crown, but with Samoan flair and grit.
Steeped in fa‘asamoa, advocacy, and insider perspective, this work amplifies a side of wrestling often silenced: the South Pacific voice. It’s as much about healing and reclamation as it is about suplexes and storytelling.
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