Tama Tonga
Tonga in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alipate Aloisio Leone October 15, 1982 |
| Parent | Haku (father) |
| Relatives |
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| Website | tamatonga |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kava King Tonga Jr. Pate Fifita Tama Tonga Tonga Strong Machine |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Trained by | Dudley Boyz Ricky Santana Haku Jado Karl Anderson |
| Debut | 2008 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Service years | 2000–2005 |
| Rank | Technical sergeant |
Alipate Aloisio Leone (born October 15, 1982), better known by his ring name Tama Tonga (Japanese: タマ・トンガ), is a Tongan-American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand, and is a member of the MFT stable. He is one-half of the current WWE Tag Team Champions with Solo Sikoa in their first reign as a team and Tonga's second individual reign.
From 2010 to 2024 he was in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a founding member of Bullet Club alongside Bad Luck Fale, Karl Anderson and Prince Devitt. He was also a founding member of Guerrillas of Destiny (G.O.D.) alongside his brother Tanga Loa. Guerrillas of Destiny won the IWGP Tag Team Championship seven times, the 2020 edition of the World Tag League tournament, and due to the collaboration between NJPW and Ring of Honor (ROH), the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Leone made his WWE debut as a member of The Bloodline stable.
As a singles wrestler, Leone held the NEVER Openweight Championship four times. He has also worked with NJPW's partner promotion in Mexico, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship twice.