James Reiher

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
May 18, 1943 (82 years old)
Death date
Jan 15, 2017

James Reiher

Known For

Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
1h 25m
Movie 2021

Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

Focuses on 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, who is universally considered one of WWE's greatest villains. During his Hall of Fame career, he played the role of the antagonist against a who's who of WWE greats, while amassing more than 30 championships.

The Firefly Funhouse Match
0h 18m
Movie 2020

The Firefly Funhouse Match

A cinematic match, part of WWE's WrestleMania 36. Bray Wyatt takes John Cena in a twisted retrospective and deconstruction of his own life, career and their rivalry.

Biography

James Reiher was a Fijian American professional wrestler. He is better known by the ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Snuka wrestled for several promotions from the 1970s to 2010s. He was best known for his time in WWE in the 1980s and was credited with introducing the high-flying style of wrestling to the WWE. He was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1996, but was quietly removed from the Hall of Fame section of WWE's website, in 2015, after he was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend in 1983. Snuka was the inaugural ECW World Heavyweight Champion (a title he held twice) in Eastern Championship Wrestling (later Extreme Championship Wrestling). His children, Sim Snuka and Tamina Snuka are both professional wrestlers. Snuka was indicted and arrested in September 2015 on third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges, in relation to the May 1983 death of his girlfriend, Nancy Argentino, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Snuka pleaded not guilty, but was ultimately found unfit to stand trial in June 2016 due to being diagnosed with dementia. As his health declined, the charges were dismissed on January 3, 2017. Snuka died twelve days later at the age of 73.