10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2003 Facts
3. Jim Ross Accidentally Mentioned Jamal And Rikishi's Relation
The old wrestling gag is that every Samoan in the business is somehow related. While it's true that the Anoa'i family tree has more branches than a national banking chain, not every Samoan in wrestling shares blood. Rikishi and Jamal (the future Umaga) do, as they're legitimately brothers. That fact, however, wasn't part of WWE's written canon.
Rikishi and Jamal entered back-to-back at 20 and 21, and Jamal attacked Rikishi upon his own entry. After Rikishi responded by superkicking his brother to the mat, Good Ol' JR (most certainly without realizing it) noted that Jamal had "gone after his brother Rikishi", when no mention had ever been made on camera of their relation before.
Not that it was a big deal; kayfabe was beyond life support by 2003. It just made it even ickier when you realized that Rikishi was giving the stinkface to his own flesh and blood moments later.