Eddie Fatu Junior was best known for his time as Umaga, the Samoan Bulldozer. A member of the Anoa'i wrestling family, Fatu was frequently packaged with his cousin Matt Anoa'i in tag teams such as: The Island Boyz, The Samoan Gangstas, and 3-Minute Warning. During Fatu's first stint with WWE, he was known as Jamal and Matt was billed as Rosey. However, In late 2005, Fatu returned to WWE repackaged under the ring name Umaga. He went undefeated for almost the whole of 2006 before suffering his first defeat under the Umaga name in January 2007. The following month, he won the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time, and won it for the second time in July 2007. Fatu's crowning moment in the company was being named Vince McMahon's representative for the WrestleMania XXIII 'Battle of the Billionaires' with Donald Trump. Despite losing the match and causing Vince McMahon to get his head shaved, the McMahons continued to second him to the ring. He was embroiled in the McMahon/Lashley feud till he dropped the Intercontinental Championship, which he won from Jeff Hardy, to a debuting Santino Marella. In 2007, articles posted by Sports Illustrated, New York Daily News, and Washington Post named Fatu as one the superstars to have purchased pharmaceuticals from an online pharmacy, a violation of the WWE 'Talent Wellness' programme. Fatu specifically was said to have received the growth hormone somatropin between July and December 2006, after the 'No drugs from online sources' rule was brought in. Fatu's career in the WWE petered out and he was released due to an infringement of the company's drug wellness policy in 2009, namely due to the fact he wouldn't go through a process of rehabilitation. He participated for a number of independent promotions during the remainder of the year before his death. On December 4, 2009, Fatu was found not breathing with blood coming out of his nose. He had suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead around 5:00 PM after suffering two heart attacks. The official cause of death was acute toxicity due to combined effects of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, and diazepam. Fatu was 36 and left behind a wife and four children.
