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Samuel K. Mokuahi (May 4, 1934 – May 2, 2006) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Sammy Steamboat.
May 4, 2006 · Beach boy, surfer, wrestler, teacher. These words and many more are used to describe Sam Steamboat, who died Tuesday, at 71 years old in his native Hawaii from complications due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Sam "Steamboat" Mokuahi Jr., a powerful presence in professional wrestling and outrigger canoe paddling, died on Tuesday at his Hawai'i Kai home. He would have been 72 today. "To different people from different eras, he was different things," his oldest daughter Samantha Moikeha said.
Samuel K. Mokuahi (May 4, 1934 – May 2, 2006), better known by his ring name, Sammy Steamboat, was an American professional wrestler whose career spanned from the 1950s through to the 1970s. Mokuahi started in the late 1950s in Hawaii before being discovered and trained by multi-time world...
He had Sammy Steamboat, this Hawaiian guy that became a main event guy in Florida Championship Wrestling. On the first day I walked through the office, Eddie looked at me and said “Rick Blood, wow what a great name for wrestling. But you’re a [good guy], and that’s a [bad guy] name.
May 2, 2006 · Samuel K. Mokuahi (May 4, 1934 – May 2, 2006) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Sammy Steamboat. Mokuahi was trained to wrestle by Lord James Blears and Lou Thesz.
May 19, 2006 · A large man with a gentle soul, he was a multisport athlete at Roosevelt before joining the pro wrestling tour in the 1950s, competing under the name Sammy Steamboat. He was literally a huge name internationally, remembered by SLAM!
