Roman Reigns

Anoaʻi signed a contract with WWE in 2010 and was later assigned to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[20] He made his televised debut on August 19, 2010, using the ring name Roman Leakee, in a 15-man battle royal, which was won by Alex Riley.[30] On the January 16, 2011 episode of FCW, Leakee was a competitor in a 30-man Grand Royal, but was eliminated.[31] Later in 2011, Leakee formed a tag team with Donny Marlow and the pair unsuccessfully challenged Calvin Raines and Big E Langston for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on July 8.[32]

In January 2012, Leakee pinned FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Leo Kruger in a non-title match.[33] On the February 5 episode of FCW, he defeated Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins in a triple threat match to become the number one contender to the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.[34] He failed to win the championship when he lost to Kruger the following week.[35] Leakee later won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Mike Dalton[36][37] and would drop the titles to CJ Parker and Jason Jordan shortly after.[38]

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Leati Joseph Anoaʻi was born in Pensacola, Florida, on May 25, 1985.[20][6] His father is of Samoan descent and his mother has Italian ancestry.[21] Both his father Sika Anoa’i and his brother Rosey were professional wrestlers.[22] As a member of the Anoaʻi wrestling family, his cousins include The Tonga Kid, Rikishi, Umaga, and Yokozuna, while his first cousins once removed include The Usos and Solo Sikoa.[22][23] Anoaʻi attended Pensacola Catholic High School and Escambia High School,[6] before going on to major in management at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[6] He later said that he considers Bret Hart his wrestling idol.[24]