5 Rare photos of Roman Reigns before making it to WWE

#2 A young Roman Reigns (with his father Sika)

Reigns and his dad Sika Anoaʻi

Roman Reigns, or Joseph Anoa'i, is the son of former WWF wrestler Leati Sika Anoa'i, who is perhaps better known as part of a tag team known as the "Wild Samoans" with Afa. Apart from his father, Reigns is related to several other WWE Superstars. His late brother Rosey was one-half of 3-Minute Warning and even teamed up with The Hurricane before departing from the company in 2006 and being laid to rest in 2017.

The Anoaʻi family is one of the biggest families and has produced some of the most popular wrestlers in professional wrestling. Other wrestlers who are related the Big Dog are former WWE Superstars Yokozuna, Rikishi, Umaga (who died in 2009), The Tonga Kid, current WWE Superstars The Usos and former WWE Champion The Rock.