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Photo of Roman Reigns and Rikishi at Matt Anoai’s funeral, Shelton Benjamin returns to in-ring action
– The Anoa’i family held the funeral for former WWE Tag Team Champion Matt “Rosey” Anoa’i on Saturday. Anoa’i, who is the older brother of Roman Reigns and son of WWE Hall of Famer Sika, passed away on Monday at the age of 47. Rikishi, who is a cousin of Anoa’i, posted this photo from the ceremony:
– As noted, former WWE star Shelton Benjamin returned to action at Friday’s Brii Combination Wrestling event in Elmhurst, NY. He wrestled Mike Orlando to a time limit draw, which marked Benjamin’s first match since last July. Benjamin tweeted out the following after the match:
Thank you @BCW_Wrestling & especially @thebigorlando for bringin it last night. 1st match in 8 months & it was awesome. Let's do it again pic.twitter.com/VXkXDA8NAi
— Shelton J. Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) April 22, 2017