Talk:Tanoai Reed

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He's Samoan from Hawaii, not Maori from New Zealand, so it would make more sense that he delivered a Samoan Haka, not a Maori Haka. The user making the claim is from New Zealand (I'm from Hawaii), so it's not surprising that he would assume it was a Maori Haka, which is what the user is more familiar with; they are very similar. "polynesian" as it stated before, was more accurate (general).

The haka performed was Ka Mate, which is from New Zealand, watch the show again and listen to the words performed, they are the same (although slightly abreviated) as those on Ka Mate's wikipedia page and the same as those familiar to every kiwi as well as most sports fans around the world. Ka Mate is performed by any New Zealand team before a sporting event. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BradK (talk • contribs) 08:14, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, although Tanoai is a stunt-double for The Rock [1], it seems to be disputed whether they're actually cousins. [2][3] Granted, Entertainment Weekly seems like a more authoritative source than some random post does, they can make mistakes too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.61.50.247 (talk) 13:22, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I also found a reference to the claim they are cousins in the Boston Herald[4] — although I think more verification is needed, so I added a {{verify source}} tag. --Pixelface (talk) 09:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone needs to stop it.

I've added this now three times:

He is also the brother of Dave Navarro, the guitarist of the rock bands Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel and the cover band Camp Freddy.^[1]

I even provided a reference to were I got it from, and yet it STILL gets removed! I'm tired of havin' to put it back. If someone's gonna take it off again, PROVE it's not true, with a source. Until then, it MUST stay, as I have provide a source, and if you can not, by default it stays. Cra sh U nderride 05:30, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't one of the ones to erase this. Just ran across it right now and did a double take. I'm fairly certain the evidence is against them being siblings. All you have to do is check the bio for Dave Navarro and Tanoai's bio at his official site ( http://www.tanoaireed.com/tanoai/bio/tanoai-bio.php ) . David's parents are listed as James Navarro and Constance Hopkins. Tanoai Reed writes "My father's name is Leroy and my mother is Denise." If you want to be picky, this doesn't rule out half- or step-siblinghood, but really, don't you think Tanoai, who talks about his parents, wife, and kid, would mention that Dave Navarro's his brother?

Furthermore, I checked your source. If I had to bet money, I'd say that Ryan Spoon was making a joke and not a serious statement (though if you Google "Tanoai Reed" and "Dave Navarro", others obviously have taken it seriously). Dave and Tanoai have a facial resemblance, and the brothers punchline's right over a kinda silly pic of Tanoai as Toa.

I'd say since there's no smoking gun here, even if it's red hot if I do say so, I'll let other readers remove it if they're persuaded to my argument. RemiCogan (talk) 01:57, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Meet American Gladiator Toa (aka Tanoai Reed) by Ryan Spoon". BeRecruited.com. Retrieved 2008-01-28.

[1] "Meet American Gladiator Toa (aka Tanoai Reed) by Ryan Spoon". BeRecruited.com. Retrieved 2008-01-28.

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