Deuce

James Wiley Smith Thomas Reiher Snuka (born September 1, 1971) is a Fijian-born American professional wrestler.

He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name Deuce.

The son of professional wrestler Jimmy Snuka, Reiher began wrestling in the late 1990s, and worked for the UWA and the Xcitement Wrestling Federation.

After the UWA went out of business in late 2001, Reiher began working for the Xcitement Wrestling Federation (XWF), a promotion run by Jimmy Hart, The Nasty Boys, and Greg Valentine.

In XWF, he used the name Jimmy Snuka Jr. and was managed by his father.

He appeared at the first round of XWF tapings in November 2001, defeating Buddy Lee Parker and Vapor in two separate matches.

After signing a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Reiher was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky in 2005, where he wrestled under the name Deuce Shade.

He was placed in tag team competition, alongside Dice Domino.

Along with their manager Cherry, the group were known as The Throw-Backs and later The Untouchable, and captured the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on three occasions.

Deuce also won the OVW Television Championship on one occasion in singles competition.

Reiher made his debut in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) on January 27, 2005, as Deuce Shade, defeating Brent Albright.

On May 24, 2005, he defeated Chad Wicks in an OVW Television Championship tournament match.

He later went on to beat Ken Doane in the tournament finals for the OVW Television Championship on June 7.

He ended up losing it to Doane later that month.

On August 24, Shade won a number one contenders battle royal to earn the right to face OVW Champion Johnny Jeter later that night, but he lost this match.

In January 2006, Shade started teaming with Dice Domino, calling themselves "The Throw-Backs".

It was at this time that Cherry Pie began accompanying them to the ring, as their valet.

They later changed their name to "The Untouchables", and removed the Shade, Dice, and Pie parts of their respective names.

On March 19, Reiher defeated Mike Mizanin to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship for his team.

The team lost their titles on April 5, in a three-way match to Roadkill and K.C James; the match also involved Kenny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad.

In mid-August 2006, The Untouchables quickly became embroiled in a scripted rivalry with Cody Runnels and Shawn Spears over the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.

Runnels and Spears captured the title from The Untouchables on October 18.

In November 2006, Runnels and Spears defeated The Untouchables in a tag team match, and won the services of their valet, Cherry.

On November 29, the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship was vacated after a match between The Untouchables and Runnels and Spears ended in a draw.

The following week, a rematch between the two teams was held for the vacant championship.

During this match Cherry turned on Spears and Runnels, re-joining The Untouchables and helping them regain the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.

Two weeks later, on December 20, Runnels and Spears defeated The Untouchables in a Street Fight to win the championship.

The group was called up to the SmackDown! roster in January 2007, and underwent a name change to Deuce 'n Domino.

Three months later, Deuce 'n Domino won the WWE Tag Team Championship.

After dropping the title in August 2007, the group disbanded in June 2008.

On the January 19, 2007 episode of SmackDown!, the team, now using the name "Deuce 'n Domino", along with Cherry, debuted with their 1950s greaser in-ring persona.

They quickly defeated a team of jobbers—wrestlers who consistently lose to make their opponents look stronger—and did the same to another jobber team the next week.

On the February 2 episode of SmackDown!, they defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick in a non-title match.

They earned a chance at the championship at No Way Out, but failed to win the title.

On the April 13 episode of SmackDown!, Deuce and Domino got a chance at the tag titles again, but lost after Deuce got them disqualified.

The next week on SmackDown!, they defeated London and Kendrick to win the tag team titles.

Deuce moved to the Raw brand and became known as Sim Snuka, and the following year, on June 19, 2009, he was released from his WWE contract.

After deciding to become a professional wrestler, Reiher trained with his father, Jimmy Snuka in New Jersey.

He then began working under the ring name Solo in the UWA in California.

During his time in UWA, he was offered a contract by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), but turned it down in favor of a more lucrative contract from UWA.