A woman from Lalomanu was inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame and this woman is responsible for laying the foundation for one of the most decorated bloodlines in wrestling.

Ofelia "Lia" Maivia was posthumously inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame by her grandson Seiuli Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

A matriarch of her family, Maivia was one of the first women to become a sports entertainment promoter before she died in 2008.

"My grandmother, Lia Maivia was a strong-willed, highly respected and tough pioneer in the world of pro wrestling, becoming wrestling's first successful female promoter," The Rock once posted in a birthday tribute.

"But when we hit hard times and were evicted from our apartment, shortly after that my grandmother became homeless.

"When I finally could afford it, I bought her a place of her very own that she loved. I would always ask her after that, 'Grandma are you happy?'. To which she'd call me by my Samoan name and say, 'Tuife'ai I'm so happy... thank you'."

Maivia — originally from Lalomanu, Samoa — joins her late husband, Fanene Pita Anderson, better known as High Chief Peter Maivia, in the Hall of Fame.

Together, they were two key figures in the wrestling history of Hawai'i.

After he died in 1982, Maivia took control of the National Wrestling Alliance territory in Hawai'i, known as Polynesian Pro Wrestling, where she became one of wrestling's first female promoters.

In 1985, she was in charge of promoting A Hot Summer Night, an event that featured several WWE Hall of Famers including Andre the Giant, Ric Flair, Rocky Johnson (Maivia's son-in-law), and Dusty Rhodes, drawing a crowd of more than 20,000.

The broader Anoa'i family, which incorporates a number of Samoan wrestlers including The Rock, Roman Reigns, Yokozuna, Rikishi, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso, grew into one of the industry's defining dynasties under Maivia's influence.

Source: ABC