GLADIATOR NAME Toa (which means ''warrior'' in Samoan)
ROAD TO DESTRUCTION Tanoai Reed, 33, has been the stunt double for his cousin Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnson in all his films. At 6'3'' and 245 lbs., Reed admits, ''I'm pretty ripped — for a Samoan, that is. We're known as big people.''
YOU DON'T WANT TO MEET HIM IN... Pyramid or Powerball. ''Because of my football background,'' says the former University of Hawaii defensive tackle, ''I love any full contact sports that require agility and strength.''
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ''Toa does these crazy warrior dances, like the Haka, to channel his ancestral spirits. I'll stomp my feet. Slap my body. My blood will start beating to the drum of the islands. Then I'll let out a Samoan war cry, and that pretty much means it's on,'' he says. ''The competitors can't look me in the eye.'' (Did we mention he majored in psychology?)
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