Jacob Fatu made his presence felt in the primary occasion of WWE Cash within the Financial institution because of some assist.
In the primary occasion of WWE Cash within the Financial institution in Toronto, The Bloodline trio of Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu defeated the tremendous babyface trio of WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton & Kevin Owens.
Going into the match, there have been reputable questions on whether or not Fatu would be capable to wrestle within the match. If he couldn’t then the “Notorious” Tonga Loa seemingly would have been within the match.
In the course of the match, WWE announcer Michael Cole mentioned that WWE’s Chief Content material Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque needed to pull some strings to get Fatu into Canada for the present.
In keeping with the Wrestling Observer E-newsletter’s Dave Meltzer, there was some reality to the story as a result of WWE did get a lawyer to assist them.
“There was a narrative they utilized in storyline on Smackdown and the PPV that Paul Levesque needed to personally pull strings to get Jacob Fatu in. Fatu legit was arrested on the age of 18 for an armed theft and in reality it was whereas watching the Usos on tv whereas serving time that acquired him concerned about following them and his father into wrestling.”
“What we have been advised is that WWE used a excessive powered immigration regulation agency to get him cleared.”
Which means there was some reality to what Cole mentioned on tv though he didn’t say the half a couple of “excessive energy immigration regulation agency” being the rationale that Jacob was on the present.
Jacob Fatu’s father is a former wrestler often called The Tonga Child aka Sam Fatu. Jacob is the nephew of WWE Corridor of Famer Rikishi, which makes him the primary cousin of The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) and Solo Sikoa, who’s main Jacob within the present iteration of The Bloodline.
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The spectacular factor about that Cash within the Financial institution match is that it was additionally Jacob Fatu’s first WWE match and he was in the primary occasion of a serious Preimium Stay Occasion as effectively.
For the July twelfth version of WWE Smackdown, the corporate is selling The Bloodline making an look to rejoice Solo Sikoa pinning WWE Champion Cody Rhodes within the six-man tag workforce match that they had at Cash within the Financial institution final week.