Jacob Fatu was supposed to debut a little later.
The Samoan Werewolf recently appeared on the Raw Recap. Among other things, he talked about having to wait months for his first WWE appearance after signing with the company in early 2024. The 33-year-old mentioned that he was backstage at WrestleMania 40 and had interactions with the likes of Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman in the gorilla.
Solo Sikoa took over the leadership of The Bloodline after Roman Reigns lost the WWE title at WrestleMania 40. Jacob Fatu recalled seeing debut of Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa while sitting on the sidelines, all the while wondering if the company still had plans for him. The officials finally informed him that he would debut at Money In The Bank, only for plans to change:
The day after WrestleMania 40, seen Tama — Tama Tonga come over. Tama Tonga’s a beast, a workhorse, a dog. Seen him, man, okay. Didn’t know they was coming. Backlash, France, seen Tonga Loa pop up. I’m like, ‘Okay.’ I gotta call brother up and them, ‘Hey man, I still got a job over there!?’
I ain’t know what was going on. But man, it all fell together. It all came together. I was supposed to debut at Money in the Bank. Next thing you know, they called. Man, a couple days and was like, ‘We doing it on SmackDown.’ Nobody seen it coming.
Jacob Fatu made his WWE debut on the June 21, 2024, episode of SmackDown, taking out Randy Orton, Kevin Owens & Cody Rhodes and joining The Bloodline. He made his in-ring debut at Money In The Bank on July 6, teaming with Solo and Tama Tonga to defeat the trio of Orton, Owens and Rhodes.
