Umaga may be gone, but his legacy lives on. Last week the former Intercontinental Champion became a hot topic on social media after John Cena recalled his relationship with Umaga while inviting Zilla Fatu to the John Cena Classic. Now Zilla has shared some interesting information about his father.
During a recent appearance on Busted Open After Dark, Zilla Fatu explained that Umaga would sometimes only have half his face painted because he was late getting to the venue.
“It’s really something small, but I don’t think the world knows. If you see Umaga anywhere on a loop show or a dark show or whatever with half the face paint that means he got in late and he tried to get to the venue really early. So guess what he did? On the way to the venue he was doing the paint. If he never did the full face paint it was because he was late.
“I think the world, you guys don’t know that. So if you double back and you watch some of my dad’s matches and you see him with sometimes with half the face paint it’s because the man is running late and he didn’t get to the venue on time. Yeah, my mom was on his a**. She was on his a**. She was like, ‘Come on, come on. You’ve got to tighten up, you’ve got to get there early.’ He was like, ‘Nah, nah, it’s okay. I can do half the face.'”