Over the last few years there have been a number of breakout stars in WWE and Jacob Fatu happens to be one of them. Fatu has established himself as a force to be reckoned with, and he’ll be competing at WrestleMania for the second time in his career this weekend.
While talking about his early days with WWE on Raw Recap, Jacob Fatu revealed that he was originally supposed to debut at the Money in the Bank premium live event in 2024.
“I just remember when Roman seen me, when I left [WrestleMania 40 weekend], he said, ‘Jacob, do whatever you gotta do. But when you come back, look different.’ I was already looking different at that time. But two more months came in and got it rolling.
The day after WrestleMania 40, seen Tama Tonga come over. Tama Tonga’s a beast, a workhorse, a dog, you know what I mean? See him, man, okay. Didn’t know they were coming. Backlash, France, seen Tanga Loa pop up. I’m like, ‘Okay!’ I gotta call brother up and ask 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 is currently set to face off against Drew McIntyre in an unsanctioned match at WrestleMania 42, and it’s been confirmed that the match will take place during night 1 of the big event.