Jacob Fatu has slammed the idea that he can’t beat Roman Reigns at WWE Backlash.
At WrestleMania 42, Roman Reigns defeated CM Punk to capture the World Heavyweight Championship. Only two days later, on Raw, Jacob Fatu confronted his cousin, issuing a challenge for the title at Backlash.
With the match being the Tribal Chief’s first defence of the gold, fans don’t believe Fatu has much chance of emerging with the gold, but the Samoan Werewolf says, “That’s ass.”
During an interview on the No Contest Wrestling podcast, Fatu admitted that he understands why there’s doubt he will defeat Reigns, but says fans don’t “know the booking.”
“He just won, this is the next PLE. So, I can understand why people think, ‘Oh, he’s not going to lose, it’s just a match, he’s going to fall in line.’ No, that’s ass. Alright? That’s ass.
“So, y’all over here want to tap in? Y’all think y’all know the booking? What y’all think, oh, ‘Roman Reigns first title defense against Jacob, there’s no way Roman’s losing it’ Man, that’s ass.
“Because check this out, of course y’all going to be watching. Y’all gonna be tapped in. So everybody else complaining online about this and that, I bet you will definitely buy that ESPN app and. I bet you going to be sitting there watching and enjoying the show and not saying a word during the match.”
Continuing, Fatu warned that Reigns had never run into anyone like him.
“I can understand why people think I’m not going to win. First PLE, first title defense out of WrestleMania, there’s no way. Hey, check this out, there was no way Jacob was supposed to be here. There was no way Jacob was supposed to have a main event PLE, Roman Reigns, right out of WrestleMania. To keep it 100, like I said before, no man ain’t never ran into nobody like me.”
Roman Reigns Promises He Will Defeat Jacob Fatu At WWE Backlash
On the May 2nd episode of Raw, Jacob Fatu demolished Roman Reigns at the contract signing for Backlash. The show ended with Fatu applying the Tongan Death Grip and slamming Reign through a table. After the cameras stopped rolling, Reigns addressed the crowd, saying the title match wouldn’t end the same way, and would instead see him “whoop Jacob’s ass.”
H/T to Fightful for the above transcription.
