Wrestling star makes shock WWE debut as he joins The Bloodline… but seemingly goes AGAINST The Rock and Roman Reigns
A popular wrestling star made a shocking WWE debut on SmackDown on Friday night, joining the popular Bloodline faction.
The Bloodline, led by former WWE Champion Roman Reigns and The Rock, has fans curious about its direction after Reigns lost his title to Cody Rhodes after a nearly four-year reign on the second night of WrestleMania.
With Reigns and The Rock taking time away from WWE programming, some of the less dominant stars in the group will be tasked with continuing this, and that’s what happened on Friday.
Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa were on SmackDown, and their segment ended with Uso being knocked down by his real-life brother, Sikoa, and kicked out of the faction.
It wasn’t just Sikoa, however, as a new WWE addition entered the ring to lay waste to the former tag team champion, leaving fans both excited and curious about the role he will play in the future.
A popular wrestling star made his WWE debut on Friday night, joining the Bloodline faction
Tama Tonga, who had been wrestling in Japan for fourteen years, was forced to join Solo Sikoa
Tonga arrived in a hood and attacked Jimmy Uso before revealing his identity and continuing the beating
Uso and Sikoa made their way to the ring alongside WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman, with Reigns absent as he began his time off.
Heyman said The Bloodline made no apologies for Reigns’ loss to Rhodes while Sikoa and Uso stood on either side of him in the ring.
After giving an overview of the main event and the events leading up to the title change, Siko interrupted and said there are consequences if he loses before a hooded man attacked Uso.
The man pulled down his hood and revealed himself to be Tama Tonga, a 41-year-old star who has starred in New Japan Pro Wrestling for more than a decade.
By following Sikoa’s orders and doing their signature finger-pointing, it was clear that he had joined The Bloodline, which was seemingly led by Sikoa, who stomped on Heyman’s phone when he tried to call Reigns.
The events have fans curious, with Sikoa almost a puppet of Reigns since he debuted on the main roster eighteen months ago. Now he’s the one calling the shots and taking the storyline in a new direction.
He was shown around by Solo Sikoa, who had previously been a puppet of Roman Reigns
Fans will remain curious about the direction of the faction as it enters the post-WrestleMania era
The Rock (center) and Roman Reigns (right) were in charge of The Bloodline, but will take time away from TV
Tonga, meanwhile, will be a welcome addition to the company after spending 14 years playing in Japan, where he was a founding member of the historic Bullet Club faction.
Although he is not related to Sikoa or The Bloodline, he is the son of WWE legend Haku and is considered family, as previously explained by Lance Anoa’i, Reigns’ cousin.
“Not by blood,” Anoa’i, who is not signed to WWE, previously said via WrestleTalk. “We consider him, every time I see Haku he is my uncle, much respect. I believe it is more like island culture.
“We’re all from the South Pacific, so Islanders just stick together, man. It’s just one race.’