Jacob Fatu Ambushes Solo Sikoa on SmackDown After United States Title Loss
The Bloodline saga has dominated the
WWE
for a couple of years now, and things are not expected to slow down anytime soon. At Night of Champions 2025, Solo Sikoa finally clinched his first singles title on the main roster as he beat his former stablemate Jacob Fatu for the United States Championship.
The ending of the match was not clean as Sikoa used the help of a returning Tonga Loa and a debuting Tala Tonga, who attacked 'The Samoan Werewolf' and cost him the match and the title. And things really heated up during the opening of the July 4th SmackDown in Pittsburgh when Fatu took matters into his own hands.
Jacob Fatu Beats Solo Sikoa Senseless Ahead of the Tag Team Main Event on SmackDown
The opening of the show saw Solo Sikoa arrive at the arena with his newly won United States Championship. He was clearly in the mood to celebrate after his victory in Riyadh, but before he could get out of the car, 'The Samoan Werewolf' ambushed the new champion.
Tonga Loa and JC Mateo tried to interfere to save their leader but to no avail.
Fatu took care of business as he sent Mateo crashing into the front door of the vehicle in which the stable members arrived. In what seemed to be a rather humorous shot, Sikoa was left hanging out from the window pane of the car as he did not get a chance to get out and was beaten senselessly while in the vehicle.
However, this wasn't the end of the night for the former Bloodline members. In the show's main event, Sikoa teamed up with JC Mateo to face
Jimmy Uso
and Fatu.
The match ended with Fatu's trademark moonsault as he pinned the United States Champion clean to win the match. In the aftermath, Fatu was attacked by none other than Tala Tonga, with Tonga Loa interfering as well.
After taking out Uso, they turned their attention to Fatu and ended the show by putting 'The Samoan Werewolf' through the table via a triple powerbomb. Apart from this, Sikoa also revealed the name of his newly formed stable. He dumped 'The Bloodline' name and took 'MFT' (My Family Tree) as the new stable name for his group, which now consists of Tonga Loa, JC Mateo, and Tala Tonga.
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