Rikishi: I Think WWE Is Pushing Jacob Fatu Too Fast
Rikishi wants Jacob Fatu to get built up more.
Rikishi wants Jacob Fatu to get built up more.
Jacob Fatu has been a featured part of WWE programming since he debuted in June, as he has been part of The Bloodline. He has worked with top stars like Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton, among others. On the September 6th episode of WWE SmackDown, Cody Rhodes said that Fatu deserved an Undisputed WWE Championship match, but Fatu stepped down, and Solo Sikoa accepted instead.
Speaking on his Off The Top podcast, Rikishi commented on the teased match between Rhodes and Fatu.
“I’m not surprised. Again, it goes down to where, this is my humble opinion, I think Jacob’s being pushed too fast. When you go to Cody, where do you go from there? Cody is the guy right now. I’ve said this before, let Jacob rampage through the whole roster, give him those enhancement matches to build him. We’ve seen Jacob, however long he’s been on, but is there anything different? You can only do so much on a run-in. This is me, this is what I’m saying. You really want to go with a guy, show his talent. Put him out there, let him have a match match, a squash match, just so he can show his potential of what else this kid can do. So I don’t know. I haven’t watched TV since I was overseas. But I think that they’re booking him and whoever’s putting these matches together, I just feel if it was me, I wouldn’t feed Jacob to Cody. That match is not deserving yet to happen. Where do you go [after that]? Normally when you see a guy being fed to the top guy so fast, we only know one thing was going to happen, it’s an enhancement match for the person, whoever’s on top. I just don’t think that Jacob’s the guy for that right now. It doesn’t do Jacob any good. Cody’s branded, it doesn’t matter who Cody goes with. But if you throw a guy like Jacob there, what does that do for Jacob? Wrestling fans, we’re all smart, and those that are putting this thing together, I think they’d make a mistake [if they] put Jacob in a main event with Cody so fast. So let’s just hope that things change,” Rikishi said.
Rikishi also noted that he did not actually watch the show, and there seemed to be some confusion, as he evidently thought that WWE went through with
Tom Lawlor recently said that he thought that Jacob Fatu would rise to the top of the card. Check out his comments here.
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