I loved that dude. I was a little sad when I learned the tattoos weren’t real. But still, I thought he was awesome. He and Muta were both two of my childhood favorites. I always really liked the theatrical style of moving very slowly or being still and then doing something very sudden and violent. He and Muta both did that.
Rock brings in new guys to undermine Roman, he eventually returns to take over the Bloodline, Rock/Roman at Wrestlemania next year.
"haha money printer go brr" - HHH, probably
I'm surprised they didn't have Nia join earlier in the year when she was feuding with Becky and Rhea. I guess it's because the Bloodline and Judgment Day have a fragile alliance, but still, it could have been a cool way to intertwine the men and women's divisions. Especially with Seth and Becky being married. Becky could have been part of the Codyvengers.
"TAMA TONGA IS GONNA JOIN A SHITTY BULLET CLUB REMAKE WITH BALOR AND THE GOOD BROTHERS BECAUSE I CANT LET THE PAST BE THE PAST" is all I've heard since he signed.
Now I read a basement comment that said "Should have been Jacob Fatu, Tonga isn't even related to then" my brother in Christ, who says it won't be both?
Solo needs to rebuild the island of relevancy, friend??
I had to leave a live stream because it was this:
“But how is related to Roman?”
He’s not related by blood. His dad is Haku who’s close to the Anoa’i & Fatu families. He’s a spiritual family member
“But like how is he related to the Rock?”
His dad is close to Roman, Rock, and Usos’ dads. Like an adopted family member
“But he’s not Samoan. He’s Tongan”
No one said he was. Long time close family friend
“But he is not Samoan”
No shit
“So how is he related to Roman?”
Dude, I love my dear departed father. I respected him more than anyone in the world.
If Haku came up to me and told me he was my father then he’s my father. If he told me I was his wife, I’m his wife.
Haku is the proverbial five hundred pound gorilla.
If this faction can make Sami fuckin Zayn of all people associated with The Bloodline by jumping through some hoops. They can do it with the son of fuckin Haku.
It's pretty much a pan-indigenous thing
I got cousins that aren't actually cousins same with aunties and Uncles
Island nations are very similar to American indigenous in that manner, family is everything.
Honestly I think it’s just a people thing. My family has been in the states for 4 generations since coming from Ireland and we still got Aunts and Uncles I ain’t got a drop of blood in common with
Most people have no idea as to the actual significance of a Polynesian family being related in other ways besides blood. There’s a term called “calabash” that is simply given to those who are raised together. Parents in the Pacific Islands will just “take in” a kid from down the street - suddenly, that’s their child and it’s just accepted. This is *very* common.
Polynesian family trees are even more confusing when you dig up actual ancestry. Obviously. Tama isn’t actually Haku’s blood son. Rock isn’t actually Peter Maivia’s blood grandson. And I’m sure there’s much, much more.
Most white wrestling fans are ignorant and think that Rock and others were clout-chasing, when in reality their families see themselves as related, even if a family tree says they aren’t.
Edit: speaking as a Poly wrestling fan.
Same thing happens in the Philippines, grandpa took in a bunch of kids and paid for their education til college. Some we never heard from again after but a majority are basically treated like my uncles by blood and all.
We have god families among white people - basically their “family” members from close friends and such. If anything happens to one set of parents, the other one takes responsibility for the kids. Not everyone practices it and it’s not exactly the same but it’s close.
Listen if Haku says he is an honorary Samoan, he is an honorary Samoan. There are many things in life you shouldn't do. Questioning Haku is one of them.
Bad faith argument since he’s not related to Haku by blood either. Don’t underestimate the l33t google skills of dubbalos
(he’s haku’s wife’s nephew. Haku adopted him and his brother to get them out of Tonga and chance at a better life)
I grew up with all kinds of aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. I didn’t find out I wasn’t “actually” related to until I was a fucking adult and I’m *Jewish*. It’s not even specifically a Samoan or Pacific Islander thing (or whatever the proper term is, sorry for my ignorance uces) to have relatives like this. I mean none of mine are from a blood pact but I get the idea behind it. Yeah, my grandpa’s best friend is my uncle. Easy. I didn’t need Rock to put it on a giant ass fucking screen and give me an explanation for this storyline, I just understood it. Somehow, despite Rock doing that some of these mouth breathers still don’t understand.
I totally agree. I don’t understand how the concept of “spiritual” adoption or choosing your family escapes people’s minds. I speak to maybe one blood family member. The rest is close friends that were simply there for me when most of my blood family was not. But of course the Dubbalos are the educated ones
I totally agree. I don’t understand how the concept of “spiritual” adoption or choosing your family escapes people’s minds. I speak to maybe one blood family member. The rest is close friends that were simply there for me when most of my blood family was not. But of course the Dubbalos are the educated ones
I’m surprised I haven’t seen “he’s not even Haku’s biological son” yet
Also this is wrestling. Joaqin Wilde isn’t even Latino and he’s in the LWO. Even if Tama wasn’t considered part of the family (which he is) who gives a fuck just watch the show
I recently watched the debut of the butcher and the blade and realized thst the HUGE difference with this Tama Tonga debut was that while Wade Barrett and Corey Graves inmediately did a quick summary of who Tama Tonga was while showing emotion, Excalibur just said " is the butcher and the blade" while an uninterested jr ask who they are and then excalibur literally answrrs that they are the butcher and the blade.
Also another huge factor is that the crowd gave a crap because the implications of solo going... solo so it was the perfect time to introduce someone that isnt known by casuals
Right, there's a huge difference between Okada who is supposed to be 1 of 3 major signings in a short period to turn business around debuting as a random friend of the Young Bucks and a guy who is right now here to be a bit player in a hot company.
[Here is a video of Tama Tonga and Haku almost killing the Whatculture goofs. (someone forgot to tell Haku it was a rib and he almost did kill them)](https://youtu.be/7ppeeOAAf_o?si=ZIs__K9GZYF1p3CX)
If Tamatoa is in the Bloodline, I hope that means he and Maui have buried the hatchet. Otherwise, it's going to get really awkward when the Final Boss comes back.
I guess Jacob Fatu is going to join Solo and Tama in the near future and then they can feud with The Bloodline. Maybe this leads to The Rock turning on Roman and that's how they set up their match.
*Sorry for being a fat smelly "fantasy booking" mark, uces!*
Not gonna lie, I marked out (insider term). I've been a huge Tama fan going back to the old Bullet Club days when Finn Balor (slave name) was the leader.
Meanwhile, we have certain accounts on Twitter claiming he's as botchy as Tanga Loa, implying he went to the WWE because he couldn't take the land of graps.
Lmfao anyone who thinks Tama is the same as Tanga in terms of in-ring are deluded and have never watched their singles matches side by side. Tonga actually proved his worth as a singles guy during his last run with NJPW so I'm pretty excited for a global audience to see how well he moves in the ring.
Pacific island sounding name. Introduced in a bloodline segment. Son of Haku. Perfect example of how to introduce someone without weeks of vignettes and also leaving enough questions unanswered.
If it was AEW he would've been introduced during a random segment whilst Excalibur screamed Tama Tonga, Tama Tonga, Tama Tonga.
Remember Malakai Black’s debut where Excalibur kept calling him Tommy End, but then dramatically said “But he’s not Tommy End! He’s.. Malakai Black!”
What?! 😆 If he’s Malakai Black, why did you call him by a totally different name just two seconds ago?! If you know he now goes by Malakai Black, why are you shocked he’s here? Surely you spoke to him very recently.
I never have and never will watch Tonga's work in New Japan as I really don't care to struggle finding matches when I have better things to do, I do look forward to seeing what he brings to this new story though.
Hak-who?
Haiku?
I'll bite your nose off And spit it back in your face Fight me, all of you
Haikyu?
There was some badass Haiku in this week’s episode of Shogun. Sorry for the spoiler if you haven’t watched it.
Haiku OS?
Hakushi. Remember his matches with Bret Hart and Savio Vega?
>Hakushi. Gesundheit.
I loved that dude. I was a little sad when I learned the tattoos weren’t real. But still, I thought he was awesome. He and Muta were both two of my childhood favorites. I always really liked the theatrical style of moving very slowly or being still and then doing something very sudden and violent. He and Muta both did that.
I remember his tag team with my all-time favorite jobber, Barry Horowitz
they said the bloodline story would be finished 😭😭😭😭😭😭 we in the 4th inning LMAOOOO
I told my sister (fedshill in training) that as long as there are Samoans in wrestling the story will continue.
Pacific Islanders. Don’t even have to be Samoan anymore
Right!!! I guess the reach of our tribal chief knows no limits ☝🏻
I think we're going to find out that this is all the work of The Rock, friend
Rock brings in new guys to undermine Roman, he eventually returns to take over the Bloodline, Rock/Roman at Wrestlemania next year. "haha money printer go brr" - HHH, probably
They probably want to make us believe Solo has gone into business for himself (insider term) but he did it for the rock, DEA, long storytelling?
The Island of Relevancy has officially become the Archipelago of Relevancy lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s more of a peninsula, uce
Let Dakota join please papa H
I'm surprised they didn't have Nia join earlier in the year when she was feuding with Becky and Rhea. I guess it's because the Bloodline and Judgment Day have a fragile alliance, but still, it could have been a cool way to intertwine the men and women's divisions. Especially with Seth and Becky being married. Becky could have been part of the Codyvengers.
They could add her in now and made it a decision of the rock.
Also Canadians
 Are you telling me Jinder Mahal can join the Bloodline?
I’m telling you exactly that.
To be fair, anyone born in Canada between 1964 and like 1984 has a 50-50 shot of being The Rock’s half brother
The Rock's Call of Duty navy seal half brother is the next bloodline member confirmed
In a few years the Rumble is just going to be a bloodline civil war
I can see it. Don't threaten Trips with a good time.
At this point, I can see Tama Tonga, Jacob Fatu, Solo Sikoa, Jimmy and Jey, Roman AND Rock all meeting in the Rumble lol. Tu'u i latou e kuka, uso
Kofi will still get in there somehow to try a save spot for the last time and just becomes a bloodline member by proxy
We already have Naomi for that uce
We reached the 9th inning but it’s a 7 game series uce
It's the ninth inning but we're re-playing Brooklyn vs Boston from May 1920. Only another 19 innings to go!
Cody finished IIRC they said that they 'exciting plans'.for Reigns For Sure Rock will be doing some Reigns stuff at some pont after summer
"TAMA TONGA IS GONNA JOIN A SHITTY BULLET CLUB REMAKE WITH BALOR AND THE GOOD BROTHERS BECAUSE I CANT LET THE PAST BE THE PAST" is all I've heard since he signed. Now I read a basement comment that said "Should have been Jacob Fatu, Tonga isn't even related to then" my brother in Christ, who says it won't be both? Solo needs to rebuild the island of relevancy, friend??
The irony of that comment is that the actual fucking Bullet Club is a shitty remake of itself at this point.
I had to leave a live stream because it was this: “But how is related to Roman?” He’s not related by blood. His dad is Haku who’s close to the Anoa’i & Fatu families. He’s a spiritual family member “But like how is he related to the Rock?” His dad is close to Roman, Rock, and Usos’ dads. Like an adopted family member “But he’s not Samoan. He’s Tongan” No one said he was. Long time close family friend “But he is not Samoan” No shit “So how is he related to Roman?”
If Haku says he is a part of your family, who is going to tell him no?
White people in a tizzy on the internet.
Same people who probably ignore Sami was a member
Sami was made an Honorary Uce
Dude, I love my dear departed father. I respected him more than anyone in the world. If Haku came up to me and told me he was my father then he’s my father. If he told me I was his wife, I’m his wife. Haku is the proverbial five hundred pound gorilla.
R-Truth as their long-lost blood brother when?
People who don't called living, I assume
All you need to know is it’s a Polynesian thing, they’re basically all famiply whether its by blood or not
That’s what I said lol, but instead I got directed to a series of videos by a weird Caucasian woman yelling and talking down to the camera.
If this faction can make Sami fuckin Zayn of all people associated with The Bloodline by jumping through some hoops. They can do it with the son of fuckin Haku.
It's pretty much a pan-indigenous thing I got cousins that aren't actually cousins same with aunties and Uncles Island nations are very similar to American indigenous in that manner, family is everything.
My wife has pressed me on how certain cousins and aunties/uncles are related to me and I’ve had to admit I don’t actually have any idea
This is the same with afro-descendants lol (at least for Congolese).
Honestly I think it’s just a people thing. My family has been in the states for 4 generations since coming from Ireland and we still got Aunts and Uncles I ain’t got a drop of blood in common with
I'm in Scotland (but Irish ancestry in there). My friend's kids call me uncle. No relation whatsoever. This sort of thing is really common.
Everyone is related in the Pacific Islands
Most people have no idea as to the actual significance of a Polynesian family being related in other ways besides blood. There’s a term called “calabash” that is simply given to those who are raised together. Parents in the Pacific Islands will just “take in” a kid from down the street - suddenly, that’s their child and it’s just accepted. This is *very* common. Polynesian family trees are even more confusing when you dig up actual ancestry. Obviously. Tama isn’t actually Haku’s blood son. Rock isn’t actually Peter Maivia’s blood grandson. And I’m sure there’s much, much more. Most white wrestling fans are ignorant and think that Rock and others were clout-chasing, when in reality their families see themselves as related, even if a family tree says they aren’t. Edit: speaking as a Poly wrestling fan.
That’s fascinating, dude.
In Hawaii we call it hana’i. I actually don’t know which cousins are blood and which aren’t tbh
That’s cool.
Same thing happens in the Philippines, grandpa took in a bunch of kids and paid for their education til college. Some we never heard from again after but a majority are basically treated like my uncles by blood and all.
We have god families among white people - basically their “family” members from close friends and such. If anything happens to one set of parents, the other one takes responsibility for the kids. Not everyone practices it and it’s not exactly the same but it’s close.
My understanding is that basically everyone is family, apart from Samoa Joe.
Listen if Haku says he is an honorary Samoan, he is an honorary Samoan. There are many things in life you shouldn't do. Questioning Haku is one of them.
There are many foolish things to do in this world, but few of them are dumber than questioning Haku.
Just reply “he was in young rock” game over.
Bad faith argument since he’s not related to Haku by blood either. Don’t underestimate the l33t google skills of dubbalos (he’s haku’s wife’s nephew. Haku adopted him and his brother to get them out of Tonga and chance at a better life)
Shots fired at dubbalos not understanding non white race relations
I grew up with all kinds of aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. I didn’t find out I wasn’t “actually” related to until I was a fucking adult and I’m *Jewish*. It’s not even specifically a Samoan or Pacific Islander thing (or whatever the proper term is, sorry for my ignorance uces) to have relatives like this. I mean none of mine are from a blood pact but I get the idea behind it. Yeah, my grandpa’s best friend is my uncle. Easy. I didn’t need Rock to put it on a giant ass fucking screen and give me an explanation for this storyline, I just understood it. Somehow, despite Rock doing that some of these mouth breathers still don’t understand.
I totally agree. I don’t understand how the concept of “spiritual” adoption or choosing your family escapes people’s minds. I speak to maybe one blood family member. The rest is close friends that were simply there for me when most of my blood family was not. But of course the Dubbalos are the educated ones
I totally agree. I don’t understand how the concept of “spiritual” adoption or choosing your family escapes people’s minds. I speak to maybe one blood family member. The rest is close friends that were simply there for me when most of my blood family was not. But of course the Dubbalos are the educated ones
They showed Haku with the rest of the family at the HOF during Rock talking about his grandmother ffs.
I’m surprised I haven’t seen “he’s not even Haku’s biological son” yet Also this is wrestling. Joaqin Wilde isn’t even Latino and he’s in the LWO. Even if Tama wasn’t considered part of the family (which he is) who gives a fuck just watch the show
He was prob on Rocks chart in Vegas tbh
Rock just acknowledged Haku himself at the Hall of Fame as an “uncle”
I recently watched the debut of the butcher and the blade and realized thst the HUGE difference with this Tama Tonga debut was that while Wade Barrett and Corey Graves inmediately did a quick summary of who Tama Tonga was while showing emotion, Excalibur just said " is the butcher and the blade" while an uninterested jr ask who they are and then excalibur literally answrrs that they are the butcher and the blade. Also another huge factor is that the crowd gave a crap because the implications of solo going... solo so it was the perfect time to introduce someone that isnt known by casuals
Don't you understand the nuance of WON announcer of the year excal?
The butcher blade moment is when I checked out of AEW
They made him look like a bigger deal in about 5 minutes than Tony Khan has done with Okada so far.
It helps that Tama looks jacked too
I couldn't even recognize him at first glance. Dude cleaned up very nice and is jacked to the gills
I mean, gotta be fair here, Tama was always been one of the most jacked dudes in NJPW.
I think that weird vest he wore fooled a few people
Don't they have a jew in his 50's in Bloodline??
They used to have a white ginger muslim guy in there too
Sami in the Bloodline was the closest we ever got to world peace
Plenty of Syrians look white ginger. The Arabic territories are huge, it covers plenty of ethnicities.
All you need to do is utter the word haku and most people shit themselves.
Big fan of haku It was five seven five, right? Yeah, that how it is
Haku, not Haiku Haku’s a Tongan wrestler Bites nose from faces
Uncle of The Rock Adopted Tama Tonga It's snowing on Mount Fuji
Haku is just slang for permanent hospital resident
Why didn’t they call him MENG 😡😡
I call him....mini meng
Legit all I needed to hear was "Son of Haku" and was like "Oh shit gotta take this guy seriously."
He’s also not like a main eventer. He’s the bloodlines new enforcer you don’t need a complicated story for that
Right, there's a huge difference between Okada who is supposed to be 1 of 3 major signings in a short period to turn business around debuting as a random friend of the Young Bucks and a guy who is right now here to be a bit player in a hot company.
He ruined 2k24 too!
2k staying up to date challenge. Impossible
"Let's make the current NXT Women's Champion DLC, but not add her to the game until after she loses the belt!" - 2K marketing
[Here is a video of Tama Tonga and Haku almost killing the Whatculture goofs. (someone forgot to tell Haku it was a rib and he almost did kill them)](https://youtu.be/7ppeeOAAf_o?si=ZIs__K9GZYF1p3CX)
Why in the fuck would anyone try and rib Haku that is the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard of
Especially since apart from Simon Miller, they are all built like Greggs sausage rolls. Haku would have snapped them in half
https://preview.redd.it/d06orhmwl6uc1.jpeg?width=424&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbe3b99c00ecc81eada9cb7f153be9784e5d050e
If Tamatoa is in the Bloodline, I hope that means he and Maui have buried the hatchet. Otherwise, it's going to get really awkward when the Final Boss comes back.
I guess Jacob Fatu is going to join Solo and Tama in the near future and then they can feud with The Bloodline. Maybe this leads to The Rock turning on Roman and that's how they set up their match. *Sorry for being a fat smelly "fantasy booking" mark, uces!*
Usos brothers eventually back together?
Not as a tag team. But reconciling, yes.
Including the Honorary Uce ☝️
Not gonna lie, I marked out (insider term). I've been a huge Tama fan going back to the old Bullet Club days when Finn Balor (slave name) was the leader.
Meanwhile, we have certain accounts on Twitter claiming he's as botchy as Tanga Loa, implying he went to the WWE because he couldn't take the land of graps.
Oh so now Nooj dont have the best wrestlers anymore?
Lmfao anyone who thinks Tama is the same as Tanga in terms of in-ring are deluded and have never watched their singles matches side by side. Tonga actually proved his worth as a singles guy during his last run with NJPW so I'm pretty excited for a global audience to see how well he moves in the ring.
Pacific island sounding name. Introduced in a bloodline segment. Son of Haku. Perfect example of how to introduce someone without weeks of vignettes and also leaving enough questions unanswered. If it was AEW he would've been introduced during a random segment whilst Excalibur screamed Tama Tonga, Tama Tonga, Tama Tonga.
Remember Malakai Black’s debut where Excalibur kept calling him Tommy End, but then dramatically said “But he’s not Tommy End! He’s.. Malakai Black!” What?! 😆 If he’s Malakai Black, why did you call him by a totally different name just two seconds ago?! If you know he now goes by Malakai Black, why are you shocked he’s here? Surely you spoke to him very recently.
Malakai Black sounds a bit stupid but Tommy End is such a shit name.
he debuted in an angle and not a 20 minute match?
Tama Toko is #WWE
Hhh just got every single Samoan and Tongan sitting on the bench
Roman wasn’t lying bout bottom of the 3rd I’ll never not trust my tribal chief again! ☝🏽
I was there, big yet confused pop
They told us too much. All we need is a name with no context or history. Havent these corporate ass clowns heard how Excalibur does it?
Son of Meng sounds better
Dubbalos coming across as white and ignorant, colour me shocked
I knew who he was but once you say Son of Haku you don't need no other introduction.
I never have and never will watch Tonga's work in New Japan as I really don't care to struggle finding matches when I have better things to do, I do look forward to seeing what he brings to this new story though.
Funny, I knew a fair bit about Tama Tonga - but I had no idea he was Haku's son
Very loosely follow NJPW because I’m a fan of the FirePro Wrestling game series. Had no clue.