Bloodline member celebrates championship win as The Samoan King
The Bloodline is becoming the most dominant faction in all of pro wrestling, not just the WWE Universe. As the established members hold down their spots in WWE, other Anoa'i family grapplers are climbing the rank of outside promotions, and some are in talks to join their relatives in the Stamford-based promotion. Now a certain Bloodline member with legendary ties has revealed a surprise championship win.
Zilla Fatu is the son of the late Umaga, aka Eddie Fatu. The fourth generation wrestler began his journey in 2022 with help from Booker T's Reality of Wrestling promotion, and that led to his current 126-day reign as ROW Champion. Fatu has also found success in The Amazing Red's House of Glory promotion, and his reign as HOG Crown Jewel Champion just passed the 141-day mark.
The Main One has just retained his third title - the 4th Rope Heavyweight Championship. 4th Rope is the promotion launched by rapper Westside Gunn, and their show in Atlanta on Wednesday saw Zilla retain over Real1, fka Enzo Amore in WWE.
Fatu became the inaugural 4th Rope Heavyweight Champion last month by defeating Moose. After the win over nZo on Wednesday, the 25-year-old took to Instagram to tout himself The Samoan King.
"Blood, Sweat, & Tears for this…… 'STILL I RISE' #STILL4thRopeChampion #ATL #4thrope THE SAMOAN KING [blood drop emoji] THE MAIN ONE," Zilla Fatu wrote.
Check out the post here.
Fatu previously worked for GCW, but the promotion announced in September that he would no longer be appearing at their shows for the foreseeable future, noting that they tried to avoid this outcome, but no additional details were provided.
WWE NXT stars set for event with Bloodline member
Booker T is once again featuring WWE NXT Superstars in his Reality of Wrestling promotion, which is an official WWE ID company. ROW will hold their next TV tapings on Saturday in Texas City at the Walker Texas Lawyer Arena.
NXT's Hank Walker and Tank Ledger will be in action on Friday as they challenge ROW Tag Team Champions Fly Def. The main event booked for Friday will see Umaga's son Zilla Fatu defend the ROW Championship in a Triple Threat. The real-life Bloodline member will go up against Gaspar Hernandez and Edge Stone.
Booker T himself is also advertised to appear at the ROW TV tapings, as he usually does. Hank and Tank will also participate in a post-show Meet & Greet, which includes a signed 8x10 and selfie.