Rikishi calls for real-life Bloodline member to be inducted into the 2025 WWE Hall of Fame
Rikishi has expressed his desire to see a real-life Bloodline member be inducted into the 2025 WWE Hall of Fame. The person in question is the late great Umaga, who's regarded as one of the most dangerous performers in wrestling history.
Umaga had two stints with the Stamford-based promotion, the first from 2001-2003 and the second, and more successful one, from 2006-2009. The former Intercontinental Champion's feuds with Bobby Lashley and John Cena, among many others, are still fresh in fans' memories. A few months after his WWE departure in June 2009, Umaga passed away due to a heart attack.
Rikishi recently took to X/Twitter to react to the launch of a new line of Umaga's Funko Pop action figures. The 58-year-old indicated that the late performer should be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during its 2025 edition.
"#WweHOF2025???" tweeted Rikishi.
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Considering just how widely beloved and respected a name Umaga is among wrestling fans, it's only a matter of time before he finds a place in the Hall of Fame.
WWE Executive Bruce Prichard praises Umaga
A few days back, on his Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard podcast, the wrestling veteran dubbed Umaga a "generational talent." Prichard explained that while the real-life Bloodline member was known for being lethal in the ring, he was also one of the safest pair of hands, whom his opponents blindly trusted.
"Umaga was just that kind of athlete that you were comfortable with. You'd go out and you knew that he could do anything, and you also knew that by giving your body to him that you were in the safest hands you could possibly be. Umaga was one of those generational talents that only comes along every once in a while. It was a charisma, an unspoken charisma, and everyone believed in him and... you still had that little bit of fear of Umaga because as sweet as he could be, he was also one of those guys that made you believe he had a switch that when flipped, he was an uncontrollable maniac," said Prichard.
Umaga's son, Zilla Fatu, also made it known a few weeks ago that he wished to follow in his father's footsteps and join the Stamford-based promotion.
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