Jacob Fatu

Jacob Fatu is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Major League Wrestling, where he is a member of the Contra Unit and the reigning World Heavyweight Champion in his first reign.[1] He is a member of the Anoaʻi family. He is a two-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions.

Jacob Fatu
Jacob Fatu with the MLW World Heavyweight Title
Children6
FamilyAnoa'i family
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Jacob Fatu
Billed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Billed weight285 lb (129 kg)[1]
Billed fromSamoa
Trained byRikishi Black Pearl, Sinn Bodhi
Debut2012

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Jacob Fatu was trained by his uncle, Rikishi. His father is Sam Fatu, who competed in the World Wrestling Federation as Tama and The Tonga Kid. Umaga was his uncle and The Usos are his cousins.

He debuted in 2012, in a winning effort teaming with his relative, Black Pearl.[2] He spent most of 2013 through 2015 competing in California for independent promotions, often teaming with fellow Anoa'i family members. In 2018, he made his first trip to Mexico for The Crash in a trios match, losing to Octagón and Blue Demon Jr.[3]

Major League Wrestling (2019–present)

In 2019, he signed with Major League Wrestling, joining his relatives Samu and Samu's son, Lance Anoa'i in the company.[4] Fatu debuted for MLW at their February event SuperFight, alongside his frequent tag team partner Josef Samael in a non-televised match. The duo of Fatu and Josef would then make their televised debut in MLW at Intimidation Games on March 2 by attacking the World Heavyweight Champion Tom Lawlor following his cage match against Low Ki, thus forming the heel stable Contra Unit with Simon Gotch.[5] The following week, Contra Unit attacked Ace Romero during his match with Gotch.[6] After months of feuding with Lawlor, Fatu defeated Lawlor at Kings of Colosseum on July 6 to capture the World Heavyweight Championship.[7] He would also retain the title against Lawlor in a rematch.[8] He then headlined MLW's first-ever pay-per-view event Saturday Night SuperFight, where Fatu successfully defended the title against LA Park.

Personal life

Fatu is a member of the Anoa'i family wrestling dynasty. The family includes wrestlers such as Rikishi and The Usos. As of 2019, Fatu has six children.[9]

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. "Jacob Fatu". MLW. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. "Jacob Fatu". Cagematch. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  3. "Jacob Fatu". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  4. "Jacob Fatu Signs With Major League Wrestling". prowrestling.com. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  5. "MLW TV taping spoilers: Intimidation Games". f4wonline.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  6. "Powell's MLW Fusion TV Review: Simon Gotch vs. Ace Romero, DJZ vs. Ace Austin in a Battle Riot qualifying match, Alex Hammerstone vs. Isaias Velasquez - Pro Wrestling Dot Net". Prowrestling.net. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  7. "Jacob Fatu Wins MLW World Heavyweight Championship". Heel By Nature - Daily Pro Wrestling News. July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  8. "MLW Fusion #73 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  9. https://www.theringer.com/2019/9/17/20864851/mlw-major-league-wrestling-court-bauer
  10. "Jacob Fatu defeated Jeff Cobb". Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  11. "Jacob Fatu defeated Karl Fredericks". Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  12. "Warbeast (Jacob Fatu & Josef Samael) defeated Reno SCUM (Adam Thornstowe & Luster The Legend) and The One Percent (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) ". Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  13. "Warbeast (Fatu & Josef) (champions) [PCW] defeat One Percent (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) (champions) [DEFY] and Sent2Slaughter (Dan Maff & Shawn Donavan)". Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  14. "Jacob Fatu defeated Tom Lawlor". Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  15. "Jacob Fatu & The Almighty Sheik defeat Dom Vitalli & MVP". Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  16. http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2020.html
  17. "he Fatus (Jacob Fatu & Journey Fatu) defeated Salt N' Pimpin (Daniel Torch & Virgil Flynn) (champions) and The Reno Rejects (Bison Braddock & Joey Smoak) and JD Bishop & Mustafa Saed ". Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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