World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns will tackle his cousin, Jacob Fatu, at Backlash after an intense confrontation on “WWE Raw.” Fatu initially squared as much as Reigns and challenged him last week, but Reigns gave him time to take into consideration whether or not he desired to divide their family or unite it.
After consulting with the Usos in a pre-recorded video to open the show, Reigns also closed the episode of the red brand when he got here out to deal with Fatu and his challenge. He said he brought the title back to relevancy and now it is the title people can acknowledge. Reigns played as much as the group before Fatu’s music hit.
Reigns said he hoped Fatu made the precise selection, but Fatu said he didn’t need per week, and even an hour to think, he meant what he said when he went on the market last week. Fatu said Reigns should be in his foremost event bubble, but he’s needed to grind for 12 years attempting to make it. He said neither Reigns or The Usos called him before he was in WWE, but Solo Sikoa did.
The champion laughed it off, and asked Fatu who he thought ran the place, since it was him who gave the okay to log off on Fatu. He said Fatu doesn’t deserve the title shot, he hasn’t earned it, and allowing Fatu to challenge him could be nepotism. Reigns barely got the last word out before Fatu jumped him and hit him with the Tongan Death Grip.
Fatu yelled that he was going to take every thing from Reigns. As he walked back up the ramp, Reigns got back on the microphone and said he’d see his cousin at Backlash. Fatu spoke to the camera and said he isn’t waiting, he’ll see Reigns on “Raw” next week.