He is someone the company has long been interested in, so is former NJPW star Tama Tonga finally heading to WWE?
It feels like, in recent years, any time his contract status was up in the air, people were connecting him to WWE.
In truth, the company has definitely had eyes on the former NJPW NEVER Openweight Champion for some time.
Outside of his past gold, Tama Tonga is also a former member of Bullet Club (he was one of the founding members).
Word came out in recent weeks that the NJPW star’s contract was indeed expired and he entered free agency.
Given the pipeline between NJPW and AEW, surely Tony Khan and his checkbook had the inside line here, right?
Not so fast.
Is Former NJPW Star Tama Tonga Heading To WWE?
According to the Wrestling Observer, WWE finally is getting their guy.
The report from Meltzer was later confirmed by Fightful.
What happens next is anyone’s guess really.
Tama Tonga does have WWE ties, but not to another set of famous Samoans.
Rather, Tama Tonga is the nephew of Haku. Haku actually also adopted the inbound WWE talent.
And while he is not related to Roman Reigns, he does have other family members in wrestling…though none currently in WWE.
But, given he surely looks like he belongs in the Bloodline…could we see him step right into a hot program?
Or might he be destined to work with another former Bullet Club member currently working in WWE?
And, if you did not already know? There are several former Bullet Club members who now call WWE home…so…pick a name out of a hat there.
The company has options, as always. But the important item now is that it does seem like, barring a shocking change, Tama Tonga is heading to WWE.
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