Rikishi: WWE Would Be Making A Mistake If They Booked Jacob Fatu vs. Cody Rhodes In A Match So Soon
Rikishi wants the WWE to take their time with Jacob Fatu.
During an episode of his show, the Off The Top podcast, Rikishi talked about the recent run that Jacob Fatu has been having since arriving in the WWE where the Hall of Famer said he feels the WWE would make a mistake if they booked a main event match between Fatu and the WWE Undisputed Champion, Cody Rhodes so soon in his WWE career.
“I’m not surprised. Again, it goes down to where, this is my humble opinion, I think Jacob’s being pushed too fast. When you go to Cody, where do you go from there? Cody is the guy right now. I’ve said this before, let Jacob rampage through the whole roster, give him those enhancement matches to build him. We’ve seen Jacob, however long he’s been on, but is there anything different? You can only do so much on a run-in. This is me, this is what I’m saying. You really want to go with a guy, show his talent. Put him out there, let him have a match match, a squash match, just so he can show his potential of what else this kid can do. So I don’t know. I haven’t watched TV since I was overseas. But I think that they’re booking him and whoever’s putting these matches together, I just feel if it was me, I wouldn’t feed Jacob to Cody. That match is not deserving yet to happen. Where do you go [after that]? Normally when you see a guy being fed to the top guy so fast, we only know one thing was going to happen, it’s an enhancement match for the person, whoever’s on top. I just don’t think that Jacob’s the guy for that right now. It doesn’t do Jacob any good. Cody’s branded, it doesn’t matter who Cody goes with. But if you throw a guy like Jacob there, what does that do for Jacob? Wrestling fans, we’re all smart, and those that are putting this thing together, I think they’d make a mistake [if they] put Jacob in a main event with Cody so fast. So let’s just hope that things change,” Rikishi said.
Fatu is currently set to team with his Tribal Chief, Solo Sikoa as both men will take on the team of Rhodes and the Original Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns at Bad Blood.
h/t to Fightful for the transcription.
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