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Former WWE star criticizes Cody Rhodes' controversial booking strategy against Bloodline member

By Prityush Haldar
Modified Jun 30, 2024 23:04 IST
Cody Rhodes confronted the Bloodline on SmackDown [Image credits: WWE]
Cody Rhodes confronted The Bloodline on SmackDown [Image credits: WWE.com]

Jacob Fatu made his debut for Stamford-based company last week on SmackDown and joined The Bloodline. Former WWE star Stevie Richards recently broke down the Samoan Werewolf's debut on the blue brand.

Fatu showed up to help Solo Sikoa when he was cornered by Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, and Kevin Owens. The former MLW star destroyed the three babyface stars. He speared Orton through the barricades and then proceeded to hit a Splash on Cody on the announcer's table

On a recent episode of The Stevie Richards Show, the veteran spoke about the exchange between Cody and Fatu. He felt that the newcomer should have flattened everyone in his path and Rhodes should have gotten some offense on Solo before getting laid out by Jacob Fatu.

"Cody's on his feet fighting. People can say, 'Well, he's world champion, of course. But you have Solo right here that can take Cody peppering him and then turns around and Jacob takes him out." He continued, "How long was it before Solo got touched? It wasn't long enough till he got beat down or he sold for somebody. This dude needed at least four, six, eight weeks of nobody getting any offense on him or doing anything." [From 1:18:42 - 1:20:12 onwards]
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Steve Richards was part of WWE from 1999 to 2008 during which he won the Hardcore Championship 21 times.

Solo Sikoa inducted Jacob Fatu into The Bloodline

Ever since Roman Reigns went on a hiatus, Solo Sikoa has taken charge of the Bloodline. He appointed himself as the new leader of the group and added new members such as Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa.

This week he proclaimed himself as the new Tribal Chief. Then he introduced Jacob Fatu as the newest member of The Bloodline. He also added that Fatu would be his new Enforcer.

Sikoa also asked Paul Heyman to acknowledge him as his Trible Chief to which Heyman refused. The faction then proceeded to attack the Wiseman and hospitalized him.

Please credit The Stevie Richards Show If you use the quotes from this article, and add an H/T to Sportskeeda for the transcript.