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Many WWE fans are expressing growing discontent regarding Solo Sikoa. Despite his undeniable talent and impressive lineage, many feel that Solo isn't quite ready for the main event push he's been receiving. We examine the reasons behind this backlash, including his character development, in-ring performance, and the creative direction of his storylines. Join us as we break down fan opinions, analyze his potential for future success, and discuss whether WWE should continue to push Solo Sikoa or reevaluate their strategy.
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00:00FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF WRESTLEMANIA 40 FOR THE BLOODLINE WHICH SAW JIMMY USO LOSE TO
00:12HIS DEFECTING BROTHER J, AND ROMAN REIGNS THE TRIBAL CHIEF HUMBLED FOR ALL OF HIS HUBRIS
00:19WITH A LOSS OF HIS YEARS LONG RUN AS THE WWE UNDISPUTED UNIVERSAL CHAMPION TO CODY ROWES.
00:27WHO IN THE BLOODLINE WOULD RISE, WELL IT WOULD BE SOLO SAKOA WHO DECIDED TO GET RID OF WHAT
00:34HE DEEMED THE WEAKEST LINK.
00:36SOLO WOULD REPLACE JIMMY USO WITH THE ADOPTED SON OF LEGENDARY HAKU TAMA TANGA.
00:44TAMA WAS FRESH OFF A BIG RUN IN NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING AND NOT FAR BEHIND HIM WAS TANGA
00:49LOA WHO WOULD SOON BE ADDED TO THE RANKS AND THEN OF COURSE THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT
00:54OF THE SAMOAN WEREWOLF JACOB FATU.
00:58THIS WOULD CHANGE THE BLOODLINE AS WE KNOW IT FOREVER, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GROUP OF
01:02NAMES THAT WERE ALL VALIDATED WITHIN THE LONG LINE THAT CONNECTS THE BLOODLINE, ACTUALLY
01:08BY BLOOD.
01:11SOLO SAKOA MADE HIS INTENTIONS CLEAR, HE ISN'T WAITING FOR ROMAN REIGNS TO RETURN AND ACKNOWLEDGE
01:17HIM AS THE HEAD OF THE TABLE AND THE NEW TRIBAL CHIEF, HE'S SIMPLY TAKING MATTERS INTO
01:21HIS OWN HAND AND HE'S GETTING BOOED OUT OF ARENAS FOR IT.
01:25LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE WHY WWE FANS ARE REALLY UNHAPPY WITH SOLO SAKOA AND THE MORE RECENT
01:33UNBELIEVABLE UPHEAVAL IN THE POLYNESIAN PRO WRESTLING FACTION.
01:38I'M KEVIN KELLUM, THIS IS SPORTS KEY TO WRESTLING, AND LESS THAN 100 WORDS OR SO,
01:44CAN YOU FANTASY BOOK THE FUTURE OF THE BLOODLINE IN WWE?
01:48LET'S HEAR IT IN THOSE COMMENTS BELOW.
01:50STAND BACK, THERE'S A NEW WRESTLING QUIZ COMING THROUGH, CHECK OUT BRAIN BUSTER, THE
01:56DAILY QUIZ THAT TESTS YOUR WWE KNOWLEDGE WITH WINNING STRENGTHS, STATS AND MORE.
02:01IT'S TIME TO SEE IF YOU'RE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
02:04You people don't deserve Roman, you got me now.
02:10The power and control, the change, all of it could be best exemplified when Paul Heyman,
02:18the reliable, yes, consulting wise man of this faction who had been at Roman's side,
02:24refused to acknowledge Solo as his tribal chief out of his undying loyalty to his tribal
02:31chief, his tribal chief, Roman Reigns.
02:35At Madison Square Garden, the world's most famous arena, the consequence for this refusal
02:41to fall in line, the wise man was taken out physically by the Bloodline.
02:47Yes, WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman got an extreme beatdown of his own, being plowed
02:53through a table, despite the crowd at MSG getting behind him saying he would not acknowledge
02:59it, it doesn't matter, he got powerbombed through a table, sorry Paul.
03:02The story seems to be taking off, but WWE fans are still quite unhappy with Solo Sokoa,
03:08and why could that be, and aren't they supposed to be unhappy with him?
03:12One of the petty, shallow arguments from these fickle, fickle fans against Solo Sokoa
03:17is that he hasn't progressed too much as a character, um, I'm sorry, but what is
03:22this argument?
03:23They say he's a stern, silent badass enforcer, and it's just a trope and it's been done
03:28quite a few times before in wrestling, so it's not exactly new or exciting in a new
03:32direction or it's this.
03:34One of the roadblocks he seems to be facing is that his character can't seem to fully
03:39connect with WWE fans, but here's how it does connect with WWE fans, he gets booed,
03:45and then he's supposed to terrorize the good guy Cody Rhodes.
03:49Some of you want this to be a little bit more complicated than it needs to be, but I'll
03:52still get into more of the running arguments against everything Solo out there, not many
03:57are convinced that he's ready for the next level, and honestly, some can make that argument,
04:03but hasn't been proven yet because he hasn't been tested at that level just yet.
04:08Despite being in the most important storyline on SmackDown, Solo hasn't proven himself
04:13to be a WWE Championship challenger in the eyes of many just yet, but the counter-argument
04:20to that notion is pretty simple, yes, he feels he's entitled to these things because he's
04:26in the bloodline, he's entitled to them, he doesn't feel he needs to earn these opportunities,
04:32so he simply forces his way into a world title match with Cody Rhodes.
04:37But the pattern here, yeah, you're not supposed to feel that he's honorable, Roman Reigns
04:42made it clear before that Solo Sokoa was the tribal successor to him, but that position
04:48seems to have been maybe rushed or stolen or he's not following orders that were declared
04:54from atop from the guy who isn't there who doesn't want to show up or whatever, perhaps
04:58Solo branching off on his own wasn't the next best step, but it's the step that's been made,
05:05and maybe that is the compelling thing that will lead to something else down the line,
05:09yes, patience is something that these same fickle fantasy booking fans who don't see
05:14their fantasy on screen need to be patient for, and yeah, perhaps maybe Solo branching
05:20off with his own bloodline wasn't the next best step, but the consequences of his actions
05:27are what we get to see, but if WWE wanted to introduce names like Tama Tonga and Tonga
05:33Loa and Jacob Fatu, who else could have done that?
05:37The present new surly version of the bloodline needed to be connected to the fallen previous
05:43incarnation, Solo Sokoa is the best option to do that.
05:47Another major issue Solo Sokoa has faced is his up and down momentum as a solo superstar,
05:53but with the group around him, does that re-correct the course, I mean this is the guy who had
05:58a John Cena feud in late 2023 where he demolished him and sent him packing and maybe prepping
06:05him for retirement and their big match in Saudi Arabia, it's a perfect example of that.
06:10The story was crafted in a way to build Solo vs Cena in Saudi Arabia with Solo crushing
06:16the greatest of all time and getting the biggest win of his career, the win feels incredibly
06:21pointless because WWE proceeded to do not much with him as a solo superstar after that.
06:27It's a hard lesson in how to keep a superstar's momentum alive on WWE's monstrous three ring
06:33circus of television week to week heading into Wrestlemania, and the follow up with
06:37Solo Sokoa from that big win over Cena was just uh, underwhelming because he just felt
06:43like he was back in the same role he was in before that match.
06:47Solo has unfortunately gotten the tag by some of being called bland, but those are the same
06:53fans that are booing him, and remember, you're supposed to boo him, you're not supposed
06:59to like him, when did bad guys have to be more likeable than the good guys?
07:04There is some reasonable criticism in some saying he has an overall lack of aura, yeah
07:09that's a hot word everyone's using, which isn't unusual for a younger wrestler who
07:14maybe isn't Roman Reigns who's leading the faction that Roman Reigns left behind,
07:18and maybe the fact that he's the guy who has to take on this role when Roman Reigns
07:22isn't there, yeah that's not easy.
07:25Yes, the worst thing that Solo Sokoa is doing is he's not Roman Reigns.
07:30One thing for sure is there's probably been more character growth for Solo Sokoa in the
07:34past three months than maybe in the 18 months before Wrestlemania 40.
07:39It took Roman Reigns getting kicked out of the big picture of WWE for Solo to finally
07:45get the spotlight, but even when pinning Cody Rhodes and challenging for the WWE Championship
07:51at Summerslam, yes right he pinned Cody Rhodes, that was a big moment, he doesn't feel like
07:56he's ready.
07:57Let's take the example of another body-wrecking up-and-comer in Gunther.
08:02After losing the Intercontinental Championship with a record-breaking reign, he went on to
08:06win the King of the Ring tournament and earn a championship match for the World Heavyweight
08:11title at Summerslam, and you'd have to wait a month and a half for this, but you're
08:17not going to see anybody questioning his position, he has felt like he's been ready
08:22for that for a while now.
08:25If you're thinking, that's not a fair comparison since there's a huge difference in experience
08:29between Gunther and Solo, we'd say fair enough.
08:33But we need to address the elephant in the room.
08:36The elephant in the room is a 6 foot 2, 280 pound Samoan werewolf by the name of Jacob
08:42Fatu.
08:43We did a big video about him, go check it out.
08:47There was a rumor prior to his debut that some people backstage in WWE were afraid that
08:53Jacob Fatu was going to overshadow Solo.
08:57While the larger wrestling fanbase may not be too in the know about Jacob, they may know
09:03about him prior to WWE but don't really know him just yet, virtually every veteran and
09:09higher up in wrestling promotions has had their eyes on him for quite some time.
09:15So assuming that that rumor is true, it's not a surprise why some people were worried
09:19about Jacob possibly being much more of a Samoan badass than Solo Sokoa in the eyes
09:27of the common wrestling fan.
09:29The potential for Jacob Fatu was clear before he even signed the dotted line for WWE.
09:36Just a few appearances in, Jacob Fatu seems to be getting better reactions than Solo already.
09:42He has a presence in him that legitimizes him without having to say that much.
09:47Perhaps the concerns of Jacob Fatu overshadowing Solo are true, but WWE will need to improvise
09:54and change things up in the bloodline story if he doesn't overtake Solo in popularity.
10:01Is Solo Sokoa actually ready for an all out war type of feud with Roman Reigns when he
10:06returns?
10:07Is he ready for the onslaught of Cody Rhodes?
10:10With everyone who's in his Nightmare family, only time will tell, but right now it seems
10:16a bit unlikely.
10:17He's set for the biggest match of his career at Summerslam 2024, and although we highly
10:23doubt he's the one to beat Cody Rhodes, a lot of work is going to have to be put in
10:28to fulfill the potential of Solo Sokoa.
10:30What do you think?
10:31Let us know in those comments below.