Add as a preferred source on Google Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu may be heading toward an even bigger rematch in WWE, following the chaotic finish to their match at Backlash.
Last Saturday, Reigns defeated Fatu and retained the World Heavyweight Championship, but the “Samoan Werewolf” closed out the show by attacking the champion, referees, and company officials.
Now, on a recent edition of NotSam Wrestling, Sam Roberts argued that WWE should turn a possible rematch at Clash in Italy into a title vs. career match.
“So if we really want to illustrate the difference between Jacob and Roman, illustrate the difference between how they do what they do, and the difference in what they want and their result; I think it could make a lot of sense to put a stipulation on this match. Imagine if we get this rematch at Clash In Italy, Roman Reigns vs. Jacob Fatu, but we do title vs. career.”
“Jacob wants that title more than anything. Roman Reigns is ready to be done with Jacob Fatu. Jacob wants that title and all the perks that come with it, Roman thinks that Jacob is a liability. Roman wants Jacob done, Jacob wants the riches of being champion. How badly do you want that title, will you put your career up? How badly do you want Jacob done, will you put your title up?”
“Then we start having this conversation, where in a narrative way, all this talk about Roman not being on WWE TV in June, which still remains to be seen, now becomes part of a plot device for wrestling fans that are reading everything on the internet. Now we’re using the stuff online to our favour, because the fact is, very few people walked into Backlash thinking there was any possibility Jacob Fatu was going to win the World Heavyweight Championship.”
Clash in Italy takes place on May 31 at the Inalpi Arena in Turin, marking WWE’s first Premium Live Event held in Italy.
On top of that, Reigns’ own schedule has become a key part of the discussion. After rumors about his absence in June, WWE went back to advertising him for the June 1 RAW, also in Turin, as well as the June 15 and June 29 shows.
As of now, WWE has not confirmed the rematch between Reigns and Fatu for Clash in Italy.