WWE Backlash Full Review
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Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. This is Dave LaGreca. On today's episode, myself and Bully Ray talk backlash from WWE. We get into your main event between Jacob Fatu and Roman Reigns. And how about Dan Housen right here on the Busted Open Podcast? This is the Busted Open Podcast. This is again where I got to get a lot of credit. And a lot of credit goes around, not just the Roman Jacob, but Michael Cole as well. And, and, and this is where like Michael Cole is the best at what he does.
What was the main event of WWE Backlash?
He did a great job, Bully. During the entrances describing the story of Jacob Fatu and Roman Reigns, he talked about the lei that Jacob Fatu was wearing and that it was made for him special by the daughter of Haku. And then talked about the Tongan death grip. And I thought both of them, Wade Barrett as well, did a great job of describing that Tongan death grip. But the importance of Haku. Remember, we talked about that, that we wish they would have maybe had this match a little bit later on. So they could have had a bigger story when it came to Haku and that Tongan death grip. But I thought they did a phenomenal job selling it before the match last night. They also did a great job before the match on Saturday as well, talking about Jacob Fatu and the journey that he had.
And they mentioned West Coast Pro. They mentioned House of Glory, like all the independents. that they didn't mention MLW, but they mentioned all the independent organizations that Jacob fought too. And then they mentioned the biggest thing right before the match started, that with all the ties and the dynasty and the journey that Jacob fought too has been on and the struggles of Jacob fought too, that the one thing that didn't happen was And though he had the opportunity to do it, Roman never let Jacob Fatu in the door. Solo Sokoa let Jacob in the door, but it wasn't Roman Reigns. That's the way it should be. I thought Wade Barrett and Michael Cole did a phenomenal job telling as much of the story as they could before that match took place on Saturday.
I completely agree with everything that you're saying. And backstory is so important to me because it's the why of how we got here. It's the who, what, when, where, and why of how we've gotten to this point. And with the Samoan family, there's so many stories to be told and how brothers and sisters and cousins and everybody intermeshes and relationships and When it comes to the Samoan family and the WWE, the amount of backstory is, to me, as important as the story we're getting in the here and now. And I have never been more intrigued by Jacob Fatu's story as I was last week listening to him on Cheap Heat with Peter Rosenberg. Him telling the very real life story... Of him and his family... And getting to use the Fatu name and how much that meant to him... His dad... Uncle Eki... Eddie Fatu... Umaga... Listening to Jacob tell the story... About when his dad... In San Francisco...
Was a bad kid. And... His dad... Was the sister... Of Afa and Sika. So what did they do to... To Jacob's dad? They sent him to Afa and Sika.
How did Michael Cole enhance the storytelling of the match?
And the story about when... And Jacob's dad is... I always get a little confused here. Jacob's dad is...
Yeah, because Haku is, I know Haku is Jacob.
No, that's Jacob's uncle. Jacob's dad is, Paul, just look this up for us, please, because I always get, I think, was it the Tonga kid? Sam, Sam, Big Sam. Big Sam. The hardest I've ever been smacked in my entire wrestling career was by Big Sam in Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1996. Anyway, hearing the story of Big Sam as a bad kid being sent to Sika. Right? And Big Sam gets out of the car to say hello to Uncle Seeker. Hey, Uncle, how are you? How are... And Uncle Seeker just saying, get in the car. Like, the lesson started that moment. It was no, hey, nephew, great to see you, blah, blah, blah. No, you've been a bad kid to my sister. That means you've been a bad kid to all of us. And you're going to learn now.
And I'm getting goosebumps telling this story again because... Knowing... Working with the Samoan family.
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