Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Randy Orton, Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu.
• During an interview with MARCA, Randy Orton confirmed that he has signed a 5-year extension with WWE, which means he’ll be under a WWE contract until late 2029.
Also, Orton addressed going after Cody Rhodes’ WWE Championship, which was teased multiple times prior to SummerSlam. Here’s what the 14-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion said:
“I know you’re alluding to Cody and his title and maybe I’d like to do it later, but I don’t think I should rush it. I’m going to keep doing this for a long time. I just signed a 5-year contract extension and I don’t have to rush it. I’ve got all the time in the world as far as I’m concerned. I feel great. I feel healthy.”
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• Roman Reigns made a surprising return at SummerSlam by targeting Solo Sikoa instead of Cody Rhodes. His comeback continued on the August 9th episode of SmackDown, where he launched a fierce attack on The Bloodline.
The show ended with Reigns starting a brawl with Solo Sikoa, which was interrupted by Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa. Reigns quickly gained the upper hand, spearing Loa and driving Tama through the barricade.
Jacob Fatu was notably absent, and he has not been seen on WWE television since SummerSlam, where he was spotted in a walking boot after the show due to an alleged injury.
The Wrestling Observer noted that WWE is deliberately keeping Fatu off television to avoid a direct confrontation with Reigns. This is part of WWE’s strategy to keep Fatu strong by not having him in a position where he must extensively sell for Reigns.
WWE’s plan is to build towards a future match between Fatu and Reigns AFTER Reigns is done facing Sikoa.
“Essentially the deal is they’re basically trying to have Jacob Fatu completely avoid Roman Reigns, because everyone has to sell for Roman and they want to keep Jacob Fatu special by not bumping around for Reigns.
So he’s going to be gone when Roman is around until whenever the time is right to hook them up. That’s the situation. I can’t say he’s not hurt but everything that’s happening was planned to happen, I can say that, as far as avoiding those two locking up for now until later when they will lock up.
They want Roman with Solo first and then Jacob Fatu after that.”
