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My Take
Fatu is the rare wrestler who changes a room the instant he appears. A 185-centimeter Sacramento native billed as the Samoan Werewolf, he debuted in 2012 and ground through independent promotions like GCW and DEFY before arriving on WWE's SmackDown. What I respect is the route: nothing handed to him, every step earned on the indies, and that paid-his-dues credibility reads instantly on screen. He carries the weight of the storied Anoa'i wrestling family, yet his appeal is his own, a big man who moves like a smaller one and hits with genuine menace. I tend to root hard for performers who climbed the unglamorous way, and he did.
Overview
Jacob Fatu (born April 18, 1992) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. Fatu made his professional wrestling debut in 2012, performing in various independent promotions including All Pro Wrestling, DEFY Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling, House of Glory, and PCW Ultra.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jacob Fatu
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイコブ・ファトゥ
- Reading
- じぇいこぶ・ふぁとぅ
- Born
- April 18, 1992 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Sacramento, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.