Tonga Loa Opens Up About WWE Release, Says He’s ‘A Little Envious’ About Not Being On The Road With Haku

Tonga Loa enjoyed his second run with the company.

After a year back under the WWE umbrella, Tonga Loa was let go from the company. During his latest run, he won the WWE Tag Team Titles with his brother Tama Tonga.

As Loa was doing a virtual signing for K & S WrestleFest, he expressed that he enjoyed his latest run with the company.

“How I conducted myself up there, I feel like it wasn’t personal.” It was mentioned that he had two runs at WWE, and he said, “I enjoyed ‘em both. This time, I enjoyed it more because I was sober… What was even better was I was there with Tama (Tonga) and Talla (Tonga). Even though we got to wrestle in Japan a little bit, we didn’t get to wrestle with Talla that much. But then, when we were all over with WWE and Talla was finally on the main roster, it was fun. It was just nice to work with them and get to travel…”

Loa was asked why he was let go, but did not answer that directly. He stated that he’s just happy to see his brothers Tama and Talla on TV with their father Haku. He added that he’s a little envious of that.

“Uh… Nah,” he replied when asked if he knows why he was let go. “I’m just really happy that our dad is up there now. Not gonna lie, I’m a little envious that my brothers get to work with my dad on the road, but, I’m happy that he’s back.”

Loa was then asked again why he was let go, and he said the following:

“I had a feeling because I was released the week after the big release of 20-plus talent, and I just felt like it was just gonna happen the following week.” He continued, “Jeff (Cobb) and I got released the following week, and that week, just filming and stuff, I could just feel it… I’ve been released by the company before… My first time getting released was a shock to me. But, I was young then and probably drank too much too but, I was real clear-headed and I could feel it and I just had a better understanding of just the business…”

Talla Tonga and Tama Tonga are managed by Haku on SmackDown, and they are the current WWE Tag Team Champions.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit K & S WrestleFest with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.