Jeff Cobb Heard Rumors He Would Be Paired With Bronson Reed In WWE

Jeff Cobb signed with WWE in May 2025, debuting at WWE Backlash and aligning with Solo Sikoa as part of the new Bloodline.

The group eventually became The MFTs with Solo, Cobb, who now going by JC Mateo, Tama Tonga, and Tonga Loa.

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Cobb was asked about the pitch to put him with MFT even though he isn’t part of the Samoan family tree.

“Well, my strong family lineage, right? I didn’t even know that was the pitch to begin with because I heard a couple other rumors out there as well. I mean, just rumors from fans fantasy booking that I was like, oh, they’re gonna put you with Bronson Reed and be like the new Natural Disasters. I was like, oh man, so it would be like tsunami and volcano or something?”

Reed would end up aligned with The Vision.

Elsewhere during the interview, Jeff Cobb revealed that JONAH, Reed’s name before signing with WWE, was on the list of names he could’ve used in WWE. You can find his full comments here.