Fatu states that his uncle was not upset with him.
The Toronto Sun rolled out their chat with the reigning WWE United States Champion Jacob Fatu. As the conversation moved along, Fatu began speaking about his family lineage.
He was asked about his earliest memories of wrestling and shared a story of when he was backstage at a WWF/E event and lost his uncle Yokozuna's WWE title belt. Fatu said referee Earl Hebner found it near the cookies and sodas.
"Yokozuna. I lost his belt backstage. I lost his belt, yeah, and Earl Hebner found it. It was by the catering. I was young and I was just running around. That’s crazy you ask that. I was just thinking about him the other day and when he had won the Royal Rumble. I’m from Sacramento, California, and when he won that Royal Rumble, it happened in Sacramento. So, you know, very special. But, definitely one of that. I lost the belt and man, my dad was like, flicking me in the ear. Like, ‘Man, where the belt at?’ I was a kid. I just remember my uncle wasn’t even tripping. He was just laughing, and I will never forget when Earl came in with the belt, and my uncle was like, ‘See, it’s alright.’ He was like, ‘Where'd you find it?’ And I will never forget what he said. He was like, ‘It was by the cookies and the sodas over there in the catering.' So, yeah, that’s one of my earliest ones. But, that was actually my favorite time in wrestling. That’s actually how I got introduced to everything. It was around that time."
Fatu is going to be in action on the 5/30 Friday Night SmackDown. He'll be in a Triple Threat with Carmelo Hayes and Andrade to determine who joins the men's Money in the Bank field.
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