Jacob Fatu
Cheap Heat with Peter Rosenberg
Peter Rosenberg
4.7 • 625 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Rosenberg sits down with the Samoan Werewolf to talk about WWE initially rejecting him and being told he’d never make it, before fighting through poverty and setbacks to earn a second chance.
Now he’s facing Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship at Backlash and explains why that moment means everything.
Jacob Fatu also breaks down why the Tonga Death Grip is a homage to Haku, and how working with Drew McIntyre changed his career.
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| 0:00.0 | Peter Rolzenberg! |
| 0:05.0 | Shout out, Sack, I guess. |
| 0:07.0 | The Major Stig. |
| 0:11.0 | Oh my goodness. |
| 0:12.0 | It's professional dressing. |
| 0:14.0 | The champion. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm only the same. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm only the percent. |
| 0:19.0 | Confirm. Not mage. Stay in age and enjoy yourself M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Muh Muh Muh M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, oh. |
| 1:13.5 | I'm sorry. Oh. Oh. I'm sorry. Oh. Oh. Sweet, sweet. Peter Rosenberg. Shout off. I like delicious chicken. It was repug. It was repud. It was repud. It's professional. It's professional. Wrestling. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the world's number one sports and recreation podcast. |
| 1:20.5 | She, Pete, I'm very, this is very exciting because, as you know, backlash is coming up tomorrow night. |
| 1:28.6 | And we are in for a treat of a main event when the man next to me will challenge for the big old title. |
| 1:43.9 | Yes. You know what I mean? I'm talking about Jacob Fatu, the Simone werewolf. Welcome to Cheap. Man, welcome back. Come on. Come on, man. That's what happened to me. This is. And it happened organically. It really did. This wasn't built. You know what I mean? and it's always been nothing but organic |
| 1:44.9 | and a number of love with Big Oots. |
| 1:46.7 | I appreciate you big time, man. So where are you at right now? How's it? Let's just start here. Like just how are you feeling as a human being knowing that the biggest professional moment of your life is sad? Man, it's, man, it's game changing. I mean, you know, I've done a lot of great things since I've been in WWE for only two years. But this, you know, I mean, just to go ahead, I mean, come on, man, we're talking about Roman Raines. That's right. You know, we're talking about Jackafat Roman Reigns. I mean, the tribal chief, the Simone Weirwood, who would I ever thought these two names would have ever, I mean, tapped in. Did you, was there a time when you really, like once you started moving along in the Indies, did you think, all right, one day I know it's going to happen? Or because you said, the other day you said in that promo and I wondered how true it was when you were like, you didn't call me when I was on the Indies. I had to find my way my way here. Yeah. So, A, was that true? And did you always think you'd find a way to get there? You know what? I watched these guys so much and y'all know how much I talk |
| 2:52.6 | and I speak about my family, right? I talk to them. I talk about them so much to where, you know, |
| 2:59.9 | I manifest. I just, I didn't think I was going to be here only because I had a tryout 2015, |
| 3:06.7 | 16, and man, I was told, you know, I would never work here because of the mistakes that I made when I was 18. |
| 3:14.3 | Mistakes in the tryout? |
| 3:16.3 | No, no, no. |
| 3:17.3 | Or just in life around. |
| 3:18.3 | Yeah. |
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