Zilla Fatu to make GCW debut next month
Zilla Fatu, the son of late pro wrestling legend Umaga, is set to debut for Game Changer Wrestling.
GCW has announced that Fatu will debut for the promotion at its Look At Me show in Tampa, Florida on Friday, January 26. His opponent for the show has not been revealed.
Fatu had his first pro wrestling match for Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling this July, but the two sides had a falling out shortly after that. Fatu is no longer part of Reality of Wrestling.
“I been getting a lot of calls, people been hitting us up asking us about Zilla Fatu and when they were going to see him again,” Booker T said in September. “Honestly, I can’t tell you when you’re gonna see Zilla Fatu again because he is now no longer a part of Reality of Wrestling due to irreconcilable differences, let’s just put it that way.”
Fatu said he and Booker T had different visions, but he appreciates everything Booker T and Reality of Wrestling did for him.
Fatu spent six years in prison for an aggravated robbery that happened when he was 15.
GCW Look At Me will air live on TrillerTV+ starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time on January 26. Joey Janela vs. AJ Francis (former WWE wrestler Top Dolla) and Mansoor vs. Tony Deppen have been announced for the show. Andrade El Idolo, Nick Gage, Blake Christian, Maki Itoh, Masha Slamovich, and Effy & Allie Katch will also be in action.
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