It looks like Tanga Loa is part of the Bloodline.
Tanga Loa made an appearance at the conclusion of the Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs. Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga match. He ran in and broke up a pin by Orton, then helped Solo and Tama pick up the win.
Tanga Loa is the brother of Tama Tonga. Together, the pair won the IWGP Tag Team Championship 7 times as the Guerrillas of Destiny. Tanga Loa was also a 3-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
While “Tanga Loa” is new to WWE, the wrestler (Tevita Tu’amoeloa Fetaiakimoeata Fifita) has worked for the company before as Camacho. He worked for WWE between 2009-2014. He is best known as the enforcer of Hunico, but also worked as a solo talent in NXT. His last televised appearance was a loss to Adam Rose at NXT TakeOver 2014.
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Check out a recap of the match, courtesy of our live coverage page:
Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga) w/Paul Heyman
Before the bell rings, all four men brawl. The fight spills out of the ring. Owens and Tonga trade punches into the crowd. Sikoa and Orton battle by the commentary desk. Referees and officials try to break up the brawl, to no avail. Owens drops a few of the security guards with the Stunner. SmackDown GM Nick Aldis walks down to the ring and yells for everyone to stop. Aldis says if they don’t want to follow the rules, that’s fine. Aldis makes this match a STREET FIGHT. The referee officially rings the bell.
Orton and Sikoa fight into the crowd as Owens and Tanga trade strikes at ringside. Owens and Tonga end up in the crowd as well. Owens hits Tonga with staging set up near the crowd. The crowd is going nuts for this match. Owens runs clear across the arena to attack Sikoa, who has taken over on Orton. Tonga attacks Owens from behind. Sikoa and Tonga beat down Owens. Orton charges in and clubs Sikoa. Owens sends Tonga flying over the barricade back to the ringside area. Sikoa gets sent over the barricade as well. Owens frog splashes Sikoa off the barricade.
A chaotic opening to Backlash
Orton gets on the barricade and motions as if he is going to do a splash of his own. Orton chuckles as he hops off the barricade and lays in a boot to Tonga. Tonga gets to his feet. Orton suplexes Tonga on both commentary desks. Tonga gets to his feet and gets beaned by a trash can shot from Orton. Orton and Owens work over Tonga and Sikoa with kendo sticks. Owens puts Tonga through a table with a frog splash. Back in the ring, Sikoa Samoan drops Orton through a table. Sikoa avoids a Stunner from Owens and lands a lariat that turns Owens inside out.
Tonga unloads on Owens in the ring with rights, lefts, and headbutts. Sikoa and Tonga take turns working over Owens with a kendo stick. Running hip attack by Sikoa. Tonga repeatedly wacks Owens in the head with a trash can lid. Tonga grasps a trash can. Owens spears Tonga and lands a flurry of punches. Sikoa breaks it up from behind. Sikoa tries to send Owens through a table propped up in the corner. Owens reverses it and sends Sikoa through the table. Tonga floors Owens with a lariat.
Orton slithers in the ring as Tonga readies a charge. Tonga and Orton circle each other. Tonga misses a chair shot. Orton lands a series of strikes. Powerslam by Orton. Orton lands the dripping DDT Tonga. RKO by Orton. Sikoa breaks up Orton’s pin. Sikoa sets up a Samoan Spike on the commentary desk. Orton reverses it into an RKO on the table. Back in the ring, Owens works over Tonga with a chair.
Tanga Loa makes his surprise WWE debut
Owens sets up a bunch of chairs in the ring in-between, whacking Tonga with the chair. Owens goes up top. Tonga cuts him off. Tonga tries to superplex Owens onto the standing chairs. Owens counters and hits a fisherman’s buster onto the chairs. Owens tries to pin Tonga. Someone pulls the referee out of the ring. It’s Tama Tonga’s brother, Tanga Loa! Loa hits Orton with the ring steps. Owens looks up and gets hit in the face with the ring steps. Sikoa hits Spinning Solo on the chairs to Owens. Sikoa picks up Owens and lands a Samoan Spike for the win.
Winners- The Bloodline
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