Update on Bloodline WWE Tag Team title situation

The WWE Tag Team Champions are whoever Solo Sikoa decides are the WWE Tag Team Champions.

Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu won the belts on the August 2 edition of SmackDown. However, Fatu was seemingly injured at WWE SummerSlam and hasn’t been on WWE programming since. On Friday’s SmackDown, Tonga Loa was holding one of the tag belts along with his brother Tama.

Our own Dave Meltzer addressed the WWE Tag Team Championship situation on today’s episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.

“The SmackDown Tag Team titles, the champions are whoever two men Solo picks. So, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa can defend them, Jacob Fatu when he comes back can defend them. They never did explain this on television but this is the WWE explanation,” Meltzer said.

Meltzer continued to say it’s unclear if Fatu was legitimately injured at WWE SummerSlam. Still, WWE is hoping to keep him away from Roman Reigns for the foreseeable future.

“Essentially, the deal is that they’re basically trying to have Jacob Fatu completely avoid Roman Reigns because everyone has to sell for Roman Reigns and they want to keep Jacob Fatu special by not bumping around for Roman Reigns.”

“He’s going to be gone when Roman Reigns is around until whenever the time is right to hook them up. So, that’s the situation. I can’t say he’s not hurt but everything that’s happening was planned to happen, I can say that as far as avoiding those two locking up for now.”

“I think they want Roman with Solo first and then they’ll go to Jacob Fatu after that.”

The full episode of Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is available here for subscribers.