Solo Sikoa and Roman Reigns are part of the same wrestling family, but that doesn’t mean they’ve always been tight.
Speaking to Peter Rosenberg on the “Cheap Heat” podcast this week, Sikoa explained that because of the age difference between them (Sikoa is eight years younger), they didn’t have a close relationship in their younger years. As a result, when Sikoa made his WWE main roster debut at Clash at the Castle to assist Reigns in his match against Drew McIntyre, it was the first time he had seen the Tribal Chief in quite a while (h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription).
“Seeing Roman in Cardiff, I haven’t seen him in like 20 years,” Sikoa said. “We really weren’t close, but he was always around at our house playing with my brothers (The Usos) because they were the same age and I was way, way younger than him. He was always around our house, but I think now coming into the business, I’m starting to get close with him.
“Even though the age gap is there, I’m really starting to get close with him because, I mean, it’s Roman Reigns. He’s been running the game for a while now so I’m starting to form that relationship with him.”
Perhaps because of that lack of an existing relationship, Sikoa was also surprised when he was told how he’d be introduced to the main roster — though his incorporation into the Bloodline seems in retrospect to have been a natural, logical move.
“It was just one of those things where I got the call and this is what we want to do and this is how we want to bring you in, but I never expected it this way in front of 60,000 people,” Sikoa said. “It was crazy. I’m still mind blown.”
It’s safe to say most WWE fans are enjoying having Sikoa in the Bloodline, and his chemistry with “Honorary Uce” Sami Zayn has been particularly entertaining. Here’s to getting closer to family, blood or otherwise.