Matt Hardy has high praise for Jacob Fatu.
Since arriving to WWE in June 2024, Jacob Fatu has continued to cement himself as a future top star for WWE. In 2025 alone, Fatu has already picked up singles wins over stars like Andrade and Braun Strowman.
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On the latest edition of his The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy podcast, Hardy named Jacob Fatu as one star that could be the future in wrestling.
“I think if especially his character and promo work, if he can get down his character and his promo work is up to task for what people want and what he’s doing, I think Jacob Fatu can be a really really big deal. I think Jacob Fatu can be someone who can be a big deal and a main event draw in WWE when it’s all said and done.”
Hardy went on to expand on his love for Fatu, praising his size, power, and agility.
“Because he’s huge. He’s incredibly talented. He’s very versatile, he can do a little bit of everything. If you need him to be strong as shit, he’s powerful, he can fly, he’s agile, he has all of these physical gifts right and he has this demeanor to him where he looks like a legit wild man where I’d be afraid to be in a room alone with him because he looks insane. It’s one of those things, a big part of all that, if he is going to showcase all of his physical abilities and how far he can go in the business and things he can do, it’s also going to have to match his in-ring promos. I think it could be shorter or smaller, I don’t think he has to have these long 12 minute promos that are huge. But, it has to be words that he is speaking and whatever he is spewing, whatever he is saying, people have to believe it with all of their heart and he has to say it with all of his chest. That’s the most important thing as far as making a connection with everybody in the audience, they have to believe everything you’re saying.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, Matt Hardy commented on Rey Fenix's recent debut for WWE. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
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