Jacob Fatu Reveals Original WWE Name Plans

Jacob Fatu almost debuted in WWE under a completely different name — and his entrance music almost sounded very different too.

While speaking with IGN to promote the upcoming WWE 2K26, Fatu shared a behind-the-scenes story about how his WWE character, name, and entrance theme all came together with help from Paul Levesque.

According to Fatu, the process happened quickly while he was meeting with Triple H backstage. At the time, he didn’t even know what WWE planned to call him.

“So I had two different songs. My name was actually supposed to be Caesar Sikoa, I mean, and I was next to Hunter. You know, he asked, ‘Did you hear your music yet?’ I was like, ‘No, not yet. I don’t even know what my name’s going to be.’”

That’s when Triple H immediately revealed the name WWE ultimately decided on.

“He turned around like, ‘You’re going to be Jacob Fatu,’ you know what I mean?”

Fatu explained that Triple H then played two different entrance themes for him to consider. One of them had an intro that caught his attention, but the overall track wasn’t the one he ended up using.

“But then, man, right on the spot he said there were two songs he played. The first song, it wasn’t the track I got now. The first song was different, you know what I mean? But the first song had my entrance, what I’m saying on it at the beginning.”

After hearing both options, Fatu felt strongly about the second theme song but wanted to combine it with the intro from the first track.

“Hunter played the second one, and the second one is the one I come out to. Hunter liked that one too, but man, this one I was just feeling it.”

Fatu also admitted he initially expected something closer to the style used by other members of the Anoa’i wrestling family.

“I was expecting to come out to something like a Jey Uso or Jimmy Uso type of vibe, you know what I mean? So I was expecting to come out to one of them.”

Instead, he pitched the idea of recording his own voice for the intro — something WWE quickly approved.

“But I asked Hunter, ‘Can I put…’ Mind you, it wasn’t even me on the intro. That’s me on the intro now. But I asked him, ‘Man, can I take the intro on the first song and put it on the second song?’”

Fatu said his background trying to pursue music before wrestling gave him the confidence to ask.

“I was trying to be a rapper before I got up in here, man. You know what I mean? So I just told him, ‘Man, if you don’t mind, can I say my own thing on there?’”

Triple H immediately gave him the green light — and even pointed him straight to a recording setup backstage.

“He said, ‘You can say it.’ I was like, ‘Yeah?’ He was like, ‘Got a studio right there in the back.’ So I hopped on there, got up on the mic.”

Fatu then revealed the meaning behind the Samoan phrase heard in his entrance music.

“So when a lot of people are trying to figure out what I’m saying, it’s ‘Tasi Lua Tolu’ in Samoan. It means one, two, three.”

The phrase carries personal significance because it references something used by the late Samoan wrestling legend Umaga after finishing opponents in the ring.

“And it’s something that Umaga used to say when he used to beat his opponents. When he’d hit the Samoan Spike and pin them, he’d go ‘Tasi, lua, tolu,’ you know what I mean?”

Even after recording the intro, Fatu said WWE initially continued using the earlier version of the theme. Eventually, he asked Triple H if his version could be used instead.

“When I kept hearing it and didn’t hear my version, I asked Hunter one day through rehearsals, ‘Man, can we use my version?’ And ever since then, bro, I’ve just been locked in with it.”

Now that the track is finalized, Fatu says he’s completely connected to it.

“I actually fell in love with my music.”

The story offers an interesting look at how quickly WWE creative decisions can come together behind the scenes — including how a future star nearly debuted with a totally different identity.

What do you think about Jacob Fatu nearly being named Caesar Sikoa, and do you like his current entrance music? Drop your thoughts in the comments and let us know what you think.