Jacob Fatu says his “Samoan Werewolf” nickname came from the Twilight franchise
While speaking on Stephanie McMahon’s podcast, Jacob Fatu explained the origin of his “Samoan Werewolf” nickname. Fatu revealed that the name was inspired by Jacob Black, the werewolf character played by Taylor Lautner in the Twilight franchise.
Here is what Fatu stated…
“It started from the movie Twilight. It really did. When I first got into wrestling, my uncle Rikishi, we were doing this like NBA, NFL, different teams from different city in wrestling versus different cities, territory league.
When I first came in, Gangrel-I mean, I got to be very clear, I was trained by my uncles, Rikishi, Reno, my father as well. But Gangrel, David Heath, had a lot to do with my training.
It started, we were on the same team. He was a vampire. Twilight vampires need a werewolf, and the guy’s name was Jacob.
But I told my wife, I was like, ‘his body looked way more better than my body. All right.’ So shout out to Jacob on Twilight. You know what I mean? So that’s how Samoan Werewolf came about.”