I simply do not believe that WWE will ever pull the trigger on Jacob Fatu. He is destined to be an almost-ran, who acts as muscle for guys like Roman Reigns, and possibly even Jey Uso. WWE has had many chances to make him into a main event player, and it feels like he is constantly sacrificed on the altar to bigger stars. He is a placeholder contender, until guys like Drew McIntyre wrap their feature film obligations.

He didn’t have a bad match on Sunday, but he was never in any convincing position either. The match felt like a long walk to an inevitable conclusion, Reigns’s title never in danger. In the words of the poet Rodney Dangerfield, Fatu simply gets “No respect, I tell ya. None at all.” Roman Reigns is the center of the Bloodline universe, and everyone else must play their parts, with their entrances and exits, but the king stays the king, and everyone else better know their place.