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Weeks after making their on-camera WWE debuts and aligning with The Bloodline, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa finally made their in-ring debut as a tag team on last night’s "WWE SmackDown." Tama Tonga tagged with Solo Sikoa at Backlash France defeating Kevin Owens and Randy Orton in a Street Fight and then wrestled three matches in the 2024 King of Ring tournament, defeating Angelo Dawkins and LA Knight before coming up short against Randy Orton in the semifinal. Last night was Tanga Loa's first time competing in a WWE match.
The brothers' WWE debut as a duo came following a segment in which "Wise Man" Paul Heyman attempted to appeal to Kevin Owens and convince him not to take on The Bloodline. When Kevin Owens refused, Paul Heyman became irate, gesturing wildly and accidentally making contract with Kevin Owens. Before the eternally angry Kevin Owens could get his hands on Paul Heyman, however, The Bloodline appeared. Luckily for "KO," the Street Profits came to his aide; Kevin Owens took care of Solo Sikoa, as they fought into the crowd. That left Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa to face the multi-time tag team champions, and they ended up pulling out the victory not a huge surprise when you recall, as Corey Graves did on commentary, that they are multi-time tag team champions themselves.
Formerly known as the Guerrillas of Destiny (GoD), Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa were members of Bullet Club in NJPW from 2016 to 2022. During their time in Japan, they were IWGP Tag Team Champions together seven times and still hold the record for most tag title reigns in NJPW history (they're third place in combined days as champions). They also won the World Tag League in 2020 and are former Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions, as well.
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