{"id":138472,"date":"2025-07-18T22:20:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T02:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=138472"},"modified":"2025-07-18T22:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T02:23:17","slug":"jacob-fatu-vs-solo-sikoa-at-wwe-summerslam-brutal-stipulation-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/18\/jacob-fatu-vs-solo-sikoa-at-wwe-summerslam-brutal-stipulation-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Fatu vs. Solo Sikoa at WWE SummerSlam; Brutal Stipulation Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/18\/wwe-smackdown-results-7-18-25-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE SmackDown<\/a> saw Jacob Fatu accused of a crime he did not commit. Solo Sikoa and his MFTs were involved in a car accident, which they blamed on Fatu. However, the authorities would soon clear Fatu&#8217;s name, leading to him and Jimmy Uso beating down Sikoa and his goons, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/18\/stipulation-for-john-cena-vs-cody-rhodes-at-wwe-summerslam-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">major developments for WWE SummerSlam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138474\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-138474 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/11-54.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of WWE SummerSlam opponents Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/11-54.jpg 640w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/11-54-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Acting <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/18\/new-wwe-tag-titles-1-contenders-crowned-on-wwe-smackdown-for-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">SmackDown<\/a> General Manager for this week, Adam Pearce, would stop proceedings, prompting the authorities to take in the rowdy party. Sikoa thought Uso and Fatu would be taken into custody. However, Sikoa thought wrong, as they were escorted out of San Antonio, Texas, in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>Before Solo Sikoa and the MFTs could be officially taken out, Adam Pearce announced that he would defend the United States Championship against Jacob Fatu at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/18\/exciting-title-match-official-for-wwe-summerslam\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE SummerSlam<\/a>. Still, it wouldn&#8217;t just be any standard affair &#8211; it would be a Steel Cage Match. Fatu&#8217;s eyes would light up, and Solo Sikoa knew that he probably dug his own grave at WWE SummerSlam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on the WWE SmackDown, WWE SummerSlam, Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE SmackDown saw Jacob Fatu accused of a crime he did not commit. Solo Sikoa and his MFTs were involved in a car accident, which they blamed on Fatu. However, the authorities would soon clear Fatu&#8217;s name, leading to him and Jimmy Uso beating down Sikoa and his goons, as well as major developments for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3735,"featured_media":138474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2192,26,4,3],"tags":[3006,8343,60],"class_list":["post-138472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wrestling","category-smackdown","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-jacob-fatu","tag-solo-sikoa","tag-wwe-summerslam"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138477,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138472\/revisions\/138477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}