{"id":50039,"date":"2019-07-06T23:56:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T03:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=50039"},"modified":"2019-07-06T23:56:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T03:56:04","slug":"jacob-fatu-mlw-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/07\/06\/jacob-fatu-mlw-world\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Jacob Fatu Wins MLW World Heavyweight Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Samoan Werewolf&#8221; has found his next victim and it was <strong>Major League Wrestling (MLW)<\/strong> World Heavyweight Champion <strong>&#8220;Filthy&#8221; Tom Lawlor<\/strong>. On Saturday night&#8217;s live special, <em><strong>Kings of Colosseum<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>Jacob Fatu<\/strong> shocked the Chicago crowd by ending Lawlor&#8217;s World title reign at 155-days. The feud between Lawlor and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/03\/22\/contra-the-new-beast-of-mlw-is-ready-for-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CONTRA<\/strong><\/a> (Fatu, Josef Samael, and Simon Gotch) has been building for months, with Lawlor bringing in the <strong>Von Erichs<\/strong> (Ross &amp; Marshall) to help even the sides. But when it came down to the two heavyweights colliding on Saturday, it was Jacob Fatu who emerged as the new MLW World Champion.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLW\/status\/1147700142168059906<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Fatu is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2017\/11\/26\/the-family-business-the-anoai-and-harts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the legendary <strong>Anoa&#8217;i Family<\/strong><\/a>, the Samoan dynasty that includes current WWE Superstars <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> and the <strong>Usos<\/strong>, as well as past stars like <strong>Yokozuna, Umaga<\/strong>, and <strong>Rikishi<\/strong>. Jacob Fatu is the son of former WWE Superstar <strong>Tama\/The Tonga Kid<\/strong>, as well as the nephew of Yokozuna, Umaga and Rikishi and cousins of the Usos. Several of Jacob&#8217;s other cousins, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/01\/06\/indie-watch-sefa-fatu-the-samoan-dynastys-newest-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including <strong>Sefa Fatu<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/27\/lance-anoai-appears-on-raw-ahead-of-wwe-joining-samu-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lance Anoa&#8217;i<\/strong><\/a>, are also making huge strides in the indie scene at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Samoan Werewolf&#8221; has found his next victim and it was Major League Wrestling (MLW) World Heavyweight Champion &#8220;Filthy&#8221; Tom Lawlor. On Saturday night&#8217;s live special, Kings of Colosseum, Jacob Fatu shocked the Chicago crowd by ending Lawlor&#8217;s World title reign at 155-days. 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