Summary

Jacob Fatu says one of his all-time fantasy matchups would have been against New Jack in ECW, and he joked that there would have been no point trying to survive the chaos.

While discussing the idea in a recent interview, Fatu said he would have happily let New Jack leave with the win rather than deal with the weapons and mayhem that defined the ECW legend's style. The comments add another layer to a stretch where Fatu has been opening up more away from the ring, including a separate interview where he said he would support his daughters if they chose to wrestle in the future.

Quote from Jacob Fatu

"I would have let him win. I just would have let him win. I would have said, 'fuck it, put the fork away, dude.' I would have seen him playing the guitar. 'Put the guitar away.' I would have seen him vacuuming. 'Put the vacuum away.' Now, overall, though, that's crazy you brought that up. New Jack was one of my favorite all time, man. Like, man, we used to put ketchup on our head and walk into the living room with our old school toy bucket, yo, ECW, and my mom used to whip our ass because we used all that ketchup, fake bleeding. But, nah, man, that's a dope match, and, man, it would have been so dope if that was able to happen."

What New Jack still means to Jacob Fatu

Fatu naming New Jack here matters because it shows the kind of wrestling that shaped him long before his current WWE run. The ECW reference also underlines how much of Fatu's screen presence comes from that same sense of danger and unpredictability, even in a very different modern setting.

It also fits with the broader picture around Fatu right now. As WWE keeps him in major storylines and fans continue tracking comments like his recent note that he would support his daughters becoming wrestlers, even a lighthearted dream match answer carries extra interest because of how quickly his profile has grown.

Sources

Jacob Fatu while speaking with GiveMeSport