Roman Reigns‘ appearances in WWE are usually scarce, spread throughout the operational year. He has been on the hiatus phase for a long time. Although fans are sure to miss him, their feelings are not translating into actions. Despite being the former WWE Undisputed Universal Champion and the leader of The Bloodline, Reigns lost a popularity contest against a new member.

Jacob Fatu has been winning so many hearts over at WWE that wrestling fans gave him a little bonus by boosting the sales of his merch on the official WWE Shop.

Roman Reigns loses out against Jacob Fatu

Jacob Fatu appeared out of nowhere on Friday Night SmackDown a week before the MSG blue brand show. The Samoan wrestler quickly rose to popularity among fans because of his ruthlessness, which fit the rogue Bloodline like a glove. Fans rewarded him by popularizing his apparel on the official WWE merch store. There are many apparel to compete for the top five positions in the store, but this time around, these spots are occupied by:

1. John Cena Farewell Tour T-Shirt
2. Jacob Fatu Wolf T-Shirt
3. CM Punk Lightning Fists T-Shirt
4. Jey Uso Yeet T-Shirt, Black
5. Jey Uso Yeet T-Shirt, White

The Samoan Werewolf has been doing so well with the fans that he is already in second place in the store. Even though Reigns has given us a legendary title run and has been the face of the company for the past few years, his merch is not even in the top five. Nevertheless, Fatu’s spell of prosperity doesn’t end there.

This is not the only place where Jacob Fatu is getting praised for his skills.

Roman Reigns better watch out for this one

Jacob Fatu showed up at the end of the SmackDown show on 07/12. He first appeared alone to wipe out the arena clean of any wrestling talents left in the ring. The former GCW wrestler alone wrapped up the WWE Tag Team Champions. The few minutes that he was left in the squared circle with them showcased his incredible feats of strength and athleticism. This earned him praise from former WWE star Tommy Dreamer who spoke about how impressed he was seeing Jacob Fatu, a big man, being acrobatic in the ring and defying conventional ideas that fans may have about wrestlers his size.

During the Busted Open Podcast, he praised Roman Reigns’ Bloodline’s latest member. This was because of the short segment he played a major part in before the arrival of the rest of his teammates for a promo. It is moments like these that earned him the second spot in the top five apparel in WWE Shop. Fans continue to love the moments that Jacob Fatu delivers, thanks to his athleticism and skills in the ring. However, there is a possibility that the Head of the Table may recover from this lost popularity contest as soon as he returns to the promotion and gets a ‘babyface pop’ as the fans and wrestling critics are predicting.

Do you think Roman Reigns can top the charts in the WWE Shop when he comes back?