WWE: Tonga Loa on His WWE Release & Not Being On The Road With Haku, Thea Hail & Harlem Lewis Launch GoFundMe For Emergency Surgery For Their Dog, Nick Khan In Conversations About Bringing WWE To Tokyo In 2027, New Trademarks

Tonga Loa Comments on His WWE Release & Not Being On The Road With Haku

As noted before, Tonga Loa departed from WWE as part of the batch of talent releases and departures this past May.

A recent fan virtual signing event for K & S WrestleFest featured Loa as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Loa’s thoughts about how he enjoyed his second run with WWE.

“How I conducted myself up there, I feel like it wasn’t personal. I enjoyed ‘em both. This time, I enjoyed it more because I was sober… What was even better was I was there with Tama (Tonga) and Talla (Tonga). Even though we got to wrestle in Japan a little bit, we didn’t get to wrestle with Talla that much. But then, when we were all over with WWE and Talla was finally on the main roster, it was fun. It was just nice to work with them and get to travel…”

Loa also gave his thoughts about if he was given a reason why he was let go from WWE and him feeling a little envious to see his brothers Tama and Talla on WWE television with their father Haku.

was asked why he was let go, but did not answer that directly. He stated that he’s just happy to see his brothers Tama and Talla on TV with their father Haku. He added that he’s a little envious of that.

“Uh… Nah. I’m just really happy that our dad is up there now. Not gonna lie, I’m a little envious that my brothers get to work with my dad on the road, but, I’m happy that he’s back.”

Loa also gave his thoughts about how he had a feeling his departure from WWE was going to be enviable after the big release of talent the week before his and Jeff Cobb’s release.

“I had a feeling because I was released the week after the big release of 20-plus talent, and I just felt like it was just gonna happen the following week. Jeff (Cobb) and I got released the following week, and that week, just filming and stuff, I could just feel it… I’ve been released by the company before… My first time getting released was a shock to me. But, I was young then and probably drank too much too but, I was real clear-headed and I could feel it and I just had a better understanding of just the business…”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Thea Hail & Harlem Lewis Launch GoFundMe For Emergency Surgery For Their Dog

WWE NXT talent Thea Hail and WWE EVOLVE talent Harlem Lewis recently launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help assist with the financial costs for their pet dog Bashar who underwent expensive emergency surgery.

They are currently hoping to raise $7,000 to cover Bashar’s surgery costs.

“Our precious dog had to undergo emergency surgery last night. he’s thankfully made it out ok however he’s got a long road ahead of him if you can please share this link it would be much appreciated”

As of Thursday morning, Hail and Lewis have managed to raise $5,167 in total.

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Nick Khan In Conversations About Bringing WWE To Tokyo In 2027

TKO Group held an investor’s meeting on Wednesday discussing the results from their fiscal 2026 third quarter report.

During the Q&A portion of the meeting TKO President and COO Mark Shapiro revealed that WWE President Nick Khan has been having some converastions about bringing WWE to Tokyo in 2027.

“I’m also pretty bullish about some conversations that Nick Khan is having about bringing WWE to Tokyo next year.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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WWE Files Several New Trademarks

WWE filed new trademarks for “Kato Sykes” and “Serena Thorn” on November 3 for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

WWE also filed a new trademark for “Marquis Journey” on November 4 for similar purposes to the USPTO.

Kato Sykes was recently revealed to be the new ring name for WWE ID talent Conan Lycan in WWE.

Portion of trademarks filings:

IC 041: Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in the field of wrestling for wrestling fan club members; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fan club members; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment.