Tonga Loa

[0.0] "When you have a bad match with will ospreay that's when you know the sport just ain't for you. This dude is so bad to the point where he became a meme on the internet. He botched his debut, botched a low blow, and couldn't even put Cody Rhodes in the corner properly. There's a reason why he hasn't had one singles match in WWE and hopefully it stays that way for his whole run. I'm not trying to see a Tonga Loa singles match AT ALL."

[1.0] "This dude is BAD! At the very least he's unintentionally funny, but he's one of those people that really feels like they don't belong on TV and it's wild that he's been in this business for 17+ years and hasn't gotten any better. I still remember him struggling as Camacho back in the day."

[8.0] "Think Tonga Loa is a good dude, hard worker in the ring, occasionally sloppy but overall a good hand at what he does. Fits in nicely in the bloodline story, espceially as one of solo sikoa's lackys, and it's mental to think that he's genuinely on the cover of a wwe 2k game. Okay fair enough he's a bit clunky and a bit dull in places but generally he does his bit to make sure that everything ticks when he's on screen"

[2.0] "The greatest wrestler of our time, the undisputed Tribal chief, future 18 time world champion and should be the one to beat Gunther and John cena at the same time, that's how good he is, TKO should just hand WWE over to him because of how good he is."

[6.0] "A solid tag wrestler, just somehow is the best botcher to ever grace the wrestling ring. Like you have to admire how shit he is at everything. Holding a belt up? Can't do that right. Kicking someone? Goes down with them. Pulling the ref out? 30 seconds late to his spot. Some people prefer their technical wrestlers or the high flyers but Tonga Loa is impressive at being the worst on purpose, truly the greatest comedy wrestler"

[1.0] "0 carisma, só botcha, é botch atrás de botch atrás de botch até antes de entrar na WWE, pelo amor de deus, o que esse cara tá fazendo no wrestling ainda? É até uma vergonha pra Bloodline, é realmente triste ser conhecido como o ''cara do botch'' e ainda ser parte de umas maiores facções do wrestling"

[3.0] "I just botched trying to write a review. Seriously tho, this guy is special, I never seen someone who can't do anything, bro literally botched a low blow, and later botched... Holding a title. I give him bonus points because he is really funny and also a decent tag wrestler."

[3.0] "He's so bad he's good. Genuinely one of the most entertaining guys in WWE just purely off of how awkward he is and how often he botches."

[3.0] "like most others have said, tonga loa is one of the most entertaining guys to watch in wrestling today. not because he's an excellent wrestler but of how much he botches. he's one of the biggest examples of so bad he's great."

[2.0] "You BETTER put some respect on the INFAMOUS Botcha Loa's name. This man is the greatest professional wrestler, athlete, comedian, entertainer and botcher of this era. The GOAT of the Bloodline. It amazes me that he's Haku's actual son. How far we've come ? This man deserves to break Flair's record. BELIEVE THAT. WOOOOO!"

[6.0] "he sucks and all but hes really funny. he went to texas state el paso and is "infamous". tanga loa gets a 7"

[8.0] "Tonga Loa earns a 7.7/10 for his 2024 performance. His work with the Bloodline has been commendable, adding depth to the faction's dominance. Despite some botches throughout the year, his matches, especially alongside Tanga Loa, were satisfying and showcased his potential to deliver engaging in-ring action."

[3.0] "Awful. Just awful. Not only is he sluggish and sloppy in the rings, he is also particularly bad at delivering said slow and poor quality performances. Straight up a botch machine. He needs to be carried heavily. All the time. Not to talk about his bad work outside matches."

[1.0] "He is a very terrible wrestler in the ring. He is carried by the bloodline during these matches. He botch several times on all areas. Personality level, he is also carried by the bloodline. In solo wrestling I can't see him being credible and being good enough to last in WWE."

[4.0] "Tonga Loa is deeply entertaining, but for all the wrong reasons. He's fun to watch, but again, for the wrong reasons. It's a shame, but he's not a very good wrestler, and there really isn't room at the moment to pivot him to a comedy performer. Shines occasionally alongside Tama Tonga, but beyond that..."

[2.0] "Tonga Loa cannot wrestle. It's dreadful. He's had bad matches with even Kazuchika Okada. It's crazy. He's a dreadful in-ring performer with his only redeeming quality being his accidental charm when he botches literally anything that has to do with being on-screen. He was only brought into the WWE to serve as a member for WarGames and reform G.O.D with Tama Tonga."

[2.0] "Tonga Loa botching is kinda like how we saw Maxxine Dupri botching, only difference is Maxxine Dupri is extremely green at the moment and Loa has been wrestling for 16 FUCKING YEARS! I understand that Loa suffered a really bad knee injury a while back but that can not excuse him botching some of the easiest, most basic moves and cliches like low blows, spearing people into the corner, pulling the ref out the ring, holding the title, I mean those aren't even moves. Add being overshadowed by the more explosive Jacob Fatu and the more unique Tama Tonga and I just don't see a future for Loa unless he really improves. Edit: HE WAS CAMACHO! ?"

[3.0] "Somehow had a terrible match with not only Okada but with Ospreay as well in the same G1. Terrible in the ring but he messes up quite literally everything that he does and I find it really funny and entertaining."

[7.0] "lemme tell you something, this guy is awful in the ring and on the mic ill tell you that, but somehow someway i find this man very entertaining and thats what pro-wrestling is about at its core entertainment so basing him off how good he is in ring is just unfair. so i will base this off the joy this man brings me, i watch smackdown with this man at the back of my mind but he still has a place there. im always wanting to see what he does how he messes up or how he entertains me. so for that tonga you get a 7 a well earned respectable 7."

"Surely at this point the multitude of botches and slip-ups have to be somewhat intentional, right? There is no way that things like missing the turnbuckle at Summerslam or holding the titles wrong or giving his brother an accidental prostate exam could ALL be mistakes. Right?"

"Tonga Loa is an incredible captivating individual. Every time Loa steps in the ring you feel that sense of absolute aura and incredible skill. Either its cutting a magnificent graceful promo or putting on the best match you have ever watched in your life its always a guarantee Loa comes up big. Hes currently carrying that Bloodline 2.0 faction on SmackDown. Some may view Solo Sikoa as the best or even Jacob Fatu but if you know real graps its Tonga Loa. Outside of all his skillful praise his performances dont go unnoticed as hes a very decorated talent holding the WWE Tag Team Championship once, the IWGP Tag Team Championship 7 times, and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 3 times. All his tag title reigns have been with his lesser brother Tama Tonga. This incredible 5 star machine was also ranked as the 97th best singles wrestler in 2019 by PWI and ranked number 6 with his lesser brother Tama Tonga in the Top 50 tag teams in 2020 by PWI. Whenever Loa is on your screen drop everything youre doing and witness greatness personified."

[8.0] "In ring he is simply awful. If I was rating this based off how good he is at wrestling it would be a 0. However I love this guy, I do not know why. He is just hilarious in the best way possible. From being unable to hold a belt correctly, to botching every single thing he does. But as a tag star he is great. G.O.D is a brilliant tag team that is one of the best teams in NJPW history. Whenever he isn't the focus he does a good enough job. But that should mean I give him like a 3 or 4 because he is still bad in ring. But I do just feel a connection to him. Every time I see him I feel it is must watch."

"Probably this man is the worst wrestler I've ever seen. His in-ring is not good, he's bad. His botches are many. He botched 619, Low Blow, Pulling Ref out and He missed the turnbuckle. I think he's in WWE cause WWE wanted to bring one samoan to the company and they didn't done deal with other samoans so they must to bring this guy. I think this is the explain of the "why Tonga Loa is in WWE" question"

"sometimes I wonder whether or not Tonga Loa does some of these botches for a laugh because some of them are so absurd that i genuinely dont understand how somebody performing on his level could ever be allowed to continue to work after they do something like that. especially the 619 botch."

[2.0] "It's Tanga Loa, what else is there to say that hasn't been said already, Tanga Loa proved that the WWE doesn't care about the level of their wrestlers and only cares about who they are related with, he's a goddamn mess who botched most of his moves, even botching a suprise low blow, i didn't even know that was possible"

[7.0] "I know hes not the smoothest wrestler out there, but I cant deny how I feel. Every time Tonga Loa appears on my screen, I have the widest smile on my face. Whenever he does anything, a feeling of overwhelming joy envelops me. Tonga Loa became consistently my favorite act on SmackDown by messing up repeatedly, and I love him for it."

[7.0] "Imagine being so bad that you become someone I wanna see every week on TV. This dude is a botch machine, can't go in the ring, I would guess he's horrible on the mic, but because he's so bad, I begin to like him. He's the only wrestler that can accomplish a feat like that. 7/10"

[1.0] "I cannot begin to describe how awful Tanga Loa is. Truly terrible at every aspect of wrestling. I mean I genuinely can't think of a single nice thing to say about him as a performer. Dude's been wrestling since GEORGE W. BUSH was President of the United States but he still has not improved one bit; he's just as bad as when he was pretending to be Mexican on NXT. (Remember his TNA run as Micah? FUCKING LMAO) But much like Nia Jax, he's tangentially kinda-sorta related to The Rock and thus the almighty Anoai'i Family, so he still wound up signing with WWE as the ultimate nepotism hire. Hopefully he stays out of the ring on WWE TV permanently because nobody should ever have to be forced to sit through another Tonga Loa match again. The only reason I'm not giving him a 0 is that occasionally his much, much better (yet still mid) brother (no not the other shitty shitty one) has elevated him in various tag matches in New Japan over the years to the point where I only wanted to cover my eyes when he's onscreen rather than gouge them out with some rusty tweezers. And just to reiterate: Ultimate nepotism hire."

[1.0] "Worst one of the samoan bunch. Never seen so many botches in one of the "main" guys. Worst striking ever, very poor in-ring work, poor look. I've seen guys been fired for less than this mess, everything he's involved in gets trashed and at this point I don't think he will be getting the same hype like the rest of the crew."

[5.0] "I dont hate Tonga Loa, hes a pretty decent tag team wrestler but is TERRIBLE as a singles wrestler. Hes mostly known for clips of his botches on social media and is currently essentially The Bloodlines manager, which hes done a decent job at."

[0.0] "Yet one more botch at Money in the Bank 2024, I see why he was put into the managerial position. He is a terrible in-ring performer and has a very generic look just like his fellas from the bloodline. Not even as Camacho was he entertaining, I remember he was a cholo with Hunico back in 2012, but it was just a goofy gimmick that never made them stand out. The last I saw from him was in 2014 when he wrestled Adam Rose in his last match, he worked just as a generic heel, nothing impressive. He left WWE for a big period of time and he did not improve, plenty of botches on his independent stint, and very goofy spots. Sorry but he is just a zero for me, more than 10 years into professional wrestling and you cannot come up with an interesting character or better in-ring skills? He never had it, and I doubt he will at this point of his career ..."

[5.0] "Tanga Loa is not someone who particularly stands out. He is best when tagging with his brother as the G.O.D. In the ring he is fine and he doesn't have the charisma of Haku or Tama Tonga. His past WWE run as Camacho was really bad so looking forward to seeing if he can redeem this in WWE with his family and the Bloodline."

[2.0] "Tanga Loa is a horrible wrestler, can't work a great match with basically nobody, even some of the greatest wrestlers alive, it's truly shameful. In tag team action he can deliver something but in singles competition it's really tough to watch him, no charisma and a lot of botches. Sometimes his lack of quality is even offensive to wrestling."

[0.0] "This guy is the shits he sucks. He's just as bad Top Dolla. A botch machine and this wrestler is a train wreck in the ring, a walking disaster. Every move seems like a potential botch waiting to happen. Their matches are a showcase of sloppy execution and mistimed maneuvers. It's painful to watch, as they consistently fail to deliver even the most basic wrestling techniques. Their lack of skill is glaring, making them a liability in any match they participate in. They can't seem to string together a coherent sequence of moves without messing up. It's as if they haven't put in the time to properly train and hone their craft. Their presence in the ring detracts from the overall quality of the event, leaving fans disappointed and frustrated. It's a shame to see someone with such potential squander it with their inability to perform at even a mediocre level."

[3.0] "It's not every day that you see someone who's been active for 16 years still being considered 'green', but Tanga Loa works different I guess. I really don't hate Camacho, he seems like a generally nice human being and he's overall likable, but some of the positions he's been put in has really exposed how little he can work and hasn't wrestled a standout match in... well ever it seems. Still, perhaps one day he'll prove everyone wrong, but I'm not betting my student loan on it or anything."

[2.0] "Tanga Loa as a singles wrestler no longer has his brother covering his flaws and has not had a good singles match in NJPW yet, even bringing down the match quality of the likes of Kazuchika Okada and Shingo Takagi. He may perhaps be the worst wrestler on the current roster."

"As someone who has gotten into NJPW relatively recently (with this years Wrestledream), I had a very blissful life. After the fantastic CMLL x NJPW shows I was excited to watch the new japan cup! Unfortunately my eyes had to be blessed with Tanga Loa vs GoK. Then Tanga Loa vs David Finlay with probably the worlds best 619 botch of all time. My account is too new to rate him but if I could it'd probably be a 3"

[4.0] "Definitely the lesser brother from GoD. He just has very little charisma and in-ring is bare bones basic. One of the least impactful bigger guys you'll ever see, particularly in recent times, with some of the most embarrassingly soft chops and strikes you'll ever see. Long NJPW career and never outright bad, but just very bland. Much better tag wrestler than singles."

[3.0] "Tanga Loa is quite terrible, he can be made to look decent when in tag team action but when he is in a singles match you can see how out of his depth he is, with Tama gone I'm not sure he will be able to last too long."

[3.0] "look, Tanga Loa at the very least tries to wrestler, and generally tries his best. He looks like he is having fun out there even if he should be trying to look a bit more serious. He is good enough in Tag matches, Singles he kind of sucks, almost zero charisma. The only reason why he gets 3 is because he still gives a bit of a shit."

[1.0] "We've all seen *that* clip of him and Okada. I don't know if it's a huge amount of ring rust or what, but he has been genuinely awful ever since he came back from injury. I was taken aback by just how bad he's been in the ring this year. Hopefully he never gets added in a G1 ever again."

[4.0] "Man, it's rough in these streets for Tanga Loa. When I first saw him wrestling in NJPW, I thought he was a young rookie that would improve with experience. Had no idea he was in his mid 30s with a decade of experience and still that rough. Now he's 40, returning from a horrible injury, and it's tough to watch. His general movements are stuttered and reluctant, and he some of the most mockable, softest looking strike combinations (stop doing those throat thrusts ffs). Seems like his connections with Tama and his place as a multiman filler have kept him employed in Japan."

[4.0] "Unlike Tama Tonga and Hikuleo, Tanga Loa hasn't improve much and he's still the same annoying worker he was years ago. You can't take him seriously with his really annoying and forced acting, almost every reaction from him are annoying, but this isn't the only annoying about Loa, he's really not interesting to watch wrestle and can also be really sloppy. He's not a good striker, his Backhand/Throat Thrust combo is terrible, you can't believe this can hurt someone and this isn't believable when he stands up against a brawler like Tomohiro Ishii. Not the worst wrestler in the world but certainly not the best, he's painfully average."

[2.0] "Tanga Loa embodies everything you could think as unthinkable when watching NJPW but that you will see because somehow the company see something in him, I still think that he is the type of wrestler you can except to see on less popular company like MLW in America and will deliver that exact style of match in NJPW. Unbelievable"

[3.0] "He has been in NJPW for nearly 8 years now and still hasn't got beyond the level of "acceptable if hidden away in multiman". If there was ever an example of someone just not getting it then it is Tonga Loa. Got a decent look and lower card charisma but there isn't much else there at all."

[4.0] "Unlike Tama Tonga, he never managed to improve or do anything memorable. Always felt like Tama Tonga's jannetty even when both guys were not interesting. Once in a while he can be carried to a good enough match but his opponent has to work really hard because Tanga Loa just doesn't give much to work with."

[4.0] "Him stepping more into singles competition has exposed him as the inferior G.O.D member for me. I might be a bit harsh on this considering he just returned from injury, but we'll see."

[7.0] "I preferred him and the brother with face paints. Surely at the beginning of their careers they had a lot to learn and it took them a long time to become good wrestlers. I understand the low grades but today's wrestler deserves a little more."

[3.0] "Has a decent look but never put it together. Struggles to connect with fans and his in-ring work is very limited so he will forever be confined to tags and even those are never great."

[6.0] "Not great but for a guy who was initially all muscle and screaming than actual talent, he's made a real tangible improvement over the years to be a real powerhouse of a guy with some decent work in him. Ofc, the GoD are as complacent as ever regardless in terms of workrate (which is what happens when a company with a pitiful tag division has them rule with a iron fist for years) but individually he shines quite well for himself. No real complaints, he does his role just fine."