{"id":76675,"date":"2020-07-24T10:42:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=76675"},"modified":"2020-07-24T10:42:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:42:19","slug":"mlw-champion-jacob-fatu-signs-a-four-year-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/07\/24\/mlw-champion-jacob-fatu-signs-a-four-year-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"MLW Champion Jacob Fatu signs a four-year contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1551634245\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>MLW Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu signed a four-year contract extension. Fatu signed his last deal in 2019, and his new deal will keep him in the fold through 2025. The news was first reported by Marc Raimondi of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/now?nowId=21-41096099-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Fatu has been a terrific champion for MLW and he is the heart of the Contra Unit heel faction. Without knowing the financial details, it&#8217;s encouraging to see MLW re-sign Fatu and other top talents such as Richard Holliday and Alex Hammerstone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2311006809\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[2629,2665,2688,2853,2663,630,128,2456],"class_list":["post-76675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc_news","category-newsticker","tag-alex-hammerstone","tag-contra","tag-contra-unit","tag-dynasty","tag-jacob-fatu","tag-mlw","tag-pro-wrestling","tag-richard-holliday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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