Tama Tonga Returns on SmackDown, Reunites with MFTs in Brutal Attack – Tama Tonga made his highly anticipated return to WWE on the October 10 episode of SmackDown from Perth, Australia, emerging during the United States Championship match between Sami Zayn and the returning Shinsuke Nakamura. The former IWGP Tag Team Champion made an immediate impact by attacking Nakamura mid-match, resulting in a disqualification and abruptly ending the contest.
Following the attack, Tama was joined by the rest of the MFTs — Talla Tonga, Tonga Loa, and JC Mateo — as the group unleashed a vicious post-match assault on both Nakamura and Zayn. The faction’s coordinated beatdown left both competitors laid out in the ring.
Notably, all four members of the MFTs were seen wearing facepaint similar to what Tama and Loa once wore as the Guerrillas of Destiny in NJPW, signaling a return to their more menacing roots.
As the group stood tall over their fallen opponents, Solo Sikoa made his way to ringside, silently observing and admiring the destruction. His presence seemed to confirm his earlier words from last week’s SmackDown, when he stated that the MFTs were “missing one piece.” With Tama Tonga’s return, that missing piece now appears to be in place.
Tama had been out of action since April due to injury, and his comeback instantly reestablishes him as a key figure in the ongoing MFT storyline on SmackDown. His return also strengthens the faction’s dominance heading into WWE’s fall season, suggesting that the alliance between Solo Sikoa and the MFTs is far from finished.
Tama Tonga Returns on SmackDown, Reunites with MFTs in Brutal Attack
