Tanga Loa, a professional wrestler, has come under a minor name change. In the recent episode of WWE SmackDown, he was referred to as Tonga Loa while he made his ring entrance alongside The Bloodline group. The new name was even displayed in the on-screen graphic as ‘Tonga Loa’.
It was outlined earlier via eWn that WWE had applied for trademarks for both variations of the name.
A tweet from a Twitter user named Peps recounted the change:
“Tanga Loa got renamed to “Tonga Loa”… It’s going to take a while for me to get used to that #SmackDown.”
Adding intrigue to the SmackDown episode, a QR code was shown during Naomi’s match against Nia Jax. The code directed viewers to a mysterious video comprising of solemn words such as:
“They put us in the cave. Told us behold the glory. We watched in awe. Consumed their lies. We were never the chosen ones. Left in a cave to rot. To be forgotten. But he set us free. Now we understand. We follow the prophecy. The words of the red. Soon you will understand. The tears we shed watered our antipathy and blossomed a garden of revulsion. There is no safe space. Only my family.”
A Twitter post from @WrestlingCovers contained the video linked to the QR Code, captioned “QR Code leads to this video. 👀#UncleHowdy #SmackDown.”