Umaga Reportedly Close To Returning To WWE Before His Death

Eddie “Umaga” Fatu was set to return to World Wrestling Entertainment by the end of the year or early 2010, reports The Sun.

WWE officials confirmed to The Sun that Fatu would have been back on the roster had he passed a screening test. Fatu only had two strikes on his record when he was released by WWE this past June after refusing to enter a rehabilitation center following his second violation of the company’s drug testing policy. Had he returned to the company, his previous two offenses would have remained.

In October, Umaga told colleagues that he was speaking to WWE about returning to the company. This was the reason he gave for pulling out of a previously scheduled ’shoot’ interview filming.

Figure Four Weekly’s Bryan Alvarez also reports that Hulk Hogan wanted to bring Fatu to TNA following the ‘Hulkamania’ tour of Australia. However, he told people there was no way he was going to TNA and that he was heading back to WWE once the tour had commenced.

One WWE source said they expected him to return by the Royal Rumble providing he passed his screening test.

Fatu died on Friday after his wife found him unresponsive inside their Houston area home. He reportedly died of a heart attack. The official report on his death is expected to be released this week.

Fatu’s passing was not acknowledged during last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw.

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raw should have mentioned it!!

Yeah, I was surprised that they didn't acknowledge him, hopefully they show something on SD. Also sucks that he was that close to coming back.

I hope so or it's just fucked up

they couldve edited it into the sd broadcast before the opening theme/segment though!

Do you guys realize BY NOW that Vince McMahon could give a damn about it?

Since he was a SD superstar! They better mention him on Friday

Vee//Venom wrote:

Why the hell didn't Raw acknowledge him dying?

The same reason they didn't acknowledge the death of Andrew "Test" Martin. THEY"RE SOULESS ASSHOLES.

They didn't do it with Test so why would they do it for Umaga?