WWE Tag Team Champion Tama Tonga has reportedly been hit with a hefty pay cut by WWE bosses after he broke a very strict unwritten backstage rule on March 20, 2026. The MFT member, while getting ready for the latest Friday Night SmackDown show at the Lenovo Centre in Raleigh, posted a 29-second video on his personal TikTok account showing Solo Sikoa, Cody Rhodes, and Randy Orton practising in an empty arena.
This type of 'behind the scenes' video was a violation of a very old company rule, which doesn't allow talent to take or post the inside match preparations.
Even though the company has gone toward being more open through documentaries like WWE: Unreal, such an unauthorised leak by the Bloodline star has been considered a serious disciplinary matter.
As Tama Tonga and Solo Sikoa are having their very successful time on the blue brand, this mistake of the veteran without any external factors has brought up a lot of conversations among the WWE fans about the limits of social media use for the modern superstars, leading to WrestleMania 42.
Tama Tonga Breaches Backstage Protocol With Unauthorised Rehearsal Leak
The controversy began when fans noticed a brief video on Tama Tonga's social media showing the technical artistry and physical preparation that goes into a WWE television broadcast. The footage captured various wrestlers practising through spots in the ring hours before the doors opened to the public for the March 13 episode. While the clip did not reveal specific storyline spoilers or finishes, it directly contravened the company's internal mandate against exposing the 'business' of match rehearsals.
WWE Internal Policies And The Future Of Bloodline Social Media
Fans went wild after Tama Tonga posted a quick video on social media-it showed just how much work goes on behind the scenes at WWE. In the clip, Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton were practising moves in the ring, long before anyone was let inside for the March 13 show. The video didn't give away any spoilers about storylines or outcomes, but WWE has a strict rule against showing match rehearsals, and this broke it.
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