Fatu described the moment he realized he was done and needed to get better for himself, his family, and to save his opportunity with WWE. He said the moment was when Prichard called him, when he almost got fired.

“They offered me a contract in February. They gave me a call like two weeks later,” he said. “I was just getting off a plane. I was drunk, on one. It was that day when I couldn’t tell my kids, because when they gave me the contract, I went home and told the kids. Told my wife. Man, they’re excited. We’re ready to move. My in-laws, everybody knew.”

Fatu explained that being unable to tell his kids what was happening,