Tama Tonga Finned for Uploading WWE Video to Internet.
WWE reportedly fined Tama Tonga a "significant" amount for posting footage on social media last week, violating what company insiders describe as the organization's long-standing but unofficial prohibition against releasing rehearsal content.
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1Tama Tonga received a reportedly significant financial penalty for posting footage on social media.
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2The incident involved Tama sharing video content of his own rehearsals without authorization.
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Tama Tonga reportedly received a reportable, though not specified as exact amount or date of payment
— (411mania)"The word backstage at SmackDown is that Tama Tonga was hit with a significant fine after posting video from rehearsals last week."
— [Ewrestlingnews]'Word going around the WWE Universe and on social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok', 'Tongua has been known to post various behind-the-scenes footage but this marks first time he was fined for doing so'
— (Wrestleview)"There's some fallout happening backstage involving Tama Tonga."
— [Ewrestlingnews]'Tongua has been known to post various behind-the-scenes footage but this marks first time he was fined for doing so'
— (Wrestleview)WWE issued a significant fine to wrestler Tama Tonga after he shared footage from recent rehearsals on social media. This action violated WWE's unwritten policy prohibiting the recording or posting of rehearsal content, despite his usual practice of sharing behind-the-scenes material with fans.
Tama Tonga reportedly received a "significant" fine from WWE for violating an unwritten rule by posting videos of rehearsal footage on Instagram last week. This incident occurred just before his scheduled title defense against Damian Priest and R-Truth later that evening at SmackDown, raising questions about whether he might also lose the championship belt during their match due to this infraction.
Wrestler Tama Tonga has reportedly been fined by a "significant" amount for violating an unwritten rule against posting rehearsal footage online. The video, which was originally shared but later removed from his TikTok account due to the fine, had already proliferated after being reposted before WWE Smackdown airs tonight in Raleigh and on Netflix internationally.