Jeff Cobb Says MFTs Faction Didn’t Play Out As Pitched

Jeff Cobb, who wrestled in WWE under the name JC Mateo, has opened up about his run with the reworked Bloodline faction known as the MFTs, saying the idea looked promising on paper but never materialized the way it was originally described to him.

Cobb made his WWE debut at Backlash 2025, helping Jacob Fatu retain the WWE United States Championship. That appearance immediately placed him inside the new Bloodline grouping led by Solo Sikoa, which also included Fatu, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa and Talla Tonga. The stable was eventually rebranded as the MFTs, giving WWE a deep, imposing collection of Polynesian heavyweights built around Sikoa’s leadership.

Despite the star power on paper, the faction never quite found its footing on WWE television, and both Cobb and Tonga Loa were released from the company. Cobb’s recent comments suggest the disconnect wasn’t about the concept itself — a loaded heel faction rooted in Bloodline lore — but about how that concept was executed once he was actually inside it. He described the group as a good idea in theory, while indicating that what he was told to expect going in didn’t line up with how things unfolded creatively.

It’s a familiar story in WWE: a stable gets assembled with plenty of momentum and name value, only to struggle finding consistent direction once the initial rollout fades. The Bloodline mythology has been one of WWE’s most successful storytelling engines of the last several years, but spinning off a satellite faction without Roman Reigns at the center was always going to be a tricky balancing act. Sikoa’s group leaned heavily on size and menace, yet never developed the kind of defined roles or feuds that made the original Bloodline click.

Cobb, a veteran with a long track record in NJPW, ROH and the independent scene before signing with WWE, brought legitimate credibility to the group as a powerhouse grappler. His release, alongside Tonga Loa’s, thinned out the MFTs considerably and raises questions about how WWE plans to use the remaining members — Sikoa, Fatu, Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga — going forward.

For Cobb, the comments read less like bitterness and more like an honest postmortem on a run that didn’t pan out as advertised. Given his standing in the wider wrestling world, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him land quickly elsewhere, whether that’s a return to New Japan, a spot in AEW, or another promotion looking for a legitimate big man with real in-ring pedigree. As for the MFTs, WWE will have to decide whether the faction is worth continuing to build around or whether it’s time to fold the concept back into the larger Bloodline story once again.