Solo Sikoa is likely biding his time, waiting for the right moment to come back, after being ousted from the New Bloodline by Jacob Fatu following his loss in Tribal Combat to Roman Reigns on the premiere episode of "WWE Raw" on Netflix. While there is plenty of room for Sikoa to get his revenge later, it feels like there was a missed opportunity to not have him involved in the Rumble, either as a participant or just as interference to get under Fatu's skin.

After a year-plus of the Solo Sikoa/New Tribal Chief experiment, I understand going back to the drawing board with Solo, but it also feels like he's being left behind. A lot of people came out of the Bloodline Civil War looking better, Rumble winner Jey Uso included, but Sikoa was woefully exposed and his lack of appearance at the Rumble just further solidifies my feeling that he might've been the only real "loser" of the feud. Jimmy and Jey Uso rebounded from a terrible WrestleMania match, Tanga Loa has accepted his role as a kind of clown-ish figure, everyone found something to work with in the story, except Solo.