"I've got kids to feed" - Bloodline family member open to joining AEW (Exclusive)

A Bloodline family member is open to joining AEW. He wrestled for WWE several years ago.

Much like the rest of his Samoan family, Afa Anoa'I Jr. made a name for himself in WWE. He started off in the company's developmental brand before making his main roster debut. He wrestled under the ring name, Manu and formed a short-lived stable with Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase Jr. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to make as much of an impact as some of his other Bloodline family members and he departed from the company in 2009.

Following his release, Afa Jr. dedicated his time to working in the indies and training young talent to make it in the pro wrestling business. Despite most of his family's loyalty to WWE, the 39-year-old does not have issues working for rival promotions.

During Sportskeeda Wrestling's exclusive SummerSlam Pre Show, the former Manu was asked if he would be open to joining Tony Khan's promotion. Afa noted that anything could happen in pro wrestling and also said he had "kids to feed."

"Yeah, anything can happen in wrestling. I've been saying it the whole podcast. Anything can happen. We've always been loyal to the WWE but at the end of the day, I've got kids to feed too and you know, we got to feed the kids," he said. [43:55 - 44:09]

You can check out his interview in the video below:

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The Bloodline is now feuding with Cody Rhodes

Although Cody Rhodes once teamed with Afa Anoa'I Jr., who is a real-life Bloodline member. The same can't be said about the American Nightmare's association with the rest of his family. Cody has been embroiled in a highly personal feud with the Bloodline for a few years now.

While it looked like the feud would be over once Cody defeated Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40, Solo Sikoa continued the feud after he took over the group. Since then, they have gotten the upper hand over The American Nightmare and his allies.

Cody Rhodes is set to defend his Undisputed WWE Championship against Solo Sikoa at SummerSlam which should put an end to this feud once and for all, but will it?

It remains to be seen if Rhodes can successfully defend his title against the new Tribal Chief at SummerSlam, and whether the highly speculated return of Roman Reigns comes to fruition at the premium live event on August 3 in Cleveland, Ohio.