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Jey Uso - Wikipedia
Jey Uso - Wikipedia
Jey Uso - Wikipedia
Joshua Samuel Fatu (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is
currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Jey Uso. He
is a member of the renowned Anoaʻi family of Samoan professional wrestlers.
Trained since childhood by his father, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi, Fatu debuted in WWE's then-
developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2010, and wrestled as Jules
Uso alongside his twin brother, Jimmy, as The Usos, where they became FCW Florida Tag Team
Champions. They were moved to the main roster later that year. While on the main roster, they
have been managed by their cousin Tamina Snuka, and Jimmy's wife, Naomi.[7] From July 2021
to June 2023, he was part of the villainous stable The Bloodline with his first cousin once
removed and group leader Roman Reigns and his brothers Jimmy and Solo Sikoa.
During his time as part of The Usos, Fatu won the award of holding the record for the longest
male tag team championship reign in WWE history at 622 days, which was accomplished in their
fifth reign with the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[8] They are overall eight-time tag
team champions in WWE, capturing the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship three times and
winning the Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year in both 2014 and 2015. In 2017, they won
the SmackDown Tag Team Championship on three occasions, followed by a fourth reign in 2019
and a fifth reign in 2021. They are the first team to win both the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team
Championships and the first team to hold them simultaneously as the Undisputed WWE Tag
Team Championship.
As a singles professional wrestler, Fatu has won the 2020 Feud of the Year category for his feud
with Roman Reigns by the CBS Sports and has won the 2021 André the Giant Memorial Battle
Royal.[9][10] He would later win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship with Cody Rhodes,
marking his fourth reign with the Raw Tag
Team Championship and sixth reign with the
SmackDown Tag Team Championship. At
Jey Uso
WrestleMania XL, Jey defeated his twin
Jimmy Uso in a singles match.
Early life
Born nine minutes after his twin brother,
Jonathan to parents Talisua Fuavai and
professional wrestler Solofa Fatu Jr.[1] Joshua
Samuel Fatu was born in San Francisco,
California on August 22, 1985. Fatu is of
Samoan descent. As the son of WWE Hall of
Famer Solofa Fatu Jr. (Rikishi), he is also part
of the Anoaʻi family.[11][12] He attended
Jey Uso in 2024
Escambia High School in Pensacola, Florida,
where he played competitive football. He
Birth Joshua
continued his football career at University of
West Alabama from 2003 to 2005, where he
[13]
name Samuel
played linebacker.
Fatu
Football Born August
career 22, 1985
San
Fatu attended and played linebacker for the
University of West Alabama. Prior to the 2005 Francisco,
season, UWA head football coach Sam
McCorkle cited in a Tuscaloosa News article
that Fatu would be one of the players to
watch. McCorkle hopes Josh Fatu, who was California,
previously sat out for academic reasons,
along with another linebacker, Kidane U.S.[1]
McBride, who was transferred from
Tennessee-Martin, to help provide shots on
defense. Unfortunately, the season didn’t go
Alma University
as Fatu hoped it would.[13][14]
mater of West
Realizing his football career was not heading
down a desirable path, Fatu and his brother Alabama
Jonathan decided to join his father Solofa
(Rikishi) and uncle, Eddie (Umaga) in the
wrestling business.[13]
Spouse(s) Takecia T
Children 2
Professional
Parent(s) Rikishi
wrestling (father)
career Family Anoaʻi
Professional
Early career wrestling career
(2007–2009)
Ring "Main
Joshua made his professional wrestling debut
name(s) Event"
for World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) alongside
his brother Jonathan Fatu, as a tag team
called The Fatu Twins in Milton, Florida on
Jey
June 8, 2007. He debuted as Joshua Fatu.[1]
Uso[2]
On December 12, 2008 Joshua made his
appearance for National Wrestling Alliance Josh
(NWA) at NWA Prime Time event in
Columbus, Georgia as Josh Fatu. He was a Fatu
member of a tag team called The Samoan
Soldiers with his brother Jonathan.[15] Joshua
In 2009, he and his brother wrestled twice as a Fatu
tag team for Xtreme Championship Wrestling
(XCW) in Decature and North Richland Hills,
[15]
Jules
Texas.
Uso[3]
The
World Wrestling Gobbledy
Entertainment / Gooker[4]
WWE (2010- Billed 6 ft 2 in
present) height (188 cm)[5]
Billed 242 lb
Florida
Championship weight (110 kg)[5]
On the May 24, 2010, episode of Raw, The Usos (with Jules now wrestling as Jey Uso) and
Tamina made their debut as heels by attacking the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions, The Hart
Dynasty (Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, and Natalya).[28][29][30] The following week, Raw General
Manager Bret Hart stated that he had signed them to contracts. That night, the trio cut a promo,
stating that they were looking for respect for their families. They were interrupted and attacked
by The Hart Dynasty, who were seeking revenge for the surprise attack the previous week.[31]
The Usos attempted to attack The Hart Dynasty again on the June 7 episode of Raw, but The
Harts were ready and gained the upper hand.[32] The Usos made their in-ring debut for the brand
on the June 17 episode of Superstars, defeating Goldust and Mark Henry.[33] Three days later
they made their pay-per-view debut by losing to The Hart Dynasty in a six-person mixed tag team
match at Fatal 4-Way.[34] The Usos were scheduled to face The Hart Dynasty on the June 28
episode of Raw, but the match never started as The Usos instead attacked The Harts when they
were entering the ring.[35] The Usos defeated The Hart Dynasty for the first time in a six-person
mixed tag team match on the July 12 episode of Raw when Jey pinned Smith.[36] The Usos
challenged The Harts for the Unified Tag Team Championship at the Money in the Bank pay-per-
view, but were unsuccessful.[37] On the July 26 episode of Raw, Jey Uso went against Randy
Orton in his first singles match on the brand in a losing effort. They received another shot for the
Tag Team Championship at Night of Champions in a Tag Team Turmoil match, where they
eliminated both The Hart Dynasty and the team of Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella before
being eliminated by Mark Henry and Evan Bourne. On the December 6 episode of Raw, The Usos
were in a fatal four-way tag match and were eliminated, but Tamina stayed in the corner of
Marella and Kozlov upon their winning of the WWE Tag Team Championship; as a result, she
turned face and left The Usos.
On April 26, 2011, both Usos were drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2011
Supplemental Draft.[38] On the June 2 episode of Superstars, The Usos turned face when they
competed against The Corre (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater) in a losing effort.[39] Throughout
June 2011, The Usos continuous to complete victories with Gabriel and Slater in tag team
matches, while managing to defeat them in two six-man tag matches while partnering once with
Ezekiel Jackson and once with Trent Barreta.[40] The Usos began performing the Siva Tau, a
traditional Samoan war dance, as part of their ring entrance, using the dance to display their
strength and energize themselves. They performed this entrance until they turned heel in
2016.[41][42] On the July 29 episode of SmackDown, The Usos challenged David Otunga and
Michael McGillicutty for the WWE Tag Team Titles, but were defeated.[43]
The Usos then began appearing on the fifth season of NXT in September 2011, by delivering
post-match attacks on the team of Darren Young and JTG.[44] The Usos then went on to defeat
Young and JTG on the September 27 episode of NXT Redemption. However, just like how The
Usos debuted on NXT, they were attacked after their win by another debuting tag team, Curt
Hawkins and Tyler Reks,[45] and The Usos were defeated by Hawkins and Reks the next week. In
the following months and into 2012, The Usos exchanged wins with Hawkins and Reks on NXT,
while continually losing to Primo and Epico on SmackDown.[46] They also feuded with JTG, who
had become Tamina's boyfriend.[47] In March 2012, The Usos began a feud with Darren Young
and Titus O'Neil, after they mocked The Usos' pre-match Siva Tau.[48] Although The Usos beat
Young and O'Neil in tag team matches, they were continually defeated in singles matches.[49] On
the final episode of the fifth season of NXT on June 13, The Usos defeated Johnny Curtis and
Michael McGillicutty.[50]
The Usos then started a feud with The Ascension (Conor O'Brian and Kenneth Cameron) on the
August 15 episode of NXT, with a match between the two tag teams ending in the Ascension
being disqualified; the Ascension then conducted a post-match attack on The Usos.[51] On the
August 29 episode of NXT, The Usos called out the Ascension, but the Ascension ambushed The
Usos and again delivered a beatdown.[52] On the September 5 episode of NXT, the Ascension
defeated The Usos.[53] The Usos then teamed with Richie Steamboat to lose to The Ascension
and Kassius Ohno on the October 17 episode of NXT.[54] The Usos' feud with the Ascension was
cut short when Cameron was released from WWE.[55]
At WrestleMania XXVIII, The Usos unsuccessfully challenged for the WWE Tag Team
Championship in a triple threat dark match against champions Primo and Epico and Tyson Kidd
and Justin Gabriel when the defending champions retained their titles.[56] At No Way Out, The
Usos competed with Primo and Epico, Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd, and The Prime Time
Players in a Fatal-4-Way Tag Team match to determine the Number 1 contenders for the WWE
Tag Team Champions and were unsuccessful.[57] On the July 16 episode of Raw, The Usos
made an appearance dancing with their father, Rikishi, after Rikishi made a "Blast from the Past"
return defeating Heath Slater.[56] On the September 7 episode of SmackDown, The Usos were
unsuccessful in winning a Triple Threat Tag Team match for No# 1 contendership for the WWE
Tag Team titles against The Prime Time Players, and Primo and Epico.
On the June 3 episode of Raw, The Usos began to use face paint similar to their deceased uncle
Eddie Fatu, also known as Umaga, as a means of further highlighting their Samoan culture.[58]
During the following months, they competed for The Shield's WWE Tag Team Championship. At
Money in the Bank The Usos challenged Rollins and Reigns for the titles, but were unsuccessful
and participated in a triple-threat tag team match against the team of Cody Rhodes and Goldust
and The Shield at the Hell in a Cell pay per view, which they failed to win.[59]
The Usos were involved in the traditional Survivor Series elimination match at Survivor Series,
teaming with Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a losing effort against The Real
Americans and The Shield. After a brief feud against The Wyatt Family, at the beginning of 2014,
The Usos would go on a winning streak and began to demand a Tag Team Championship match
from The New Age Outlaws. They received a tag title shot at the Elimination Chamber PPV
against the Outlaws but were once again unsuccessful, but they won the titles on the March 3
episode of Raw. On the WrestleMania XXX pre-show, The Usos successfully defended their titles
in a Fatal Four Way Elimination match against Ryback and Curtis Axel, The Real Americans, and
Los Matadores. The Usos then resumed a rivalry with The Wyatt Family, successfully retaining
the championships against Harper and Rowan at Money in the Bank and Battleground. The Usos
then dropped the titles to Goldust and Stardust at Night of Champions, ending their reign at 202
days.[60]
On the December 29 edition of Raw, The Usos recaptured the titles from The Miz and Damien
Mizdow after feuding with them over Naomi's entertainment opportunities. However, they lost
the titles at Fastlane against Tyson Kidd and Cesaro.[61] Despite getting a rematch the next night
on Raw, The Usos did not regain the titles due to Natalya interfering for a DQ win. At the March 9
SmackDown tapings, Jey Uso suffered a legitimate shoulder injury. On the WrestleMania 31 pre-
show, they competed in the fatal-four-way tag team match in which they lost and Jey further
injuring his shoulder.
After Jey Uso suffered an anterior shoulder dislocation on the left arm, he remained off WWE
television for about six months. On the April 18 episode of Main Event, Jimmy Uso defeated
Xavier Woods. Jimmy performed commentary while Jey was out with the injury. On the May 12
episode of Main Event, Jimmy Uso teamed with Zack Ryder to face Luke Harper and Erick
Rowan in a losing effort. Jimmy Uso returned to action on the September 10 episode of
SmackDown, teaming with Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose in a six-man tag team against The
New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods). They won via disqualification after Jimmy
was attacked by The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman and Luke Harper).
Jey Uso returned on the November 2 episode of Raw alongside his brother Jimmy as a surprise
return to team up with their cousin Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Ryback against Seth
Rollins, Kevin Owens and The New Day in a Survivor Series elimination tag team match, The
Usos along with Reigns, Ambrose and Ryback were victorious in the match. On the November 30
episode of Raw, The Usos competed in a tag team #1 contenders match against Lucha Dragons,
which ended in a double disqualification when The New Day attacked both teams. Later that
night, Stephanie McMahon told The Usos that they would be inserted to the tag team
championship match at the TLC pay-per-view if Roman Reigns defeated Sheamus during the
main event of the show in 5 minutes and 15 seconds, which he won by disqualification. At TLC,
The Usos competed in a losing effort. The Usos won a Slammy Award on the December 21
episode of Raw for "Tag Team of the year".
On July 19, at the 2016 WWE draft, The Usos were drafted to SmackDown working on both the
Battleground and SummerSlam pre-shows. Then, they entered an 8 tag team tournament to
determine the inaugural holders of the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship. On the
September 6 episode of SmackDown, The Usos turned heel for the first time since 2011 when
they attacked American Alpha after losing to them in 28 seconds in the semi-finals. At Backlash,
The Usos defeated the Hype Bros before facing Heath Slater and Rhyno in the tournament finals,
but were defeated. The Usos faced the new champions at No Mercy, where they were defeated
again. As part of their heel turn, they began a street-like, thuggish gimmick. The Usos
participated in a 5–on–5 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match at Survivor Series, where
they lost to Cesaro and Sheamus of Team Raw.[63] The Usos would reignite their feud with
American Alpha following the Elimination Chamber after they attacked American Alpha.
On the March 21, 2017, episode of SmackDown, The Usos defeated American Alpha to win the
SmackDown Tag Team Championship, becoming the first team to have won both the Raw
(formerly WWE Tag Team Championship) and SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[64] On the
April 11 episode of SmackDown Live, The Usos were successful in their first title defense by
defeating American Alpha in a rematch, ending the feud.[65] They retained the titles at Backlash
against Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango)[66] and Money in the Bank against The New
Day,[67] but lost them at Battleground to The New Day, ending their 124-day reign.[68] On August
20 at the SummerSlam pre-show, The Usos defeated The New Day to recapture the titles.[69]
Their reign ended on the September 12 episode of SmackDown Live after they lost to The New
Day in a Sin City Street Fight,[70] but regained at Hell in a Cell.[71] On the October 10 episode of
SmackDown Live, The Usos claimed that they had respect for The New Day, turning into fan
favorites again.[72]
At Survivor Series, they defeated Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus in an
interbrand Champion vs Champion match.[73] At Clash of Champions, The Usos retained the title
in a fatal four-way tag team match against Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin, The New Day (Big
E and Kofi Kingston) and Rusev and Aiden English.[74] At Royal Rumble, The Usos retained the
titles against Gable and Benjamin in a two out of three falls match, winning 2–0.[75] They would
renew their rivalry with the New Day, culminating in a title match at Fastlane, which would end in
a no-contest due to interference from The Bludgeon Brothers.[76] At WrestleMania 34, The Usos
wrestled on the main card of WrestleMania for the first time, where they defended the titles
against The New Day and The Bludgeon Brothers in a triple threat tag team match, but The Usos
dropped the belts to The Bludgeon Brothers after Harper pinned Kofi Kingston. This ended their
reign at 182 days, setting a record for the longest SmackDown Tag Team Championship
reign.[77] On the SmackDown after WrestleMania, The Usos would defeat the New Day to earn a
rematch against the Bludgeon Brothers for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship at
the Greatest Royal Rumble.[78] At the event on April 27, The Usos were defeated when Rowan
pinned Jey Uso.[79]
The Usos as SmackDown Tag Team Champions at
WrestleMania 34
On the May 22 episode of SmackDown, The Usos attempted to earn another title match at
Money in the Bank, but were defeated by Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.[80] Following the loss,
The Usos began failing to earn numerous title opportunities, including a tag team match against
a returning Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) on the July 3 episode of SmackDown and
losing in the first round of a number one contender's tournament to The Bar (Cesaro and
Sheamus) on the July 31 episode of SmackDown.[81] After months of treading in the division,
The Usos began to build momentum, starting with Survivor Series, where they, as Team
SmackDown's captains, emerged from the 10-on-10 Survivor Series match as the sole survivors,
giving SmackDown their only win over Raw.[82] They would go on to challenge The Bar for the
SmackDown Tag Team Championship in a triple threat match, which also included the New Day
at TLC, but failed to capture the titles.[83]
On the January 29, 2019, episode of SmackDown, they defeated The Bar, The New Day and new
SmackDown tag team Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker) to get a SmackDown Tag Team
Championship match at Elimination Chamber,[84] where they defeated Shane McMahon and The
Miz, winning the titles for a record fourth time.[85] On the March 26 episode of SmackDown, The
Usos were a part of a tag team gauntlet match in which they forfeited to former longtime rivals
the New Day as a show of respect and to help Kofi Kingston earn a WWE Championship match
at WrestleMania.[86] As a storyline punishment for their deed, they were scheduled to defend the
titles against The Bar, Aleister Black and Ricochet, and Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev in a Fatal
4-Way at WrestleMania 35,[87] where they would retain.[88] Two days later, on the April 9 episode
of SmackDown, The Usos lost the titles to Hardy Boyz.[89]
As part of the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, The Usos were drafted to the Raw brand.[90] They
entered a feud with The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) on Raw, while also entering a
feud with Daniel Bryan and Rowan on SmackDown, thanks to WWE's new Wild Card Rule.[91][92]
On the May 7 episode of SmackDown Live, they failed to regain the SmackDown Tag Team
Championship from Bryan and Rowan.[93] At Money in the Bank, they defeated Bryan and Rowan
in a non-title match.[94][95] They proceed their feud with The Revival, where the two team would
be trading wins with one another.[96][97] On the June 10 episode of Raw, both The Usos and The
Revival competed in a triple threat match for the Raw Tag Team Championship against
champions Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, which The Revival won.[98] At Extreme Rules, The Usos
challenged The Revival for the titles, where they were unsuccessful.[99][100] Following Jimmy's
arrest for DUI, the duo would be off television for the remainder of the calendar year.[101][102]
On the September 4 episode of SmackDown, after Big E was attacked and injured in a storyline,
Jey took Big E's place in a fatal 4-way match against Matt Riddle, King Corbin, and Sheamus
where the winner would earn a Universal Championship match at Clash of Champions against
Roman Reigns, who turned heel recently. Jey won by pinning Riddle to earn the first singles
championship opportunity of his career.[109] He was defeated at Clash of Champions when
Jimmy appeared and threw in a towel on Jey's behalf. Jey then received a rematch at Hell in a
Cell in an "I Quit" Hell in a Cell match but lost again.[110][111][112] After Hell in a Cell, Jey aligned
with Roman Reigns, thus turning heel in the process.[113] On the April 9, 2021, special
WrestleMania edition of SmackDown, Jey won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. This
marked Jey's first major singles accolade in WWE.[10]
On January 16, 2022, they broke their previous record of 185 days as longest reigning
SmackDown Tag Team Champions.[118] At WrestleMania 38, The Usos defeated Shinsuke
Nakamura and Rick Boogs to retain their championship.[119] At WrestleMania Backlash, The
Usos and Reigns defeated RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) and Drew McIntyre in a six-man tag
team match.[120] On the May 20 episode of SmackDown, they, with outside interference from
Reigns, defeated RK-Bro to win the Raw Tag Team Championship, becoming the Undisputed
WWE Tag Team Champions. This gave The Usos their third reign as Raw Tag Team Champions
(and first reign with the title since 2014) and made them the first team to hold the Raw and
SmackDown titles simultaneously.[121] At Money in the Bank, The Usos retained their undisputed
titles against The Street Profits in controversial fashion, with The Usos winning by pinfall despite
Montez Ford's shoulder being off the mat.[122] A rematch between the teams was scheduled for
SummerSlam[123] with a special guest referee, later revealed to be Jeff Jarrett.[124]
On July 18, The Usos surpassed the 365-day mark as SmackDown Tag Team Champions,
becoming the first team to hold the titles for a continuous reign of one full year. At
SummerSlam, The Usos successfully retained against The Street Profits.[125] At Crown Jewel on
November 5, The Usos successfully retained the titles against The Brawling Brutes (Butch and
Ridge Holland).[126] On the November 11 episode of SmackDown, they retained their
championships against The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods), thus ensuring that they
would become the longest reigning male tag team champions on WWE's main roster, a record
previously set by The New Day at 483 days.[127] On November 14, 2022, The Usos officially broke
The New Day's record for main roster tag team championships, and then on November 28, they
broke Gallus' record of 497 days with the NXT UK Tag Team Championship to become the
longest reigning male tag team champions in WWE history, regardless of championship or roster
status. At Survivor Series WarGames on November 26, The Bloodline (The Usos, Roman Reigns,
Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn) defeated The Brawling Brutes, Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens in a
WarGames match.[128]
Tensions between The Usos and Sami Zayn resurfaced in subsequent weeks. After Reigns
retained the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble against Kevin
Owens, The Usos proceeded to beat down Owens and handcuff him to the ring ropes. After
refusing to hit Owens, Zayn then hit Reigns with a steel chair, turning face. Jimmy, Sikoa and
Reigns attacked Zayn whilst Jey looked on and eventually left the ring in disgust.[129] After the
event, Jey declared on Instagram that "he's out"[130][131] and did not appear on the following
episode of SmackDown.[132] Jey would show up on the February 10 episode of SmackDown to
retain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship with Jimmy against Braun Strowman and
Ricochet. Before the episode ended, Reigns, through Heyman, informed The Usos to stay at
home for the following week's episode of SmackDown and Elimination Chamber in Canada.[133]
This was meant to write off The Usos as they may not be able to enter Canada due to their DUI
history. [134] However, Jimmy would be present for the event to assist Reigns in retaining his
championship, and Jey would show up to prevent Reigns from hitting Zayn with a chair, which
failed.
On the March 6 episode of Raw, Jey showed up in the crowd during Jimmy's match against Zayn
which Jimmy lost. Following the match, Jey hugged Zayn and then delivered a Superkick to the
latter, affirming Jey's allegiance to The Bloodline. The Usos and Sikoa then attacked Zayn before
Cody Rhodes ran out to save Zayn.[135] On the March 20 episode of Raw, a reunited Owens and
Zayn challenged The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania
39, which The Usos accepted.[136] On night one of the event on April 1, The Usos main evented
WrestleMania for the first time in their careers, where they lost the titles to Owens and Zayn,
thus ending their Raw reign at 316 days and their record SmackDown reign at 622 days. This
match also marked the first time a tag team match main evented WrestleMania since its
inaugural show.[137] The match was rated five stars by Dave Meltzer and became the eighth
main roster WWE match to receive five stars and the first match in The Usos' careers to receive
such a rating.[138] Following their loss, Reigns started ignoring them and began depending more
on Sikoa instead, with Reigns inserting himself and Sikoa into a title match at Night of
Champions.[139] They failed to capture the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships in their
rematch against Owens and Zayn on the April 28 episode of SmackDown.[140]
At SummerSlam, Jey failed to win the title from Reigns in an anything goes match called Tribal
Combat after Jimmy appeared to have turned on Jey by pulling him out of the ring while he
attempted to pin Reigns and superkicked him, allowing Reigns to defeat Jey.[146] However, on
the August 11 episode of SmackDown, he explained that the reason for his actions was out of
fear that if Jey had become the new Tribal Chief, the power would have corrupted him. Jey
responded by superkicking Reigns, Sikoa, and finally Jimmy. Afterwards, he declared that he was
quitting WWE.[147] Jey Uso returned at Payback, appearing on The Grayson Waller Effect with
Cody Rhodes announcing that he will be switching brands from SmackDown to Raw.[148]
After joining the Raw brand, Jey received an offer from The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian
Priest, Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, and Rhea Ripley) to join their ranks. On the September 18
episode of Raw, Jey declined the offer, attacking Bálor, Priest, and Mysterio before losing a
match to Drew McIntyre. After the match, Bálor, Priest, and Mysterio attacked Jey, with McIntyre
refusing to help or accept him due to his past with The Bloodline, before Rhodes came to save
him. At Fastlane, Jey and Rhodes defeated Bálor and Priest to win the Undisputed WWE Tag
Team Championship. Jey became the first person to have twice held the tag team
championships as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. Individually under the
Undisputed title, this marked his fourth reign with the Raw Tag Team Championship and sixth
reign with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[149] This also marked the first time Jey
won a WWE tag team championship without his brother Jimmy. Jey and Rhodes went on to
retain their titles against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn and Austin Theory and Grayson Waller on
the following week's episodes of Raw and SmackDown. However, they lost the titles back to
Bálor and Priest in a rematch on the October 16 episode of Raw thanks to interference from
Jimmy, ending their reign at 9 days. This, however, gave Jey the distinction of holding the
SmackDown Tag Team Championship for the most cumulative days across his six reigns at
1,011 days (1,010 days as recognized by WWE).[150] Jey and Rhodes failed to regain the titles
from Bálor and Priest after interference from Drew McIntyre, who quickly revealed afterward that
he'd accepted Rhea Ripley's offer to align with The Judgment Day for Survivor Series: WarGames
in order to punish Jey. At Survivor Series: WarGames, Uso, along with Rhodes, Zayn, Seth
"Freakin" Rollins and Randy Orton, defeated the team of McIntyre and The Judgment Day (Priest,
Bálor, Mysterio, and JD McDonagh) in a WarGames match.[151] On the December 4 episode of
Raw, Uso unsuccessfully challenged Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship.[152] Two
weeks later, Uso won his first singles match since moving to Raw defeating Ludwig Kaiser
without his brother.[153] At the Royal Rumble on January 27, Jey entered the Royal Rumble match
at number 1 lasting 50 minutes eliminating JD McDonagh before being eliminated by
Gunther.[154]
At WrestleMania XL, he defeated his brother Jimmy in a singles match.[155] The following night
on WrestleMania Sunday, Jey interfered in the main event between Reigns and Cody Rhodes,
attacking Jimmy and spearing him through a table at the entrance ramp. The next night on Raw,
Uso won a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender for the World
Heavyweight Championship for Backlash France. On the April 23 episode of Raw, Jey and Priest
would confront one another ahead of their title match which would end in a failed ambush by JD
McDonagh. It was during his entrance that Jey adopted the fireflies from Bray Wyatt, who died
of heart failure in August 2023.[156][157] At the event on May 4, Jey failed to win the title from
Priest after interference from McDonagh and Finn Bálor. On the May 6 episode of Raw, Jey
competed in the King of the Ring tournament replacing Drew McIntyre, who was not medically
cleared to compete. Jey would defeat Finn Bálor in the first round.[158] On the May 13 episode of
Raw, Jey would beat Ilja Dragunov to advance to the semifinals of the King of the Ring
tournament.[159] On the May 20 episode of Raw, Jey lost to Gunther in the semifinals.
Other media
He starred in the first episode of Outside the Ring, where he and his brother, Jimmy Uso cooked
a traditional Samoan barbecue.[160]
Jey made his video game debut in WWE '13 as a DLC.[161] The Usos were not in WWE 2K14 but
returned in WWE 2K15, and have continued to appear in WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18,
WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22, WWE 2K23 and WWE 2K24. He also appeared uncredited in
Countdown with Dolph Ziggler, Roman Reigns, and Big Show and his brother Jimmy Uso as well
as the animated film The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!, which he played a role as
Usobots.
Jey made a brief appearance on the reality television series Total Divas due to his brother,
Jimmy being married to Total Divas star Naomi.
Jey is regularly featured on Xavier Woods' YouTube channel UpUpDownDown, where he goes by
the nickname 'Jucey'. He challenged Kofi Kingston for the title in a game of Tetris, where he
defeated Kingston to win the championship.[162] Jimmy would then defeat Jey in a two-out-of-
three game of The King of Fighters XIV to win the championship.[163] He lost the title to Samoa
Joe in a game of World Heroes.[164]
After being named the number one contender for the WWE Universal Championship in
September 2020, he was featured on an episode of the WWE Network mini documentary series
WWE Chronicle.
Personal life
Fatu is of Samoan descent. As the sons of WWE Hall of Famer Solofa Fatu Jr. (Rikishi), the twin
brother of Jon Fatu (Jimmy Uso) and the brother of Sefa Fatu (Solo Sikoa), he is also part of the
Anoaʻi family; he is first cousins once-removed from current and former WWE performers Afa
Anoaʻi Jr. (Manu), Samula Anoaʻi (Samu), the late Matt Anoaʻi (Rosey), Joe Anoaʻi (Roman
Reigns), Sean Maluta, the late WWE Hall of Famer Rodney Anoaʻi (Yokozuna), Lloyd Anoaʻi (L.A
Smooth) and Lance Anoaʻi, as well as Jacob Fatu who is best known for his tenure in Major
League Wrestling (MLW) and has signed WWE, but is yet to debut. He is also the nephews of
Sam Fatu (The Tonga Kid), the late Eddie Fatu (Umaga), and WWE Hall of Famers Afa Anoaʻi and
Sika Anoaʻi. He is also related through a blood brotherhood between his great-grandfather
Reverend Amituana'i Anoaʻi, Pita (Peter) Maivia, James (Jimmy) Snuka, James Reiher-Snuka
(Deuce) Sarona Snuka Polamalu (Tamina), and Dwayne Johnson (The Rock). His stage name
"uso" means "brother" in the Samoan language. From 2011 to 2016, he performed the Samoan
Siva Tau before their matches.
Fatu married his wife Takecia Travis in 2015. They have two sons, Jaciyah and Jeyce
together.[165]
Legal issues
Fatu was arrested in January 2018 for DUI in Hidalgo County, Texas after performing at a WWE
live event held at Hidalgo's Payne Arena. He was released the same day after posting a $500
personal recognizance bond.[166]
As a result of the charges, he and his brother, Jonathan, have been generally barred from
entering Canada, although they were given special permission to enter the country for WWE's
Elimination Chamber event in 2023.[167][168]
After Joshua began his singles run, he adopted a new catchphrase "Yeet" in September 2023.
However, the WWE temporarily suspended merchandise sales on December 4, 2023 after it was
discovered that the "Yeet" trademark was claimed by West Virginia-born independent wrestler,
Kasey Scott Huffman, who trademarked the phrase in 2021 by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office but was suspended in October 2022. It was then resolved a few days later.[169]
Championships and
accomplishments
Jey Uso is a 10-time Tag Team
Champion...
ESPN
Best storyline of the year (2022) part
of The Bloodline and Sami Zayn[171]
WWE
WWE Raw Tag Team
Championship[a] (4 times) – with
Jimmy Uso (3) and Cody Rhodes
(1)[b][179]
WWE SmackDown Tag Team
Championship (6 times) – with
Jimmy Uso (5) and Cody Rhodes
(1)[c][180]
André the Giant Memorial Battle
Royal (2021)[10]
Slammy Award (2 times)
Tag Team of the Year (2014,
2015) – with Jimmy
Uso[181][182]
Notes
References
External links
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