The Usos were a Samoan-Americanprofessional wrestlingtag team which consists of twin brothersJey Uso andJimmy Uso. They are signed toWWE, where Jey performs on theRaw brand while Jimmy performs on theSmackDown brand. They are the three-timeRaw Tag Team Champions and five-timeSmackDown Tag Team Champions, making their team overall eight-time champions and holding the record for the longest male tag team championship reign in WWE history at 622 days. The Usos are members of the renownedAnoaʻi family of Samoan wrestlers.
Trained since childhood by their father,WWE Hall of FamerRikishi, the twin brothers Joshua and Jonathan debuted in WWE's then-developmental territoryFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2009, where they becameFCW Florida Tag Team Champions, and wrestled as Jules Uso and Jimmy Uso (The Uso Brothers). They were moved to the main roster the following year. While on the main roster, they have beenmanaged by their cousin Tamina Snuka and Jimmy's wife, Naomi.[7] From July 2021 to June 2023, they were part of The Bloodline with their real-life first cousin once removed and group leaderRoman Reigns and younger brotherSolo Sikoa. Jimmy left the group in June 2023, with Jey following suit two weeks later; only for Jimmy to rejoin the group in September of that year until he was excommunicated in April 2024, and was subsequently replaced byTama Tonga.
Peers and critics have described the Usos as one of the greatest professional wrestling tag teams of all time.[8][9][10][11] They hold the record for the longest male tag team championship reign in WWE history at 622 days, which was accomplished in their fifth reign with theWWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[12] They are overall eight-timetag team champions in WWE, capturing theWWE Raw Tag Team Championshipthree times and winning theSlammy 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 theUndisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. In addition, The Usos have competed in the main event of several pay-per-views, including Night 1 ofWrestleMania 39, which was the first time a tag team championship was defended in the main event of aWrestleMania, and the second time that a tag team match was the main event of Wrestlemania.
Joshua Samuel Fatu (Josh) and Jonathan Solofa Fatu (Jon) were born inSan Francisco, California on August 22, 1985 (Jonathan is the oldertwin by 9 minutes),[13] the sons of Talisua Fuavai and professional wrestlerRikishi.[14] They have six brothers and a sister, includingSolo Sikoa.[15] The Fatu brothers are of Samoan descent. As the sons of WWE Hall of FamerRikishi, they are also part of the Anoaʻi family; they are first cousins once-removed from former WWE performerAfa Anoaʻi Jr.[16][17] The brothers attendedEscambia High School inPensacola, Florida, where they played competitive football. They continued their football careers atUniversity of West Alabama, where they both playedlinebacker. Jonathan played one season (2003), while Joshua played from 2003 to 2005.[18] On the January 26, 2007 episode ofWWE SmackDown, Jon wrestled under the name "Jon Robinson" teaming with Adam Evans in a losing effort toDeuce 'n Domino.[citation needed]
On December 12, 2008, the brothers made theirprofessional wrestling debut as the Samoan Soldiers, at the NWA Prime Time event, defeating Killer Instinct (Jake Slater and Mike Stratus). In 2009, they worked in Texas.
The Uso Brothers debuted in Florida Championship wrestling in January 2010, by defeating The Rotundo Brothers (Duke andBo) on January 14.[19] In a clash of the generational wrestlers on February 18, The Rotundo Brothers teamed up withWes Brisco to defeat The Usos and Donny Marlow.[20] They continued their association with Marlow at the television tapings on February 25, when he accompanied them to ringside for a victory against Titus O'Neil andBig E Langston.[21] In March, they were joined by Sarona Snuka, who began acting as theirmanager and on March 13, The Usos defeated The Fortunate Sons (Joe Hennig andBrett DiBiase) to win theFCW Florida Tag Team Championship.[22][23][24] They made their first title defense at the March 18 television tapings by defeating The Dudebusters (Trent Baretta andCaylen Croft) to retain.[25] They went on to successfully defend the championship againstPercy Watson andDarren Young,Hunico andTito Nieves,Skip Sheffield and Darren Young, and The Dudebusters, who they defeated bydisqualification when Tamina pulled thereferee out of thering to stop him from counting thepinfall.[26][27][28][29] On June 3, The Usos lost the Florida Tag Team Championship to "Los Aviadores" (Hunico andDos Equis).[22][30]
On the May 24, 2010, episode ofRaw, The Usos (with Jules now wrestling as Jey Uso) and Tamina made their debut asheels by attacking theUnifiedWWE Tag Team Champions,The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd,David Hart Smith, andNatalya).[31][32][33] The following week,Raw General ManagerBret Hart stated that he had signed them to contracts. That night, the triocut 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.[34] The Usos attempted to attack The Hart Dynasty again on the June 7 episode ofRaw, but The Harts were ready and gained the upper hand.[35] The Usos made their in-ring debut for the brand on the June 17 episode ofSuperstars, defeatingGoldust andMark Henry.[36] Three days later they made theirpay-per-view debut by losing to The Hart Dynasty in asix-personmixed tag team match atFatal 4-Way.[37] The Usos were scheduled to face The Hart Dynasty on the June 28 episode ofRaw, but the match never started as The Usos instead attacked The Harts when they were entering the ring.[38] The Usos defeated The Hart Dynasty for the first time in a six-person mixed tag team match on the July 12 episode ofRaw when Jey pinned Smith.[39] The Usos challenged The Harts for the Unified Tag Team Championship at theMoney in the Bank pay-per-view, but were unsuccessful.[40] On the July 26 episode ofRaw, Jey Uso went againstRandy Orton in his first singles match on the brand in a losing effort. They received another shot for theTag Team Championship atNight of Champions in aTag Team Turmoil match, where they eliminated both The Hart Dynasty and the team ofVladimir Kozlov andSantino Marella before being eliminated by Mark Henry andEvan Bourne. On the December 6 episode ofRaw, 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 turnedface and left The Usos.
On April 26, 2011, both Usos were drafted to theSmackDownbrand as part of the2011 Supplemental Draft.[41] On the June 2 episode ofSuperstars, The Usos turnedface when they competed againstThe Corre (Justin Gabriel andHeath Slater) in a losing effort.[42] 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 withEzekiel Jackson and once with Trent Barreta.[43] The Usos began performing theSiva 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 on September 6, 2016 on Friday Night Smackdown.[44][45] On the July 29 episode ofSmackDown, The Usos challengedDavid OtungaandMichael McGillicutty for the WWE Tag Team Titles, but were defeated.[46]
The Usos then began appearing on thefifth season ofNXT in September 2011, by delivering post-match attacks on the team of Darren Young andJTG.[47] The Usos then went on to defeat Young and JTG on the September 27 episode ofNXT Redemption. However, just like how The Usos debuted on NXT, they were attacked after their win by another debuting tag team,Curt Hawkins andTyler Reks,[48] 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 toPrimo and Epico on SmackDown.[49] They also feuded with JTG, who had become Tamina's boyfriend.[50] In March 2012, The Usos began a feud withDarren Young and Titus O'Neil, after they mocked The Usos' pre-match Siva Tau.[51] Although The Usos beat Young and O'Neil in tag team matches, they were continually defeated in singles matches.[52] On the final episode of the fifth season ofNXT on June 13, The Usos defeatedJohnny Curtis and Michael McGillicutty.[53]
The Usos then started a feud withThe Ascension (Conor O'Brian andKenneth Cameron) on the August 15 episode ofNXT, 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.[54] On the August 29 episode ofNXT, The Usos called out the Ascension, but the Ascension ambushed The Usos and again delivered a beatdown.[55] On the September 5 episode ofNXT, the Ascension defeated The Usos.[56] The Usos then teamed withRichie Steamboat to lose to The Ascension andKassius Ohno on the October 17 episode ofNXT.[57] The Usos' feud with the Ascension was cut short when Cameron was released from WWE.[58]
AtWrestleMania 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.[59] AtNo 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.[60] 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.[59] On the September 7 episode ofSmackDown, 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 ofRaw, The Usos began to useface paint similar to their deceased uncleEddie Fatu, also known as Umaga, as a means of further highlighting theirSamoan culture.[61] During the following months, they competed for The Shield's WWE Tag Team Championship. AtMoney in the Bank The Usos challenged Rollins and Reigns for the titles, but were unsuccessful and participated in atriple-threat tag team match against the team ofCody Rhodes and Goldust and The Shield at theHell in a Cell pay per view, which they failed to win.[62]
The Usos were involved in thetraditional Survivor Series elimination match atSurvivor Series, teaming withRey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a losing effort against The Real Americans andThe Shield. After a brief feud againstThe Wyatt Family, at the beginning of 2014, The Usos would go on a winning streak and began to demand a Tag Team Championship match fromThe New Age Outlaws. They received a tag title shot at theElimination Chamber PPV against the Outlaws but were once again unsuccessful, but they won the titles on the March 3 episode ofRaw. On theWrestleMania XXX pre-show, The Usos successfully defended their titles in a Fatal Four Way Elimination match againstRyback andCurtis Axel, The Real Americans, andLos Matadores. The Usos then resumed a rivalry with The Wyatt Family, successfully retaining the championships againstHarper and Rowan atMoney in the Bank andBattleground. The Usos then dropped the titles to Goldust and Stardust atNight of Champions, ending their reign at 202 days.[63]
The Usos withNaomi making their entrance to the ring at theWrestleMania 31 pre-show in March 2015
On the December 29 edition ofRaw, The Usos recaptured the titles fromThe Miz andDamien Mizdow after feuding with them over Naomi's entertainment opportunities. However, they lost the titles atFastlane againstTyson Kidd and Cesaro.[64] Despite getting a rematch the next night onRaw, The Usos did not regain the titles due to Natalya interfering for a DQ win. At the March 9SmackDown tapings, Jey Uso suffered a legitimate shoulder injury. On theWrestleMania 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 ofMain Event, Jimmy Uso defeatedXavier Woods. Jimmy performed commentary while Jey was out with the injury. On the May 12 episode ofMain Event, Jimmy Uso teamed withZack Ryder to face Luke Harper and Erick Rowan in a losing effort. Jimmy Uso returned to action on the September 10 episode ofSmackDown, teaming withRoman Reigns andDean Ambrose in a six-man tag team againstThe 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 andLuke Harper).
Jey Uso returned on the November 2 episode ofRaw alongside his brother Jimmy as a surprise return to team up with their cousin Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Ryback againstSeth 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 ofRaw, The Usos competed in a tag team #1 contenders match againstLucha 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 theTLC pay-per-view if Roman Reigns defeatedSheamus 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 aSlammy Award on the December 21 episode ofRaw for "Tag Team of the year".
At theRoyal Rumble, The Usos unsuccessfully challenged The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Championship. In February, The Usos entered a feud with theDudley Boyz after they put The Usos through tables after defeating The New Day and Mark Henry in an 8-man Tag team Tables match. On theWrestleMania 32 kickoff show, The Usos defeated The Dudley Boyz, but the next night onRaw, they were defeated by the Dudleys in tables match. On the April 11 episode ofRaw, The Usos defeated The Social Outcasts in the first round of a tag team tournament. Following the match, they were attacked byLuke GallowsandKarl Anderson. The following week onRaw, The Usos lost to The Vaudevillains in the semi-final round.[65] On the May 2 episode ofRaw, The Usos and Roman Reigns were defeated byAJ Styles, Gallows and Anderson in a six-man tag team match when Styles pinned Jey Uso. AtExtreme Rules, The Usos were defeated by Gallows and Anderson in a Texas Tornado match. Later that night, they helped Roman Reigns retain his title in the main event.
On July 19, at the2016 WWE draft, The Usos were drafted to SmackDown working on both theBattleground andSummerSlam pre-shows. Then, they entered an 8 tag team tournament to determine the inaugural holders of theWWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship. On the September 6 episode ofSmackDown, The Usos turnedheel for the first time since 2011 when they attackedAmerican Alpha after losing to them in 28 seconds in the semi-finals. AtBacklash, The Usos defeated theHype Bros before facingHeath Slater and Rhyno in the tournament finals, but were defeated. The Usos faced the new champions atNo Mercy, where they were defeated again. As part of their heel turn, they began a street-like, thuggish gimmick. The Usos participated in a5–on–5 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match atSurvivor Series, where they lost toCesaro and Sheamus of Team Raw.[66] The Usos would reignite their feud with American Alpha following theElimination Chamber after they attacked American Alpha.
On the March 21, 2017, episode ofSmackDown, 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.[67] On the April 11 episode ofSmackDown Live, The Usos were successful in their first title defense by defeating American Alpha in a rematch, ending the feud.[68] They retained the titles atBacklash against Breezango (Tyler Breeze andFandango)[69] andMoney in the Bank against The New Day,[70] but lost them atBattleground, ending their 124-day reign.[71] On August 20 at theSummerSlam pre-show, The Usos defeated The New Day to recapture the titles.[72] Their reign ended on the September 12 episode ofSmackDown Live after they lost to The New Day in a Sin City Street Fight,[73] but regained atHell in a Cell.[74] On the October 10 episode ofSmackDown Live, The Usos claimed that they had respect for The New Day, turning intofan favorites again.[75]
AtSurvivor Series, they defeated Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus in an interbrandChampion vs Champion match.[76] AtClash of Champions, The Usos retained the title in afatal four-way tag team match againstChad Gable andShelton Benjamin, The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) andRusev andAiden English.[77] AtRoyal Rumble, The Usos retained the titles against Gable and Benjamin in atwo out of three falls match, winning 2–0.[78] They would renew their rivalry with the New Day, culminating in a title match atFastlane, which would end in a no-contest due to interference fromThe Bludgeon Brothers.[79] AtWrestleMania 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.[80] On theSmackDown 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 theGreatest Royal Rumble.[81] At the event on April 27, The Usos were defeated when Rowan pinned Jey Uso.[82]
On the May 22 episode ofSmackDown, The Usos attempted to earn another title match atMoney in the Bank, but were defeated by Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.[83] Following the loss, The Usos began failing to earn numerous title opportunities, including a tag team match against a returningTeam Hell No (Daniel Bryan andKane) on the July 3 episode ofSmackDown and losing in the first round of a number one contender's tournament to The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) on the July 31 episode ofSmackDown.[84] After months of treading in the division, The Usos began to build momentum, starting withSurvivor 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.[85] 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 atTLC, but failed to capture the titles.[86]
On the January 29, 2019, episode ofSmackDown, they defeated The Bar, The New Day and new SmackDown tag teamHeavy Machinery (Otis andTucker) to get a SmackDown Tag Team Championship match atElimination Chamber,[87] where they defeatedShane McMahon and The Miz, winning the titles for a record fourth time.[88] On the March 26 episode ofSmackDown, 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.[89] As a storyline punishment for their deed, they were scheduled to defend the titles against The Bar,Aleister Black andRicochet, andShinsuke Nakamura and Rusev in a Fatal 4-Way atWrestleMania 35,[90] where they would retain.[91] Two days later, on the April 9 episode ofSmackDown, The Usos lost the titles toHardy Boyz.[92]
As part of the2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, The Usos were drafted to theRaw brand.[93] They entered a feud withThe Revival (Dash Wilder andScott Dawson) onRaw, while also entering a feud with Daniel Bryan and Rowan onSmackDown, thanks to WWE's newWild Card Rule.[94][95] On the May 7 episode ofSmackDown Live, they failed to regain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship from Bryan and Rowan.[96] AtMoney in the Bank, they defeated Bryan and Rowan in a non-title match.[97][98] They proceed their feud with The Revival, where the two team would be trading wins with one another.[99][100] On the June 10 episode ofRaw, both The Usos and The Revival competed in a triple threat match for theRaw Tag Team Championship against championsCurt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, which The Revival won.[101] AtExtreme Rules, The Usos challenged The Revival for the titles, where they were unsuccessful.[102][103] Following Jimmy's arrest forDUI, the duo would be off television for the remainder of the calendar year.[104][105]
On the January 3, 2020 episode ofSmackDown, The Usos made a surprise return once again as part of the SmackDown brand, aiding Roman Reigns from an attack byKing Corbin andDolph Ziggler.[106] The Usos then challenged for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship atElimination Chamber[107][108] andWrestleMania 36, where they were unsuccessful again.[109][110] During the match at WrestleMania, Jimmy suffered a legitimate knee injury, putting him out of in-ring action indefinitely.[111]
On the September 4 episode ofSmackDown, 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.[112] He was defeated atClash of Champions when Jimmy appeared and threw in a towel on Jey's behalf. Jey then received a rematch atHell in a Cell in an "I Quit" Hell in a Cell match but lost again.[113][114][115] After Hell in a Cell, Jey aligned with Roman Reigns, thus turning heel in the process.[116] On the April 9, 2021, specialWrestleMania edition ofSmackDown, Jey won theAndre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. This marked Jey's first major singles accolade in WWE.[117]
The Usos in 2022
After Jimmy returned from injury on the May 7 episode ofSmackDown, there was an initial strife between The Usos and Reigns before they all reconciled and formed a faction, with Jimmy turning heel in the process.[118][119] During theMoney in the Bank Kickoff pre-show on July 18, The Usos were successful in capturing their fifth SmackDown Tag Team Championship fromThe Mysterios (Rey andDominik).[120] AtSummerSlam, The Usos would defeat The Mysterios in a rematch to retain the titles.[121]
On January 16, 2022, they broke their previous record of 182 days as longest reigning SmackDown Tag Team Champions.[122] AtWrestleMania 38, The Usos defeatedShinsuke Nakamura andRick Boogs to retain their championship.[123] AtWrestleMania Backlash, The Usos and Reigns defeatedRK-Bro (Randy Orton andRiddle) and Drew McIntyre in a six-man tag team match.[124] On the May 20 episode ofSmackDown, they, with outside interference from Reigns, defeated RK-Bro to win the Raw Tag Team Championship, becoming theUndisputed 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.[125] AtMoney in the Bank, The Usos retained their undisputed titles againstThe Street Profits in controversial fashion, with The Usos winning by pinfall despite Montez Ford's shoulder being off the mat.[126] A rematch between the teams was scheduled forSummerSlam[127] with a special guest referee, later revealed to beJeff Jarrett.[128]
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.[129] AtCrown Jewel on November 5, The Usos successfully retained the titles againstThe Brawling Brutes (Butch andRidge Holland).[130] On the November 11 episode ofSmackDown, 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.[131] 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 brokeGallus' record of 497 days with theNXT UK Tag Team Championship to become the longest reigning male tag team champions in WWE history, regardless of championship or roster status. AtSurvivor 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 aWarGames match.[132]
Tensions between The Usos and Zayn resurfaced in subsequent weeks. After Reigns retained theUndisputed WWE Universal Championship at theRoyal 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.[133] After the event, Jey declared on Instagram that "he's out"[134][135] and did not appear on the following episode ofSmackDown.[136] Jey would show up on the February 10 episode ofSmackDown to retain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship with Jimmy againstBraun Strowman andRicochet. Before the episode ended, Reigns, through Heyman, informed The Usos to stay at home for the following week's episode ofSmackDown andElimination Chamber in Canada.[137] This was meant to write off The Usos as they may not be able to enter Canada due to theirDUIhistory, where DUI charges are taken more seriously there.[138] 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 ofRaw, 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 beforeCody Rhodes ran out to save Zayn.[139] On the March 20 episode ofRaw, a reunitedOwens and Zayn challenged The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship atWrestleMania 39, which The Usos accepted.[140] 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.[141] The critically acclaimed match wasrated five stars byDave 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.[142] Following their loss, Reigns started ignoring them and depending on Sikoa instead, with Reigns inserting himself and Sikoa into a title match at Night of Champions.[143] They failed to capture the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships in their rematch against Owens and Zayn on the April 28 episode ofSmackDown.[144]
AtNight of Champions, Jimmy turned face after he and Jey cost Reigns and Sikoa the match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships, with Jimmy superkicking Reigns for mistreating them.[145] Jimmy was officially excommunicated from The Bloodline for his actions at Night of Champions on the June 2 episode ofSmackDown during Reigns' 1,000 days Universal Champion celebration.[146] On the June 9 episode ofSmackDown, Jey was given aUnited States Championship opportunity againstAustin Theory by Heyman to entice him to leave Jimmy, but lost the match after Jimmy while saving Jey fromPretty Deadly, mistakenly attacked Jey while aiming for Sikoa who tried to attack Jimmy.[147] On the following week's episode ofSmackDown, Jey decided to side with Jimmy and left The Bloodline by kicking Reigns, turning face in the process. The Usos then superkicked both Sikoa and Reigns.[148] AtMoney in the Bank, The Usos defeated Reigns and Sikoa in a "Bloodline Civil War" tag team match with Jey pinning Reigns. This is Reigns' first direct pinfall loss since December 2019 atTLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs.[149][150] AtSummerSlam, Jimmy appeared to have turned on Jey by pulling him out of the ring while he was trying to pin Reigns and superkicked him, allowing Reigns to defeat Jey.[151] However, on the August 11 episode ofSmackDown, 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.[152] A few weeks later, Jimmy returned on the September 1 episode ofSmackDown with a new theme song,[153] while Jey moved to Raw the next night atPayback with the remixed version of its former entrance theme, thus disbanding The Usos.[154]
Despite being disbanded, the brothers began a long-intense feud. After Jey won the Undisputed Tag Team Championships withCody Rhodes atFastlane, they went on to retain their titles againstKevin Owens and Sami Zayn andAustin Theory andGrayson Waller on the following week's episodes ofRaw andSmackDown, with the latter being known as Jey and Rhodes confronted Jimmy and Sikoa after Roman Reigns' entrance music plays in a faceoff. However, they lost the titles back to Bálor and Priest in a rematch on the October 16 episode ofRaw thanks to interference from Jimmy and Drew McIntyre, 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).[155] After Jimmy attempted to attackJohn Cena with Solo Sikoa on the October 20 episode ofSmackDown, the hooded figure, a similar tactic that happened in SummerSlam, who pulled Jimmy, was revealed to be Jey. They brawled each other before Jey was given a fine by SmackDown General ManagerNick Aldis and was ejected from the arena along with Raw General ManagerAdam Pearce.[156] AtRoyal Rumble, on January 27, 2024, The Usos faced each other for the first time in theRoyal Rumble match, with Jey and Jimmy being the first and second entrants respectively.[157][158]
On the February 19 episode ofRaw, Jimmy cost Jey a match for theIntercontinental Championship and attacked him after the match.[159] Fed up with his brother's actions, Jey challenged Jimmy to a match atWrestleMania XL on the March 11 episode ofRaw,[160] which Jimmy accepted on that week'sSmackDown. At Night 1 of Wrestlemania XL, Jey defeated Jimmy after Jimmy had pretended to apologize to Jey for his actions, in which Jey initially accepted which led to the brothers hugging in the ring during the match before Jimmy superkicked Jey, deceiving him in the process and trying to win the match for himself, but being unsuccessful in doing so.[161] On the following episode ofSmackDown, Jimmy was exiled from The Bloodline once more after he was attacked by the debutingTama Tonga, which would allow Jimmy to recover from his injury.[162][163]
On the October 14 episode ofRaw, Jimmy attempted to make amends with Jey, but was pushed away.[164] On the October 25 episode ofSmackDown, Jey assisted Jimmy and Reigns in taking out The Bloodline - now led by Sikoa who consisted ofJacob Fatu,Tama Tonga andTonga Loa, the brothers then embraced in the ring, reuniting The Usos. On the November 1 episode ofSmackDown, Jey agreed to team with Reigns and Jimmy against The Bloodline atCrown Jewel.[165] AtCrown Jewel on November 2, The Usos and Reigns lost to Sikoa, Tonga and Fatu in a Six-Man Tag Team match with Reigns being pinned by Sikoa.[166] Despite the reunion, the twins maintained their separate identities and entrance themes. AtSurvivor Series: WarGames on November 30, Jey, Jimmy, Reigns,Sami Zayn andCM Punk defeated The Bloodline andBronson Reed in aWarGames match.[167] On the January 3 episode of SmackDown, Jey and Jimmy teamed with Sami Zayn in a losing bout against The Bloodline.
Jimmy was regularly featured in the reality television seriesTotal Divas due to his marriage withTotal Divas star Naomi. Jey has also made brief appearances. Jimmy has also appeared in his wife's music video for her song "Dance All Night", which was put on WWE's YouTube channel.
The brothers are regularly featured onXavier Woods' YouTube channelUpUpDownDown, where Jimmy goes by the nickname 'Uce' and Jey goes by the nickname 'Jucey'. In May 2019, Jimmy unsuccessfully challengedKofi Kingston in a game ofClayFighter for Kingston's UpUpDownDown Championship.[170] A month later, Jey challenged Kingston for the title in a game ofTetris, where Jey defeated Kingston to win the championship.[171] Jimmy would then defeat Jey in a two-out-of-three game ofThe King of Fighters XIV to win the championship.[172] He lost the title toSamoa Joe in a game ofWorld Heroes.[173]
After being named the number one contender for theWWE Universal Championship in September 2020, Jey Uso was featured on an episode of theWWE Network mini documentary seriesWWE Chronicle.
Jonathan married fellow wrestler and longtime girlfriendTrinity McCray (Naomi) on January 16, 2014. She is also the stepmother of Jonathan's two children, Jayla and Jaidan.[174]
Joshua married his wife Takecia Travis in 2015. They have two sons together.[175]
Jonathan Fatu was arrested on September 29, 2011, inHillsborough County, Florida and charged withDUI. A police officer observed Fatu at around 3 AMEDT driving the wrong way down a one way street. The officer pulled Fatu over and gave him a field sobriety test, which Fatu failed. Fatu was also given a breathalyzer and blew a .18, twice the legal limit in the state of Florida. Fatu was convicted and sentenced to probation. On March 13, 2013, Fatu was arrested for violating his probation by driving with a suspended license.[176]
Joshua Fatu was arrested in January 2018 for DWI inHidalgo County, Texas after performing at a WWE live event held at Hidalgo'sPayne Arena. He was released the same day after posting a $500 personal recognizance bond.[177]
On February 14, 2019, Jonathan Fatu was arrested inDetroit, Michigan following a dispute with police officers when he, Joshua, andTrinity Fatu'sDodge Journey rental vehicle were pulled over when driving the wrong way on a one-way street. Police claim that when they approached the vehicle, they could smell alcohol from the inside. Officers then requested Trinity, the driver, to exit the SUV so that they could speak with her. Officers then claimed that Jonathan Fatu, Trinity's spouse, exited the vehicle while officers were speaking to Trinity and removed his shirt, then proceeded to walk towards the officers, prompting one of the officers to pull out histaser. The situation was quickly calmed down, however, and Fatu was placed under arrest and charged withdisorderly conduct andobstruction of justice.[178] In March 2019, it was revealed that Fatu's attorney struck a plea deal with prosecutors, and as per the condition of the agreement, Fatu pleaded no contest to interfering with a government employee and he was ordered to pay a $450 fine.[179]
In the early morning hours of July 25, 2019, Jonathan Fatu was again arrested, this time nearPensacola, Florida, and was charged withDUI. He was taken into custody and booked into theEscambia County corrections center at approximately 3:00 A.M.CDT.[180] Fatu was later released from custody on $1,000 bond and was due to appear in court on August 15.[181] Fatu was found not guilty by an Escambia county jury on the DUI charge after a trial that concluded on December 18, 2019.[182]
On July 5, 2021, Jonathan Fatu was arrested after being pulled over at approximately 10:35 PMCDT in Pensacola. Officers claim Fatu ran a red light after they clocked him going 50 in a 35 MPH zone. They administered a breathalyzer and Fatu's BAC came back at .202 and .205, well above Florida's legal limit of .08. Fatu was booked on a misdemeanor DUI charge along with citations for speeding and running a red light. Bond was set at $500.[183]
As a result of the charges, both brothers have been generally barred from entering Canada; they were given special permission to enter the country in February 2023 for theElimination Chamber event in Montreal. The brothers were also barred from enteringWales forClash at the Castle (2022), which eventually led to the main roster debut of their brother,Solo Sikoa.[184][185]
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