“I’m on the other side now,” Jey Uso comments on his successful solo run in WWE while carrying the Anoa’i family legacy

Jey Uso is glad to be recognized as a singles wrestler like his star-studded family.


“I’m on the other side now,” Jey Uso comments on his successful solo run in WWE while carrying the Anoa’i family legacy

Jey Uso at Backlash France (via WWE)

Since breaking off from his brother, Jey Uso has become a highly successful solo superstar. He is highly popular with the crowd, has had world championship opportunities at PLEs, and is even in the semi-finals of the King of the Ring tournament. As such, the superstar recently opened up about his journey and the legacy of his family. 

On the Battleground Podcast, Jey Uso discussed carving out an individual legacy after being a tag team wrestler for more than a decade. The Samoan felt that the changing industry and product have significantly helped his individual journey. He felt what he was doing was much easier than it would have been fifteen years ago. 

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Ever since he debuted with his twin brother Jimmy Uso, the two always had it in their vision to separate themselves from their family, which consisted of so many stars. While this was overwhelming for him at first, his work ethic made the process smooth for him.

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I’m so glad like, I’m on the other side now, I feel like, ’cause now you can separate, you know, Rikishi, Yokuzuna, Umaga, Roman Reigns, now, this is Jey Uso, this is Jimmy Uso, this is Solo Sikoa. 

Jey Uso on The Battleground Podcast

The former Tag Team Champion also gave examples from his real-life Bloodline family. He mentioned how Rikishi, Umaga, Yokozuna, and Roman Reigns were all identified as individual stars. Similarly, Jey has finally gotten to a point where he is looked at as a separate star from his brothers, Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa

Jey Uso discusses his ongoing World Championship journey in the WWE

In the same interview, Uso talked about eventually becoming a World Champion in WWE. He recalled his encounter against Roman Reigns at SummerSlam 2023 and Damian Priest at Backlash France. Although he almost had both of those matches won, he was unable to get the job done due to outside interference. 

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The 11-time Tag Team Champion said that the odds were always stacked against him. However, he was ready to put in the work to overcome that. He claimed that he was always fighting an uphill battle with dirt along the entire path.

The Raw Superstar brought up how multiple people were against him in the cases of both The Judgment Day and The Bloodline. Despite that, Jey asserted how he had organically become over with the WWE Universe. Similarly, he was ready to stick it out until his life turned around in the same way. 

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