Jey Uso might be a top WWE merch sellers who can get entire arenas to sing along to his theme, but he is no longer the World Heavyweight Championafter losing the title to GUNTHER on "WWE Raw." Uso won the belt at WrestleMania 41, meaning his first world title reign concludes after just 51 days. While fans are split on the decision, one person who's not happy is Uso's father, WWE Hall of Famer, Rikishi.
"Fifty-one days for this champion," Rikishi said during an episode of his "Rikishi Fatu Off The Top" podcast, noting that his son generates a lot of income for WWE through his merch sales. "Are we talking about a kid that, 16 plus years, that put in work? We're talking about a kid that, combined with his brother, merchandise sales through the roof as a tag team? Now, breaks off in a single competitor if you can tell me that anybody else is selling any merchandise higher than 'Yeet,' I want you to tell me, by all means."
Rikishi said Jey Uso put his heart and soul into getting into the main event spot, but that he now feels that the writers didn't do his son justice.
"You didn't feed this champion [the] right talent to be able to continue to make this champion," he said. "Not a fair shot in my eyes. So you go 51 days. I say fire them, fire those that are writing for this kid here!"
Rikishi specifically blamed the writers for not being able to write a compelling angle for Uso after giving him the world title belt. He explained that he has no beef with GUNTHER or anyone on the roster, but implued that if Uso's high merch sales couldn't cut it, the bar might be unreachable.
"What is it against my boy?" Rikishi demanded to know. "Would you have done that to Randy Orton, if you threw the belt on Randy Orton? ... Would you have done that to, you know, John Cena?"
Rikishi finally added that The Bloodline has given so much to WWE, only to be tossed aside.
"Back when it was COVID ... who kept WWE afloat? Come on. You wanna tell 'em, you wanna go there?" Rikishi concluded thathis family carried WWE through the COVID era long before TKO existed.
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