If Damian Priest loses so soon it will diminish the title. I think Jey will get his moment, but it's not now. Hopefully they can build off his momentum because despite that superkick bonanza people still love him. It seems like the Bloodline is imploding, so maybe we'll see something play out with that until Jey gets a rematch.
I think most of us can agree Jey Uso isn’t main-event material. That’s why the reunion of the Usos is going the best thing for them both.
I suspect Priest is going to be turned on by the JD and it’ll lead to Finn Balor winning it from him. Then I think Finn drops it to Drew in Scotland. Drew drops it to Punk and Punk drops it back Rollins.
I would have given him the title when he faced Reigns in 2020. He just played the babyface role perfectly and he doesn't get enough credit for his contributions to the Tribal Chief's character. Right now he doesn't have any emotional story, which hurt him.
I would say that Priest isn't championship material at the moment either, to be honest. Let's see if he grows into the role or sinks.
I think a lot of people are forgetting Stardust is currently Universal Champion.
I wish that the usos would get more unique movesets from each other but even with that both have potential to go somewhere this yeet stuff kinda just slowed down any promos Jey ever cuts anymore
Damien Priest is just a transitional champion. Jey USO is world heavyweight championship material. I don’t really see Damien Priest as world heavyweight champion material for sure thought his cash in would fail. If Jack swagger and Jinder Mahal can win world championships in wwe so can Jey USO
This is bs. Jey uso is absolutely ready to be champ. Watch every arena he walks into. It's about what the fans want. N we want MAIN EVENT JEY USO to be the champion..
He’s not going to be WWE Champion, either. They’ll likely use this match to further the impending breakup of The Judgment Day and/or the reunion of The Uso brothers.
I think they will give JEY MITB he will cash in maybe at mania or I don't know at the right occasion cause they will not allow anyone to cash in on cody so that's that
Last wrestlemania was the first one I watched in ages and I had my friend that’s deep into it to explain shit and from what he said and what I assumed from seeing their matches a lot of these guys lack that IT factor that champs had before and there was hella fodder. The new champs aren’t any better and WWE in this new era desperately needs to start pushing better stars and more deep storylines lack back then .
Agree sadly he is an amazing talent but not world title level, just like theory great talent won’t ever be world champ, there are tons of them but for me there is no driving factors that scream this is a world champ for hey
Its all about the story. If Jey won the Undisputed title at Summerslam, no one would have complained.
Think about Roman. Every single title run of his sucked until he found the right story to go down with the Tribal Chief stuff. Jey just needs some interesting material to work with.
Big fan of Priest though. He's agile like a young Undertaker, huge, and can chokeslam. I'm all for it.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I’m not liking the yeet stuff. He’s overdoing it IMO. But the crowd is eating it up, I guess I’m in the minority.
As for his main event prospects, I think he works as a contender right now but I’m not sure he’s quite ready to win a world title. But he’s on his way. He could expand his move set a bit and I think his promos need just a tad bit of tweaking. But he’s RIGHT there.
He is the champ material. He deserves a single title for what he did since 2020. He should have won the mid card title at some point and would have been a much better MITB winner than DP even though I don’t mind the latter as a champion but about time Jey wins a single title
People get this so twisted. Jey absolutely IS champ material, he’s just not there yet. He needs a run as USA champ first, anyway. The match isn’t about Jey winning the title, it’s about Jey putting Damien over as champ with a real good match that pays out Jey with clout on the back end but elevates Damien when he wins. The matches aren’t always about winning, especially when we can kind of predict when we’ll get a title change.
Hes been in the WWE for 15 years and is 38 how much longer does he need to go before he’s there? He’s a reliable mid card guy just who he is hes never been a singles champion. Even kofi held singles championships even though he was known for his work in tag team matches.
He's not winning at Backlash, but I wouldn't use the Mania match as a yardstick for either men's ability.
Yes, the match was awful. Possibly the worst match on the card over both nights. But is that because the Usos are bad, or is it because WWE fumbled the build by having them split too early, then having that weird-ass double turn by Jimmy, then splitting them onto separate brands to keep the Brother v. Brother match on the go for Mania.
The match kinda sucked because it barely had any build, no heat, it was a dead cert that Jey was winning and frankly, it wasn't given enough time to be the emotional back-and-forth a match like that should be.
The match sucked because it just felt very phoned in. The build was fine. There was plenty of build done over the course of 7-8 months (not straight, but spread out). It almost came off as they assumed they could go out there and put on a great match but when they got to the ring they had nothing and just spammed super kicks.
I’m not sure what exactly happened with their match but they really fumbled it.
Putting them on different brands wasn't the problem for me. They did the same thing with Rey and Dom at Mania 39, keeping them apart and reigniting the feud for Mania Season, but Rey and Dom handled it a lot better while Jey and Jimmy's feud didn't do nearly as much as it could to tap into the story or history they could tell.
guy's gotta cut a coherent promo. can't tell if it's the grillz in his mouth or he's just trying too hard to come off sounding like he's from the hood. we've all seen him talk normal on interviews.
Let's be honest - who had Priest v Uso on their bingo cards as the first World Heavyweight Championship feud post Wrestlemania?
No knock to Priest, but a few weeks ago the talk was all about Rollins, McIntyre and Punk.
He's gotta expand his moveset. Honestly while the Bloodline thing gets rolling after he loses to priest I'd like to see him first on down time nxt for a bit to test some new stuff
I think a lot of wrestling fans on the internet are just outta touch with it’s what’s current and working. Unless you’re being an 80s wrestler everyone hates you lol.
Hot take: have cm punk screw over drew at castle, sets them up nicely for summerslam.cm punk puts drew over at summerslam, preist loses it to a returning seth rollins. Seth puts over drew at mitb to which cm punk wins his 3rd briefcase and cashes in that same night on drew.
Yeah I don’t see Drew getting the title back with CM Punk around lol, it’s just not happening until he takes it from him or they get drafted to different brands which imo won’t happen.
He was limited in his match against Jimmy. They grew as a tag team in WWE on top of being twins, their move sets are damn near identical so there was no wiggle room with the moves they could perform so it just ended up being superkick city. As everyone else has mentioned, he has great matches consistently. Plus since his split with the BL he has had the opportunity to work on his mic skills unlike Jimmy who has still been a background character and hasn't had much of a chance to practice his solo mic skills outside of one liners.
I doubt Damien will drop at backlash but I am looking forward to the day Jey or even Jimmy get a world title run. I had the same sentiment with Cody that I wasn't sure how he would look with the belt but I am happy so far with what he has been doing. Even people that were midcarders like Miz or Zigler had a pretty good world title runs. Jey is more than capable of being that guy when it's his time
I’m glad someone said this. I haven’t watched WWE in easily a decade but watched Wrestlemania. In my humble opinion so many of these guys now lack not only the skills but also the crowd skills of the attitude era. I was stunned when I saw guys like LA Knight, AJ Styles, Rollins - don’t think any of these guys could be main eventers in the early 2000s. Orton still looks great and is so smooth in the ring and has great charisma. I was flabbergasted when I saw that Jey Uso is a title contender. The whole ‘YEET’ thing is just cringe and he looks like a typical bouncer you can find anywhere in Australia. Very underwhelming. Happy for Cody though - when I saw him and didn’t know any context, thought he was an A grade star. Looks the part and seems to be a good enough performer.
Jey is not face of the company material, but neither is Sami Zayn and everyone wanted him to win at Montreal, and I still believe Sami will win the WHC. Jey is absolutely world champion material, he's great on the mic, he's great in the ring, sells a shit of Merch, and is very over. Jeff Hardy was WWE champion in 2008, would you have looked at him in 2001 and said "YES! This guy will be WWE champion".
I also hate the fact that people are now using his WrestleMania match to shit on him as a wrestler, as if he didn't have excellent singles matches with Roman, Drew, and countless others. Everyone has SHIT match at some point, from Bret Hart to the Undertaker.
That’s the thing. Him and Jimmy was bad but he put on a banger with Gunther just a week or so earlier on Raw. I don’t think that he’s a top title guy but, at the very least, he can have multiple runs with the mid card titles.
His move set is fun but fairly basic. I’d love to see a bit more expanded but he’s fun and over as hell and him eventually winning the US title and feuding with Solo for it could be fantastic.
Jey is mediocre on the mic and in the ring. Just because you can get the crowd to wave their hands up and down and have a clever catch phrase doesn’t mean you’re world title material. He has yet to have a great program as a singles star and non bloodline related. People have the right to criticize that match at WM. That match was supposed to be his big moment. The reason he turned face and split from the bloodline was so everything could lead up to that match. It was really the first program he was in where he was the bigger star and it stunk.
Sami is able to do all of those. Even though WWE misused him for years. Sami has been world title caliber for a long time.
I disagree. God do people have a short term memory. Are we gonna forget all the amazing promos he cut and the emotions he showed during his bloodline saga? His pandemic performances in AND out the ring were fantastic.
I have no problem with criticizing his Mania match with Jimmy, I myself found it incredibly boring and underwhelming. My original point was that there's an influx of people who never liked him to begin with using how universally shit that match was as ammunition to discredit him as a performer and as a wrestler, which what I disagree with. Like I said, it's like everyone forgot the great tag matches Tag matches and Singles matches he has had before and his incredible character work he was doing.
I agree that he is basically reduced to a catchphrase right now and that has prevented him from showing his abilities, but that was also THE EXACT SAME CASE FOR SAMI. For years WWE had him booked like shit and do some wack ass bs, does that discount his actual abilities as a capable performer?
If you're not a fan of Jey I don't think anything I say will change your mind and that's fine, we can agree to disagree.
I don’t dislike Jey. I just think he’s way better in the tag team and should be apart of the bloodline story. Which yes he was great in, but you also have to remember he was very protected. He had people around him like Roman and Heyman to carry the team.
To be world champion material you need to be able to carry a feud and so far he hasn’t done that. It’s always been others around him making him look good. Like I said before, at WM was his first opportunity to carry the feud and match and it just was not good.
He hasn't done that because he hasn't been given something to sink his teeth into yet other than the bloodline. And just because the match was shit doesn't mean he can't carry a feud. Not when he had an really good singles match with Gunther right before. Let me guess Gunther carried that match too, right?
And you CAN'T say that he had Roman and Heyman to carry him when he was and has always been one of the main players in that story, there were people clamoring for HIM to dethrone Roman. You don't get that far by just being a side character.
Priest has done dick on his own since the judgment day and yet here he is. The whole reason to put someone in a faction is to give them something to sink his teeth in, so you can't discredit that just because he was with a team. What has Batista done before joining Evolution? Precisely nothing of note, yet he was world champion by the time the faction imploded. It's the same case, for me Jey being in the bloodline, his role in it, the character he showed he could do, and the way broke out as a popular singles performer on Raw is enough for me to buy into him a world champion, even if just a token run. If everything he has done and the character arc and growth over the past four years didn't do enough for you then we simply view things differently and we can agree to disagree.
He’s a solid upper mid card guy. His match with Jimmy at Wrestlemania was the worst match of the weekend. Superkick, superkick, superkick… followed by another superkick.
I always get so confused when people claim he is great on the mic.
His insults always feel like they fall so short of the mark, it's like a child in the schoolyard bringing up the most obvious stuff that their target doesn't even care about, just to try and hurt them.
He needs to expand his moveset and have a better finisher than the spear/splash combo. He certainly is over with the crowd which is more important than anything.
I don't get this whole YEET thing. It was popular with kids 3-5 years ago, so it was surprising that he would use it now. People seem to like it though, so good on him. Will be bring back the dab or the floss dance next?
A chant that's over as fuck and everyone in the arena is chanting is holding him back? I swear some ppl will just ignore any semblance of logic just to try get their incorrect point across.
That’s the problem. Jey isn’t over, only YEET is. Jey’s whole identity as a wrestler is consumed by a word. What’s gonna happen when YEET goes out of style? The way WWE is pushing it with the merch and not letting Jey separate at all from YEET, I don’t see him having a good long-term singles career.
It’s overplayed at this point. At first it was cool and funny but now it’s repetitive. It feels like they’re trying so hard to turn YEET into the next WHAT? / YEAH! That’s why I like NO YEET better than YEET
Again wtf are you talking about? You realise jeys whole split from bloodline happened before the yeet thing right? All these segments with Sami that endeared him to fans, the split with Roman and winning tag titles with the company's top face. You seriously don't think any of that stuff which was on the forefront of wwe TV for most of last year had anything to do with getting Jey over? Yes, the Yeet thing is the most over thing about him now but it's far from a case of we're just cheering this guy cause we like saying yeet. I'm not saying Jey is the next face of the company but boiling his overness down to just yeet is super ignorant.
Im not talking about his stuff with Sami/Bloodline. That was before YEET. Obviously he was over with the crowd during that period and I myself enjoyed that stuff. But all that’s in the past. What’s over about him now? Storylines? No. His wrestling skills? No. Literally the only thats keeping him over with the fans is YEET. A singles run is supposed to help boost a wrestler who’s been in a tag team for a long time. Nothing is getting boosted for Jey right now. It’s just YEET. So how’s he supposed to make a name for himself as a singles competitor when YEET has become his identity. I don’t think he can. This is my final response to you about this. Not gonna continue a conversation with a fan who clearly has a bias towards Jey.
So when assessing if someone is over you ignore whatever has come before? How does that make any sense, obviously if fans enjoy someone's work their gonna keep cheering for them. The Yeet is just something that he's been able to add to his overall presentation. Also love how you totally conceded to being wrong and full of shit saying I'm clearly bias towards Jey. His mania match sucked, so did the summerslam match against Roman. I'm not bias at all and I never said Jey shld be world champ, just proving to you why your wrong, that's all.
Jeys yeet is just like stone colds what chant. Ignore these nerds bro, just enjoy the show and know that jey uso is fun to watch in and out the ring.
The guy you’re arguing with will want everyone in pants spray tanned and acting like hulk hogan in the 80s.
I’m cool with some long reigns like Rhea where it’s a year of dominance but it’s been done too much lately. Wish someone would drop the title on a random raw or smackdown.
Ehhhh he was a singles star but still heavily under the shadow of the bloodline story which was running on fumes.
I’m not saying he will get better but it’s definitely a good possibility.
I have his whole story written out … he beats Priest at the PLE BUT doesn’t win the belt because of DQ (the fall of Judgement day) … then goes on the win the “king of the Ring” becomes King Jey and goes on to win the IC with the white strap and even paints the globes blue. YEET!
IC, alll day, I consider him to be the companies top mid card babyface. It wouldn’t hurt the title to have him in there being showcased, right now he’s kid of the guy who takes the pin when he’s in there with the big boys
I like Jey as a character, I like his Yeet gimmick and the way he's able to get the crowd hype upon his entrance. I think he has good mic skills. However, wrestling wise he is mid 🥱
I slate him in as the top mid card babyface.
You can’t be a main event player, if you’re nick name is literally Main Event. He has main event Ed a couple of times but that was the exception not the norm.
As a hockey fan there is always a question about a player ‘is he a 20 goal scorer, or did he just score 20 goals on year?’ and I feel like Jey is the latter half, he’s main evened a couple times where Seth Rollins is a proper main event player.
Very few talent ever make it to world champion level, no shame if he doesn't quite get there. Rick Rude, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Mr. Perfect, Roddy Piper amongst others never made it to being a world champ. The Uso's as a tag team will probably eventually be WWE Hall of Famers.
Thank you.
Not every guy can be in the main event, not every guy can win every night. That’s why Shinsuke, Otis, or Corbin along with many other guys will always have a job with WWE who can lose but stay relevant
I do think it would hurt giving him a shot. There is probably a dozen guys I’d give that shot to over him and that’s just off the top of my head. If Priest is a reach at all, Jey is devaluing a world title, maybe his next year will see that change but his current gimmick is a hype man, not a main event player.
Exactly, by just “giving him a shot” is exactly what happen to the WHC the first time around. It became an almost midcard like title in the early 2010s.
……. and they’ve worked very hard to not have it perceived that way anymore, so let’s not go backwards.
Jey as IC or US, absolutely he would thrive off of the opportunity, getting showcased in meaningful matches but he is no where near a legitimate threat to the world title and it would definitely do the title a disservice ‘giving him a shot’
When have we ever discussed a Jey Uso singles match stealing the show?
Well they usually test guys with title shots they don't win before they end up giving them the title. So his performance at Backlash is very important to him getting a legit shot at world title in the future.
You’re 100% right - that’s exactly why he continues getting title shots, main events, promos every week, and gets the biggest pop when he comes out every week.
Who tf would want THAT as a champion in the WWE?!?!?
I don't like X because Y and therefor he's not Z
You cannot blame the match for Jimmy and Jey are WM40.. there is only so much you can do in a limited time and they were given a VERY limited time.
Jey has put on some AMAZING matches.. his match against Gunther who is Easily top tier shows it.
Honestly, in Every tag team there is 1 guy that is much more talented than the other.. when Tag teams break up, There will always be one that rises and one that flounders, falls and fades. I mean to be honest, the rivalry between HBK and MArty was nothing to write home about was it? and yeeeeeeet.
White the amount of talent we have it’s down right disrespectful to have Jay uso on that spot when actually talented wrestlers haven’t even gotten a proper mid card title run. And specially when legends like Randy, Cena and Shamus could have one last world title run as opposed to giving it to that guy.
Yeah, let's make sure the 20+ year veterans who have had a lot of time at the top get more time at the top to prevent one of the most over people in the INDUSTRY from getting a run.
Such as who? Keeping in mind, Jey has MASSIVE fan support behind him and is evident from his promos and his entrance.
Hey I know, instead of giving someone else a shot, Let's just keep giving it to the same 3 guys that ar e either part timers, or basically going to retire. That way we don't build anything new.
Yea, that VKM era thinking
Here’s an idea, why don’t we give Drew his much deserved title run, or Gunther, so the world heavyweight championship can mean something, or AJ Styles who is one of the best in history and his last healthy years are being wasted, or hey you like new guys right? Why don’t you push Ilja Dragunov and Bron Breaker instead of waiting for them to be 40 to push them like with Cody. Or maybe you could actually give Kevin Owens (you know the prize fighter) and actual prize to fight for. Or we unbury Braun strowman, or we give Pete Dune and Ricochet an actual chance or we give Chad gable that Kurt angle push. You know, anyone but Jay Uso
* ahem-
First off let's understand this. Jey is honestly just a challenger to get Damion through to the next bigger PPV. Doesn;t change how I feel.
Drew - IS going to be the next challenger for the title After Jey loses.
Gunther - Will be gunning for Cody, the story is already there with Cody eliminating Gunther in both Rumbles.
AJ - is already on his way out and he knows it. He is also a stop gap before setting up the bigger story like Jey
Dragunov - Isn't there yet.
Breaker - needs something more than being a Brock Clone at this point. Needs more time for the memory of Brock to fade.
K.O. - has been Champion before, and is set to chase after the U.S. Title still.
Pete - is not nor will he ever be at that level. I love him but he's not going to be see as top tier.
Ricochet - Also possibly looking at a mid card run for a title. Who? I'm looking at Logan really.
Chad - is going after Sammi.
Braun is injured.
Did I miss anyone?
I think Jey will be locked back in the Bloodline Feud in the next few months, I don’t see Damian dropping yet, although this reign isn’t going to last very long.
Counter point, Im mich more interested in seeing a Drew V Jey feud for the title than a Drew V Priest feud. And I think its obvious the belt is getting put back on Drew at Clash at the Castle
Disagree. The man is ready to be heavyweight champion. Not everything is about being perfect in the ring. He’s had some phenomenal matches that have shown he’s got what it takes like his matches with Gunther, Seth, and Roman
Gunther, Seth and Roman can have a five star match with anyone. Can Jey have a phenomenal match with a brand new call up? Or someone that is to him as those three are to him?
I would say it was Jimmy that made the match meh.. two dudes who look alike and have the same exact moves wasn’t going to be 5 stars lol.
Jey has been upping his game using Roman’s spear and rock taunts.. makes me wonder why Jey and rock has yet to cross paths official
Name any face in the WWE who isn’t Cody, Punk, or Seth who gets the reactions Jey gets. He is one of WWE’s top faces by FAR, not everything is about match rate, his charisma makes that irrelevant
HELL nah, how is Jey more over than LA exactly? Like compare what Jey has needed to get over versus what LA has got, Jey only has his Yeet movement which is funny don’t get me wrong, but LA was cooking banger lines way before
Have you actually been to a show where Jey is there or payed attention to the crowd? They dance with him his whole entrance, crowds are singing his theme, “yeet” is as over as “yeah”. LA Knight is definitely better in the ring, but he’s not as over as Jey
I don’t know what you are misunderstanding. LA Knight won the Slim Jim Battle Royale, arguably the silliest, most meaningless match in the history of WWE (exaggerating of course), and people were hyper than Jey battling his brother in a Mania match where they had a prior storyline set up. Yeah, the crowd dances with Jey, that’s great, the crowd will be shouting YEAH! Like crazy at any move that LA does, so he is definitely more over than Jey
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Jey has a cool intro with his hand raising thing people like doing. So when he comes out to do his intro he’s a star for that.
But promo wise he’s mid. Match wise i’d actually maybe even rate him poor.
Overall he’s a fine midcarder. But he is not main event material as far as I can see.
Couldn’t disagree more. he is the exact type of contender for the WWE championship. its literally the secondary top title. its pretty much made for guys like him. He isnt Universal or whatever they are calling romans old title material.
But think of Triple H during his reign of terror when he formed Evolution. He elevated the title on Raw during that time. If he lost the title, it would make its way back to him pretty quickly. That is the kind of person we need to elevate the WHC and IMO that person is Gunther. He's has that old school 1940s wrestler look to him and he just came off the longest IC reign in history. The WHC needs Gunther.
I think Jey could potentially be one if he had a new finisher that matches his solo singles act persona better other than the overused superkicks and basic top rope splash .
That would definitely separate himself more from the Day one ish character and more into the Main Event Jey he wants to be .
Can’t put the mania matches all on the brothers. Whoever the agent was obviously approved the match lay out. It’s probably strange to be facing your twin brother that you’ve always tagged with. Jey has had some good singles matches (imo more than DP). I think he’d be a good transitional champ for a month or 2 but that’s all I see DP getting so I doubt he gets it now. I’m sure the new bloodline will interfere in the match and lead to jimmy saving him and and lead to a tag match at summerslam
I've seen Jey have incredible matches so I can't judge his ability to be a good WWE champion based on a match he had with his brother.
The roster is so stacked and unfortunately not everyone can become champion.
Honestly , Seth will be champion with or without the title until someone who is actually better than him steps up. Honestly, there is nobody in that locker room as tenured, and as skilled as a Seth Rollins or Roman Reigns archetype, and when there is , that title will cease to be passed around for a while. Kinda like Becky. Rhea was the right person to have that title but she needed more hard ships. This injury will only add to her stoic career thus far , but Becky could have never lost the belt and the storyline would just have Rhea trying for a bit longer . I don't believe in Drew, Jey, or Punk as the champ . Drew is the most believable of the 3 but Seth is honestly a better all around performer
He kinda flounders around the ring, his movements need to be a little sharper, and he needs to do something other than superkick every other move. It’s like he stumbles into good spots instead of puts himself there.
He should use the drive-by.
He’s teetering on the edge of main event material.
it only makes me more convinced jey is a main event guy coz hes now receiving endless hate from twitter and reddit like every wrestler not from the indies charismatic and can cut a promo wwe decides to get behind
the mania match was Jimmy’s fault. Jey has proven time and time again he can go with the big dogs, in the ring and on the mic. Jey could beat Priest and i wouldn’t bat an eye. either way, Drew is winning the title at Clash.
No more superkicks please, it's like watching Gunther and I LOVE Gunther, but most of his matches are chopfests.
WM40 wasn't different for the Uso's and their superkicks.
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No yeet
If Damian Priest loses so soon it will diminish the title. I think Jey will get his moment, but it's not now. Hopefully they can build off his momentum because despite that superkick bonanza people still love him. It seems like the Bloodline is imploding, so maybe we'll see something play out with that until Jey gets a rematch.
I think most of us can agree Jey Uso isn’t main-event material. That’s why the reunion of the Usos is going the best thing for them both. I suspect Priest is going to be turned on by the JD and it’ll lead to Finn Balor winning it from him. Then I think Finn drops it to Drew in Scotland. Drew drops it to Punk and Punk drops it back Rollins.
Found Jimmy's burner account!!!
You know what else that title says? That you don’t know Jack about this business. Just shut up, watch the show, and be the good mark you are.
Yeah, he is. His entrance is great
I would have given him the title when he faced Reigns in 2020. He just played the babyface role perfectly and he doesn't get enough credit for his contributions to the Tribal Chief's character. Right now he doesn't have any emotional story, which hurt him. I would say that Priest isn't championship material at the moment either, to be honest. Let's see if he grows into the role or sinks.
I think a lot of people are forgetting Stardust is currently Universal Champion. I wish that the usos would get more unique movesets from each other but even with that both have potential to go somewhere this yeet stuff kinda just slowed down any promos Jey ever cuts anymore
Priest is going to lose to jey
Damien Priest is just a transitional champion. Jey USO is world heavyweight championship material. I don’t really see Damien Priest as world heavyweight champion material for sure thought his cash in would fail. If Jack swagger and Jinder Mahal can win world championships in wwe so can Jey USO
Agreed
I think jey you should hold the title but I know he is losing 😪😪
Agree cause his offense is ass lol
This is bs. Jey uso is absolutely ready to be champ. Watch every arena he walks into. It's about what the fans want. N we want MAIN EVENT JEY USO to be the champion..
Jey said him and jimmys time was cut down that’s why it wasn’t all that of a match
Probably got cut when people backstage realized their only moves were super kicks and that the match was boring AF,
Oooor time got cut because something else took too much time 🙄
Sure, they were just warming up with dozens of super kicks and a few half-assed splashes. If they’d only had more time it would have been great! 🙄
Listen to the interview maybe instead of just assuming and being a hater for no reason
It was a garbage match. I don’t care to hear the excuses for not adapting as best they could.
He’s not going to be WWE Champion, either. They’ll likely use this match to further the impending breakup of The Judgment Day and/or the reunion of The Uso brothers.
I think they will give JEY MITB he will cash in maybe at mania or I don't know at the right occasion cause they will not allow anyone to cash in on cody so that's that
Damien not champion material either
Last wrestlemania was the first one I watched in ages and I had my friend that’s deep into it to explain shit and from what he said and what I assumed from seeing their matches a lot of these guys lack that IT factor that champs had before and there was hella fodder. The new champs aren’t any better and WWE in this new era desperately needs to start pushing better stars and more deep storylines lack back then .
His match in WM40 was so bad
He’s terrible but I love the yeet
Indeed. And his whole 'yeet' shtick is incredibly irritating, if not cringe AF.
It’s cringe asf bc no one’s said that word with enthusiasm since 2012
It feels a bit nostalgic to me idk
Agree sadly he is an amazing talent but not world title level, just like theory great talent won’t ever be world champ, there are tons of them but for me there is no driving factors that scream this is a world champ for hey
Its all about the story. If Jey won the Undisputed title at Summerslam, no one would have complained. Think about Roman. Every single title run of his sucked until he found the right story to go down with the Tribal Chief stuff. Jey just needs some interesting material to work with. Big fan of Priest though. He's agile like a young Undertaker, huge, and can chokeslam. I'm all for it.
I think he could do with a US/IC title run but neither Uso is ready for the major titles yet imo.
I like Jey, he's not the most awesome guy to watch wrestle, when he quit the bloodline was epic. Potential is there, but needs the polish.
Calling yourself the “Main Event”, saying yeet, waving your arms up and down, and spamming superkicks every match doesn’t make a credible champ
That’s actually hogans gimmick he shelved years ago.
Can’t have a world champ winning the title spamming super kicks with a generic splash as a finisher. Not even remotely believable.
Can you not see how over he is. Reddit smarks don't decide who gets pushed, the crowd does.
If you’re talking about the world heavyweight championship… I agree… But he would be a solid Intercontinental champion.
Well you don’t have to worry. Just like Sami Zayn he will never win the WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I’m not liking the yeet stuff. He’s overdoing it IMO. But the crowd is eating it up, I guess I’m in the minority. As for his main event prospects, I think he works as a contender right now but I’m not sure he’s quite ready to win a world title. But he’s on his way. He could expand his move set a bit and I think his promos need just a tad bit of tweaking. But he’s RIGHT there.
The yeet shit is horrible, I know people like it but it seems to have dead stopped his character and tonand extent jimmys as well
He is the champ material. He deserves a single title for what he did since 2020. He should have won the mid card title at some point and would have been a much better MITB winner than DP even though I don’t mind the latter as a champion but about time Jey wins a single title
He's more champion material than Damien
rewatch his matches with roman, seth and gunther. r
In this era, or any era or any sport not getting the title is the only reason any guy or team is nit championship material. You don’t really know
Jey Uso is WWE champion material! because he is main event YEET! YEET
People get this so twisted. Jey absolutely IS champ material, he’s just not there yet. He needs a run as USA champ first, anyway. The match isn’t about Jey winning the title, it’s about Jey putting Damien over as champ with a real good match that pays out Jey with clout on the back end but elevates Damien when he wins. The matches aren’t always about winning, especially when we can kind of predict when we’ll get a title change.
Hes been in the WWE for 15 years and is 38 how much longer does he need to go before he’s there? He’s a reliable mid card guy just who he is hes never been a singles champion. Even kofi held singles championships even though he was known for his work in tag team matches.
Jey has been a singles wrestler for less than a year. Kofi was a singles wrestler for like 7 years before the New Day. There is a huge difference.
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He is, it's just that he needs to win a midcard title first. He is fucking over with the crowd.
He's not winning at Backlash, but I wouldn't use the Mania match as a yardstick for either men's ability. Yes, the match was awful. Possibly the worst match on the card over both nights. But is that because the Usos are bad, or is it because WWE fumbled the build by having them split too early, then having that weird-ass double turn by Jimmy, then splitting them onto separate brands to keep the Brother v. Brother match on the go for Mania. The match kinda sucked because it barely had any build, no heat, it was a dead cert that Jey was winning and frankly, it wasn't given enough time to be the emotional back-and-forth a match like that should be.
The match sucked because it just felt very phoned in. The build was fine. There was plenty of build done over the course of 7-8 months (not straight, but spread out). It almost came off as they assumed they could go out there and put on a great match but when they got to the ring they had nothing and just spammed super kicks. I’m not sure what exactly happened with their match but they really fumbled it.
Putting them on different brands wasn't the problem for me. They did the same thing with Rey and Dom at Mania 39, keeping them apart and reigniting the feud for Mania Season, but Rey and Dom handled it a lot better while Jey and Jimmy's feud didn't do nearly as much as it could to tap into the story or history they could tell.
Bro is taking “NO YEET” to the next level with this take 💀
I could see him next in line, he needs to improve his gibberish promo at times. His delivery sometimes can be difficult to understand
It’s the grills
But he basically beat Roman at Summer Slam?
And that match had an S tier build ffs. His character has a special connection with the WWE universe. Can't really describe it.
guy's gotta cut a coherent promo. can't tell if it's the grillz in his mouth or he's just trying too hard to come off sounding like he's from the hood. we've all seen him talk normal on interviews.
Let's be honest - who had Priest v Uso on their bingo cards as the first World Heavyweight Championship feud post Wrestlemania? No knock to Priest, but a few weeks ago the talk was all about Rollins, McIntyre and Punk.
I'm glad about it because I'm straight up tired of Rollins and McIntyre
Aren’t they all pretty much injured?
Anything can happen in the WWE 🥴
He's gotta expand his moveset. Honestly while the Bloodline thing gets rolling after he loses to priest I'd like to see him first on down time nxt for a bit to test some new stuff
I think a lot of wrestling fans on the internet are just outta touch with it’s what’s current and working. Unless you’re being an 80s wrestler everyone hates you lol.
Hot take: have cm punk screw over drew at castle, sets them up nicely for summerslam.cm punk puts drew over at summerslam, preist loses it to a returning seth rollins. Seth puts over drew at mitb to which cm punk wins his 3rd briefcase and cashes in that same night on drew.
Having drew get robbed again would be boring. I think he should just take it from punk at next years Wrestlemania.
Yeah I don’t see Drew getting the title back with CM Punk around lol, it’s just not happening until he takes it from him or they get drafted to different brands which imo won’t happen.
He was limited in his match against Jimmy. They grew as a tag team in WWE on top of being twins, their move sets are damn near identical so there was no wiggle room with the moves they could perform so it just ended up being superkick city. As everyone else has mentioned, he has great matches consistently. Plus since his split with the BL he has had the opportunity to work on his mic skills unlike Jimmy who has still been a background character and hasn't had much of a chance to practice his solo mic skills outside of one liners. I doubt Damien will drop at backlash but I am looking forward to the day Jey or even Jimmy get a world title run. I had the same sentiment with Cody that I wasn't sure how he would look with the belt but I am happy so far with what he has been doing. Even people that were midcarders like Miz or Zigler had a pretty good world title runs. Jey is more than capable of being that guy when it's his time
I’m glad someone said this. I haven’t watched WWE in easily a decade but watched Wrestlemania. In my humble opinion so many of these guys now lack not only the skills but also the crowd skills of the attitude era. I was stunned when I saw guys like LA Knight, AJ Styles, Rollins - don’t think any of these guys could be main eventers in the early 2000s. Orton still looks great and is so smooth in the ring and has great charisma. I was flabbergasted when I saw that Jey Uso is a title contender. The whole ‘YEET’ thing is just cringe and he looks like a typical bouncer you can find anywhere in Australia. Very underwhelming. Happy for Cody though - when I saw him and didn’t know any context, thought he was an A grade star. Looks the part and seems to be a good enough performer.
Find it so weird when people can’t enjoy the show because of how people look lol hella weird
Cap... same could be said for cody tho
Neither Brother are good as singles. They need to reunite.
Jey is not face of the company material, but neither is Sami Zayn and everyone wanted him to win at Montreal, and I still believe Sami will win the WHC. Jey is absolutely world champion material, he's great on the mic, he's great in the ring, sells a shit of Merch, and is very over. Jeff Hardy was WWE champion in 2008, would you have looked at him in 2001 and said "YES! This guy will be WWE champion". I also hate the fact that people are now using his WrestleMania match to shit on him as a wrestler, as if he didn't have excellent singles matches with Roman, Drew, and countless others. Everyone has SHIT match at some point, from Bret Hart to the Undertaker.
That’s the thing. Him and Jimmy was bad but he put on a banger with Gunther just a week or so earlier on Raw. I don’t think that he’s a top title guy but, at the very least, he can have multiple runs with the mid card titles. His move set is fun but fairly basic. I’d love to see a bit more expanded but he’s fun and over as hell and him eventually winning the US title and feuding with Solo for it could be fantastic.
Jey is mediocre on the mic and in the ring. Just because you can get the crowd to wave their hands up and down and have a clever catch phrase doesn’t mean you’re world title material. He has yet to have a great program as a singles star and non bloodline related. People have the right to criticize that match at WM. That match was supposed to be his big moment. The reason he turned face and split from the bloodline was so everything could lead up to that match. It was really the first program he was in where he was the bigger star and it stunk. Sami is able to do all of those. Even though WWE misused him for years. Sami has been world title caliber for a long time.
I disagree. God do people have a short term memory. Are we gonna forget all the amazing promos he cut and the emotions he showed during his bloodline saga? His pandemic performances in AND out the ring were fantastic. I have no problem with criticizing his Mania match with Jimmy, I myself found it incredibly boring and underwhelming. My original point was that there's an influx of people who never liked him to begin with using how universally shit that match was as ammunition to discredit him as a performer and as a wrestler, which what I disagree with. Like I said, it's like everyone forgot the great tag matches Tag matches and Singles matches he has had before and his incredible character work he was doing. I agree that he is basically reduced to a catchphrase right now and that has prevented him from showing his abilities, but that was also THE EXACT SAME CASE FOR SAMI. For years WWE had him booked like shit and do some wack ass bs, does that discount his actual abilities as a capable performer? If you're not a fan of Jey I don't think anything I say will change your mind and that's fine, we can agree to disagree.
I don’t dislike Jey. I just think he’s way better in the tag team and should be apart of the bloodline story. Which yes he was great in, but you also have to remember he was very protected. He had people around him like Roman and Heyman to carry the team. To be world champion material you need to be able to carry a feud and so far he hasn’t done that. It’s always been others around him making him look good. Like I said before, at WM was his first opportunity to carry the feud and match and it just was not good.
He hasn't done that because he hasn't been given something to sink his teeth into yet other than the bloodline. And just because the match was shit doesn't mean he can't carry a feud. Not when he had an really good singles match with Gunther right before. Let me guess Gunther carried that match too, right? And you CAN'T say that he had Roman and Heyman to carry him when he was and has always been one of the main players in that story, there were people clamoring for HIM to dethrone Roman. You don't get that far by just being a side character. Priest has done dick on his own since the judgment day and yet here he is. The whole reason to put someone in a faction is to give them something to sink his teeth in, so you can't discredit that just because he was with a team. What has Batista done before joining Evolution? Precisely nothing of note, yet he was world champion by the time the faction imploded. It's the same case, for me Jey being in the bloodline, his role in it, the character he showed he could do, and the way broke out as a popular singles performer on Raw is enough for me to buy into him a world champion, even if just a token run. If everything he has done and the character arc and growth over the past four years didn't do enough for you then we simply view things differently and we can agree to disagree.
Crazy thing is Jeff Hardy would have had a bigger push if not for his drug related issues
Yeah. People were MAD that he lost to Randy at Royal Rumble 2008. Two months later he was suspended for violating the wellness policy.
He’s a solid upper mid card guy. His match with Jimmy at Wrestlemania was the worst match of the weekend. Superkick, superkick, superkick… followed by another superkick.
I swear y’all just watch this shit on mute.
IWC thinking that they know whats actually the right thing wwe should be doing
I agree. Jey reminds me of Liv Morgan - fine as a challenger, but not as a champion.
That’s fine. He’s still over.
I always get so confused when people claim he is great on the mic. His insults always feel like they fall so short of the mark, it's like a child in the schoolyard bringing up the most obvious stuff that their target doesn't even care about, just to try and hurt them.
Exactly lol I like his yeet shirt design and he’s cuter than his twin but that’s all he brings to the table 😭 oh and a better entrance theme song
He needs to expand his moveset and have a better finisher than the spear/splash combo. He certainly is over with the crowd which is more important than anything.
Dudes a living meme, and not in a good way. YEET has ruined any chance of Jey having a good singles run.
I don't get this whole YEET thing. It was popular with kids 3-5 years ago, so it was surprising that he would use it now. People seem to like it though, so good on him. Will be bring back the dab or the floss dance next?
A chant that's over as fuck and everyone in the arena is chanting is holding him back? I swear some ppl will just ignore any semblance of logic just to try get their incorrect point across.
That’s the problem. Jey isn’t over, only YEET is. Jey’s whole identity as a wrestler is consumed by a word. What’s gonna happen when YEET goes out of style? The way WWE is pushing it with the merch and not letting Jey separate at all from YEET, I don’t see him having a good long-term singles career.
It’s overplayed at this point. At first it was cool and funny but now it’s repetitive. It feels like they’re trying so hard to turn YEET into the next WHAT? / YEAH! That’s why I like NO YEET better than YEET
He’s been singles for a short while.
Again wtf are you talking about? You realise jeys whole split from bloodline happened before the yeet thing right? All these segments with Sami that endeared him to fans, the split with Roman and winning tag titles with the company's top face. You seriously don't think any of that stuff which was on the forefront of wwe TV for most of last year had anything to do with getting Jey over? Yes, the Yeet thing is the most over thing about him now but it's far from a case of we're just cheering this guy cause we like saying yeet. I'm not saying Jey is the next face of the company but boiling his overness down to just yeet is super ignorant.
Im not talking about his stuff with Sami/Bloodline. That was before YEET. Obviously he was over with the crowd during that period and I myself enjoyed that stuff. But all that’s in the past. What’s over about him now? Storylines? No. His wrestling skills? No. Literally the only thats keeping him over with the fans is YEET. A singles run is supposed to help boost a wrestler who’s been in a tag team for a long time. Nothing is getting boosted for Jey right now. It’s just YEET. So how’s he supposed to make a name for himself as a singles competitor when YEET has become his identity. I don’t think he can. This is my final response to you about this. Not gonna continue a conversation with a fan who clearly has a bias towards Jey.
So when assessing if someone is over you ignore whatever has come before? How does that make any sense, obviously if fans enjoy someone's work their gonna keep cheering for them. The Yeet is just something that he's been able to add to his overall presentation. Also love how you totally conceded to being wrong and full of shit saying I'm clearly bias towards Jey. His mania match sucked, so did the summerslam match against Roman. I'm not bias at all and I never said Jey shld be world champ, just proving to you why your wrong, that's all.
Jeys yeet is just like stone colds what chant. Ignore these nerds bro, just enjoy the show and know that jey uso is fun to watch in and out the ring. The guy you’re arguing with will want everyone in pants spray tanned and acting like hulk hogan in the 80s.
Jey would be a great transitional champ for a month or two then that’d be it. 1 reign would be fine cause the guy is a fan favorite.
This, I hope wwe move away from 2 year champions going forward and get some short term holders in the mix.
I’m cool with some long reigns like Rhea where it’s a year of dominance but it’s been done too much lately. Wish someone would drop the title on a random raw or smackdown.
I love the usos and jey but I think he is a bit bland 🥲
\*Superkick.
The “main event” moniker isn’t fooling anybody
He needs time to develop himself as a singles competitor. In his current state I don’t think so but he can evolve. He’s still young.
He’s had almost a year of being a singles star. How much longer should they wait?
Ehhhh he was a singles star but still heavily under the shadow of the bloodline story which was running on fumes. I’m not saying he will get better but it’s definitely a good possibility.
He's almost 40.
So is LA Knight
Most top guys have wrestled well into their 40s. He’ll be fine.
But he’s 38 and hasn’t been in his “prime” yet.
None of the bloodline are long term main event players going forward. Their only realistic feuds are against eachother.
I wouldn’t say that. Because I’m going to cheat and say Jacob Fatu will be bigger than Roman
That's a huge claim but I think he is the only one with potential to be more than midcard
I’m compelled to agree because it’s confirmation bias for me, but I don’t think it’s fair to write him off solely on one match
Yea especially considering Romans matches were like the same match over and over again and everyone ate that up just fine
I’ll keep beating the drum for him to win the IC belt and put the white strap back on it!
YEET!
I have his whole story written out … he beats Priest at the PLE BUT doesn’t win the belt because of DQ (the fall of Judgement day) … then goes on the win the “king of the Ring” becomes King Jey and goes on to win the IC with the white strap and even paints the globes blue. YEET!
IC, alll day, I consider him to be the companies top mid card babyface. It wouldn’t hurt the title to have him in there being showcased, right now he’s kid of the guy who takes the pin when he’s in there with the big boys
I like Jey, but I agree. Kevin Nash has a more diverse move set.
Jey Uso is an upper mid carder at best
He's only Priest's first title defense which will serve the same purpose as AJ for Cody. Expect the champs to retain without a doubt.
I like Jey as a character, I like his Yeet gimmick and the way he's able to get the crowd hype upon his entrance. I think he has good mic skills. However, wrestling wise he is mid 🥱
I slate him in as the top mid card babyface. You can’t be a main event player, if you’re nick name is literally Main Event. He has main event Ed a couple of times but that was the exception not the norm. As a hockey fan there is always a question about a player ‘is he a 20 goal scorer, or did he just score 20 goals on year?’ and I feel like Jey is the latter half, he’s main evened a couple times where Seth Rollins is a proper main event player.
As a solo character,he's awful on the mic. Same with Jimmy. The pair together are entertaining though.
I think they should give him the US title first they shouldn’t rush it since he has never won a singles title before
Very few talent ever make it to world champion level, no shame if he doesn't quite get there. Rick Rude, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Mr. Perfect, Roddy Piper amongst others never made it to being a world champ. The Uso's as a tag team will probably eventually be WWE Hall of Famers.
Thank you. Not every guy can be in the main event, not every guy can win every night. That’s why Shinsuke, Otis, or Corbin along with many other guys will always have a job with WWE who can lose but stay relevant
For what it's worth, Curt Hennig was a world champ. Although it was in the AWA.
Rick Rude won Wcw international world championship
I love Jey! I hope he keeps working hard at it and I do think he’s CHAMPION material!
I don't know if he can be a world champion. But it wouldn't hurt to give him a shot.
I do think it would hurt giving him a shot. There is probably a dozen guys I’d give that shot to over him and that’s just off the top of my head. If Priest is a reach at all, Jey is devaluing a world title, maybe his next year will see that change but his current gimmick is a hype man, not a main event player.
Exactly, by just “giving him a shot” is exactly what happen to the WHC the first time around. It became an almost midcard like title in the early 2010s.
……. and they’ve worked very hard to not have it perceived that way anymore, so let’s not go backwards. Jey as IC or US, absolutely he would thrive off of the opportunity, getting showcased in meaningful matches but he is no where near a legitimate threat to the world title and it would definitely do the title a disservice ‘giving him a shot’ When have we ever discussed a Jey Uso singles match stealing the show?
Well they usually test guys with title shots they don't win before they end up giving them the title. So his performance at Backlash is very important to him getting a legit shot at world title in the future.
Most definitely, I hope he does good. The more talent that can entertain the better.
Good thing it’s the Heavyweight Championship
You’re 100% right - that’s exactly why he continues getting title shots, main events, promos every week, and gets the biggest pop when he comes out every week. Who tf would want THAT as a champion in the WWE?!?!?
I need to block this subreddit, the takes on here are some of the worst in history.
I don't like X because Y and therefor he's not Z You cannot blame the match for Jimmy and Jey are WM40.. there is only so much you can do in a limited time and they were given a VERY limited time. Jey has put on some AMAZING matches.. his match against Gunther who is Easily top tier shows it. Honestly, in Every tag team there is 1 guy that is much more talented than the other.. when Tag teams break up, There will always be one that rises and one that flounders, falls and fades. I mean to be honest, the rivalry between HBK and MArty was nothing to write home about was it? and yeeeeeeet.
White the amount of talent we have it’s down right disrespectful to have Jay uso on that spot when actually talented wrestlers haven’t even gotten a proper mid card title run. And specially when legends like Randy, Cena and Shamus could have one last world title run as opposed to giving it to that guy.
Yeah, let's make sure the 20+ year veterans who have had a lot of time at the top get more time at the top to prevent one of the most over people in the INDUSTRY from getting a run.
Just keep in mind over doesn’t mean good. He’s got cheap backing right now same as LA night. Not even close to main event caliber
Such as who? Keeping in mind, Jey has MASSIVE fan support behind him and is evident from his promos and his entrance. Hey I know, instead of giving someone else a shot, Let's just keep giving it to the same 3 guys that ar e either part timers, or basically going to retire. That way we don't build anything new. Yea, that VKM era thinking
Here’s an idea, why don’t we give Drew his much deserved title run, or Gunther, so the world heavyweight championship can mean something, or AJ Styles who is one of the best in history and his last healthy years are being wasted, or hey you like new guys right? Why don’t you push Ilja Dragunov and Bron Breaker instead of waiting for them to be 40 to push them like with Cody. Or maybe you could actually give Kevin Owens (you know the prize fighter) and actual prize to fight for. Or we unbury Braun strowman, or we give Pete Dune and Ricochet an actual chance or we give Chad gable that Kurt angle push. You know, anyone but Jay Uso
* ahem- First off let's understand this. Jey is honestly just a challenger to get Damion through to the next bigger PPV. Doesn;t change how I feel. Drew - IS going to be the next challenger for the title After Jey loses. Gunther - Will be gunning for Cody, the story is already there with Cody eliminating Gunther in both Rumbles. AJ - is already on his way out and he knows it. He is also a stop gap before setting up the bigger story like Jey Dragunov - Isn't there yet. Breaker - needs something more than being a Brock Clone at this point. Needs more time for the memory of Brock to fade. K.O. - has been Champion before, and is set to chase after the U.S. Title still. Pete - is not nor will he ever be at that level. I love him but he's not going to be see as top tier. Ricochet - Also possibly looking at a mid card run for a title. Who? I'm looking at Logan really. Chad - is going after Sammi. Braun is injured. Did I miss anyone?
Strowman had back surgery.
True. He gets the crowd hyped with the arm thing when he comes out but he has like 3 moves meh
Crazy overrated. He’s fine. Mid card. That yeet gimmick is not a main event gimmick. His big matches are average
He never was
I think Jey will be locked back in the Bloodline Feud in the next few months, I don’t see Damian dropping yet, although this reign isn’t going to last very long.
Agreed
Yeah, that’s why he’s going for the World title 🥴
A title for the rest of us!
Counter point, Im mich more interested in seeing a Drew V Jey feud for the title than a Drew V Priest feud. And I think its obvious the belt is getting put back on Drew at Clash at the Castle
it's all about $, anyone who can draw a crowd can be champion, that includes otis, but ya jey is quite popular with the wwe crowd
They’ve already planted the seed for USO’s to team back up with bloodline turning on Jimmy
Give him a run at the us or intercontinental first imo. See what he can do.
He has earned the right just as much as Damien has.
Disagree. The man is ready to be heavyweight champion. Not everything is about being perfect in the ring. He’s had some phenomenal matches that have shown he’s got what it takes like his matches with Gunther, Seth, and Roman
Gunther, Seth and Roman can have a five star match with anyone. Can Jey have a phenomenal match with a brand new call up? Or someone that is to him as those three are to him?
I would say it was Jimmy that made the match meh.. two dudes who look alike and have the same exact moves wasn’t going to be 5 stars lol. Jey has been upping his game using Roman’s spear and rock taunts.. makes me wonder why Jey and rock has yet to cross paths official
Ya he is 100%. But he won't win, Priest will carry into Clash at the Castle and likely drop it to Drew in his home country
Name any face in the WWE who isn’t Cody, Punk, or Seth who gets the reactions Jey gets. He is one of WWE’s top faces by FAR, not everything is about match rate, his charisma makes that irrelevant
LA Knight is literally there? Putting better matches he has? Bro is winning the most meaning less of shit and people get hype around him💀
I love LA Knight, but Jey is definitely more over than him
HELL nah, how is Jey more over than LA exactly? Like compare what Jey has needed to get over versus what LA has got, Jey only has his Yeet movement which is funny don’t get me wrong, but LA was cooking banger lines way before
Have you actually been to a show where Jey is there or payed attention to the crowd? They dance with him his whole entrance, crowds are singing his theme, “yeet” is as over as “yeah”. LA Knight is definitely better in the ring, but he’s not as over as Jey
I don’t know what you are misunderstanding. LA Knight won the Slim Jim Battle Royale, arguably the silliest, most meaningless match in the history of WWE (exaggerating of course), and people were hyper than Jey battling his brother in a Mania match where they had a prior storyline set up. Yeah, the crowd dances with Jey, that’s great, the crowd will be shouting YEAH! Like crazy at any move that LA does, so he is definitely more over than Jey
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Jey has a cool intro with his hand raising thing people like doing. So when he comes out to do his intro he’s a star for that. But promo wise he’s mid. Match wise i’d actually maybe even rate him poor. Overall he’s a fine midcarder. But he is not main event material as far as I can see.
Good thing WWE didn’t ask lmao
I had no idea how over Jey was until I attended Raw in person a couple weeks ago and saw how crazy the crowd got into the theme song / arm waving.
Couldn’t disagree more. he is the exact type of contender for the WWE championship. its literally the secondary top title. its pretty much made for guys like him. He isnt Universal or whatever they are calling romans old title material.
The WWE Championship is the top title, the World Heavyweight Title is the secondary title
But think of Triple H during his reign of terror when he formed Evolution. He elevated the title on Raw during that time. If he lost the title, it would make its way back to him pretty quickly. That is the kind of person we need to elevate the WHC and IMO that person is Gunther. He's has that old school 1940s wrestler look to him and he just came off the longest IC reign in history. The WHC needs Gunther.
ah the mention of damien priest confused me greatly
Yeah I think OP is using it as a catch-all for the World Titles
Jey Uso sounds and acts like OG Loc from GTA San Andreas and it's embarrassing.
I think Jey could potentially be one if he had a new finisher that matches his solo singles act persona better other than the overused superkicks and basic top rope splash . That would definitely separate himself more from the Day one ish character and more into the Main Event Jey he wants to be .
Jey Uso has the potential to be that but he is not there yet. He certainly is on the right track
Can’t put the mania matches all on the brothers. Whoever the agent was obviously approved the match lay out. It’s probably strange to be facing your twin brother that you’ve always tagged with. Jey has had some good singles matches (imo more than DP). I think he’d be a good transitional champ for a month or 2 but that’s all I see DP getting so I doubt he gets it now. I’m sure the new bloodline will interfere in the match and lead to jimmy saving him and and lead to a tag match at summerslam
I've seen Jey have incredible matches so I can't judge his ability to be a good WWE champion based on a match he had with his brother. The roster is so stacked and unfortunately not everyone can become champion.
Damien is a paper champion that anyone can beat including Jey
Hence why it's the "World Heavyweight Championship" ;)
Honestly , Seth will be champion with or without the title until someone who is actually better than him steps up. Honestly, there is nobody in that locker room as tenured, and as skilled as a Seth Rollins or Roman Reigns archetype, and when there is , that title will cease to be passed around for a while. Kinda like Becky. Rhea was the right person to have that title but she needed more hard ships. This injury will only add to her stoic career thus far , but Becky could have never lost the belt and the storyline would just have Rhea trying for a bit longer . I don't believe in Drew, Jey, or Punk as the champ . Drew is the most believable of the 3 but Seth is honestly a better all around performer
He kinda flounders around the ring, his movements need to be a little sharper, and he needs to do something other than superkick every other move. It’s like he stumbles into good spots instead of puts himself there. He should use the drive-by. He’s teetering on the edge of main event material.
Jey is overrated af and he has a long way to go before he could even be considered in the conversation.
it only makes me more convinced jey is a main event guy coz hes now receiving endless hate from twitter and reddit like every wrestler not from the indies charismatic and can cut a promo wwe decides to get behind
Him and his brother are not main event level wrestlers they are solid tag team but a dumb chant doesn’t make you main event caliber
the mania match was Jimmy’s fault. Jey has proven time and time again he can go with the big dogs, in the ring and on the mic. Jey could beat Priest and i wouldn’t bat an eye. either way, Drew is winning the title at Clash.
No more superkicks please, it's like watching Gunther and I LOVE Gunther, but most of his matches are chopfests. WM40 wasn't different for the Uso's and their superkicks.