| Jey Uso | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Uso in 2024 | |
| Birth name | Joshua Samuel Fatu |
| Born | August 22, 1985 San Francisco, California, U.S.[1] |
| Alma mater | University of West Alabama |
| Spouse(s) |
Takecia Travis (m. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Solofa Fatu Jr. (father) |
| Family | Anoaʻi |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jey Uso[2] Josh Fatu Joshua Fatu Jules Uso[3] The Gobbledy Gooker[4] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[5] |
| Billed weight | 242 lb (110 kg)[5] |
| Billed from | San Francisco, California[2][6] |
| Trained by | Rikishi[1] Wild Samoan Training Center[1] Florida Championship Wrestling |
| Debut | June 8, 2007 |
Joshua Samuel Fatu (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Jey Uso. He is one half the tag team The Usos with his twin brother Jimmy. He is a member of the Anoaʻi family of Samoan professional wrestlers.
Trained since childhood by his father, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi, Fatu debuted in 2008, before joining WWE's then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2010, and wrestled as Jules Uso alongside his twin brother, Jimmy, as The Usos, where they became FCW Florida Tag Team Champions. They were moved to the main roster later that year. While on the main roster, they have been managed by their cousin Tamina Snuka, and Jimmy's wife, Naomi.[7] From July 2021 to June 2023, he was part of the villainous stable The Bloodline with his first cousin once removed and group leader Roman Reigns and his brothers Jimmy and Solo Sikoa.
During his time as part of The Usos, Fatu won the award of holding the record for the longest male tag team championship reign in WWE history at 622 days, which was accomplished in their fifth reign with the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[8] They are overall eight-time tag team champions in WWE, capturing the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship three times and winning the Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year in both 2014 and 2015. In 2017, they won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship on three occasions, followed by a fourth reign in 2019 and a fifth reign in 2021. They are the first team to win both the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships and the first team to hold them simultaneously as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.
As a singles professional wrestler, Fatu has won the 2020 Feud of the Year category for his feud with Roman Reigns by the CBS Sports and has won the 2021 André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.[9][10] He would later win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship with Cody Rhodes, marking his fourth reign with the Raw Tag Team Championship and sixth reign with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. In September 2024, he won WWE's Intercontinental Championship, his first singles title of his career.
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- ^ a b "Jey Uso Bio". WWE. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ Adkins, Greg (May 31, 2010). "Shooting Star-Spangled Raw". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- ^ "WWE Smackdown: Dean Ambrose earns Intercontinental Title shot". Sky Sports. November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "Jey Uso". WWE. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ^ "Jimmy Uso Bio". WWE. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "Rock Step, Nonisolated Rock, and Isolated Rock". Rock Step, Nonisolated Rock, and Isolated Rock. 2018. doi:10.5040/9781350971349. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "SmackDown Tag Team Championship". WWE. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ Brookhouse, Brent (January 2, 2021). "2020 CBS Sports Wrestling Awards: Drew McIntyre stands out as Wrestler of the Year". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ Powell, Jason (April 9, 2021). "4/9 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of the WrestleMania 37 go-home show, final comments from Roman Reigns, Edge, and Daniel Bryan, Andre the Giant Battle Royal, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler vs. Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio vs. The Street Profits vs. Alpha Academy in a four-way for the Smackdown Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.