Rikishi Critiques WWE’s Booking of Jey Uso, Thinks He Deserves a Better Storyline

– During this week’s edition of Off The Top With Rikishi Fatu, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi critiqued how WWE is booking his son, Jey Uso. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):

Rikishi on WWE not pushing Jey Uso: “They’re not doing a damn thing with Yeet. My opinion’s why? Why do you not push or give the most popular babyface, in my eyes, be it my son or not, if the Yeet Master or the Yeet man is over, why? How come? What is the problem, not giving this guy some type of title, something, win something? It’d only be good for business, wouldn’t it?”

On how there appears to be no solid plan for Jey Uso, teased romance with Rhea Ripley: “Is that the best they got? The number one, in my eyes, again, I get hot when I’m talking about this because whether it’s my son or somebody else, this kid worked hard. Not saying everybody else didn’t, but damn it, in this industry, you work hard. They conquered the tag team [division]. What else is there to do? Now he breaks off as Yeet. Right? He does this thing here, and yet it’s not like they’re giving the gas pedal to him. It’s almost like I want to come back with that promo I did a while back. Now I can add, ‘Jey Uso has been held down.’ High Chief Peter Maivia has been held down. Afa and Sika has been held down. Rikishi has been held down.”

On how Jey is being held down: “Damn it, I said that interview 25 or so years ago, and now we’ve come up to 2024, and now we got a Bloodline that’s being held down? Come on. Why? Give me a good explanation why. I got hairs on the back of my neck every time I watch and, ‘Okay, SummerSlam, where’s Yeet? Ah. I don’t know, let’s write him in like he likes Mami.’ Mami? That’s the best that those writers got? Let’s write this guy into a relationship with Mami? What are y’all trying to do? Break his marriage up? Y’all can’t put him in a good storyline, so what you gonna do now? God forbid you guys try to tell her tongue kiss each other on Raw. Shit, that better not happen.”

During last night’s Raw, Jey Uso was in action, teaming with Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn to beat World Tag Team Champions The Judgment Day (Finn Balor and JD McDonagh).