The Usos
The Usos (born August 22, 1985) are an American professional wrestling tag team composed of twin brothers Joshua Samuel Fatu and Jonathan Solofa Fatu, who are best known by their ring names Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso, respectively. They are both currently signed to WWE, where they perform on the SmackDown brand and are the current SmackDown Tag Team Champions in their seventh reign. They are also part of a stable called The Bloodline with their cousin, Roman Reigns, who are managed by Reigns’ special counsel Paul Heyman.
Trained since childhood by their father, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi, the team debuted in WWE’s developmental brand Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2009, where they became FCW Florida Tag Team Champions. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history, They were moved to the main roster the following year, and have gone on to be overall seven-time tag team champions in WWE, capturing the WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship twice 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. They are the only team to have won the FCW Florida Tag Team, WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
The Usos are members of the renowned AnoaŹ»i family of Samoan wrestlers, which also includes their father WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi, uncle Umaga, and their father’s cousins the late WWE Hall of Famer Yokozuna, Roman Reigns, and through a blood brotherhood between their great grandfather Reverend Amituana’i Anoa’i and Peter Maivia, The Rock. The pair were previously managed by their cousin Tamina and Jimmy’s real-life wife, Naomi.[8]
