Rikishi is happy his sons are back together, but he wants Jimmy Uso to have a singles run.
Jey Uso has had a breakout singles run in WWE over the last year, and he feuded with his brother, Jimmy Uso. However, the brothers reunited on the October 25th episode of WWE SmackDown, and they will team up with Roman Reigns to face Solo Sikoa's Bloodline at WWE Crown Jewel.
Speaking on his Off The Top podcast, Rikishi was asked to comment on how happy he was to see his sons, The Usos, back together.
“What father wouldn’t be happy? I’ve always had confidence in the boys, [that] they’ll figure it out, they’re young men, they’ve been through the grind, they’ve been through the business. They’ve been through hard times, they’ve been through good times together. Sometimes you need to separate from each other to be able to grow. At the end of the day, okay, I got my fix on growing as a single wrestler, and Jey has gotten that. Jimmy hasn’t gotten that in my book yet, and I look forward to the day when they’re both about ready to hang it up and retire, I look forward to seeing Jimmy have a single run, just so he can experience what that is, to be able to get out there as a pro wrestler by himself, and to be able to carve his own footstep as a single performer. There’s nothing else they can do as a tag team. There’s nothing else they can do as a faction. They’ve been the top faction for how many years now, they’ve been the top tag team for how many years now, and Jey has been on a crazy ride for a year or so. So I think at the end of the day, the boys are good. Solo got his run, Jacob’s doing his thing, and you got Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa, so it’s good to see a good Polynesian vibe with the Samoans and the Tongans coming together to represent Polynesian, the islands in general," Rikishi said.
Rikishi also noted that he wanted to see Jimmy Uso face Jacob Fatu in a potential singles run. He named Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio as well, as he highlighted their veteran expertise.
Click here to see what Rikishi had to say about Solo Sikoa.
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