WWE star Jimmy Uso has addressed his disreputable match against is brother Jey Uso at WrestleMania, and what he wanted to do with the bout instead.
The twin brothers collided at WrestleMania 40 back in 2024 on night 1. Unfortunately for the brothers, the 11-minute match was not well received by the fans and was viewed by many outlets as the worst match of 2024 when the year was all said and done. Filled with superkicks and a confusing spot where Jimmy tried to get his brother back on side, the match came to an end when Jey hit another superkick followed by a splash to bring the match to an end.
While appearing on the Cheap Heat podcast, Jimmy looked back at what went wrong with the match, noting that not being given enough time was one of the main issues with the match:
“I’d say it was just time. You got two twin brothers that finally get together, they’re going against each other. This meant a lot from us, both of us so we thought we was going to get to cook. Especially with our angle and how we been such a big part of this whole story and you know, we’ve just been leveling up every year since, and when we got there, you’re talking about — hell yeah, I was pissed off. Hell yeah, I felt some kind of way. But then it’s like, ‘Aye uce, just remember this, no matter what they telling us today and how much time they got or whatever they want us to do out there, understand this brother, don’t let that take away from our moment though. It’s me and you in there, it’s WrestleMania dawg, we in the city of brotherly love, I’m going against you. Brother, I’m happy, I’m blessed, I’m fulfilled today.’ So, other than that, they couldn’t take me off my rocket. They couldn’t take me off my high horse. I just had to remind my brother, because he’d be like, ‘Man, they know we can cook! They scared to give us 30! They scared to give us 30! We about to steal that. They better give us nine, hell.’”
Jimmy Uso Wanted Squash Match At WrestleMania
Continuing, Uso recalled finding out that Jey had a special entrance as Lil Wayne was set to accompany him to the ring. With the addition of Lil Wayne and the time being cut, Jimmy wanted to instead shock the fans by having Jey squash him, which was ultimately shut down:
“Here’s the thing, here’s the thing uce, when I found out (about) the time, and brother had the (Lil) Wayne entrance… I said, ‘Bruh, let me get in there. Just kill me. Just duck, spear me, boom. Splash me, boom. One, two, three. We just get the hell up out of there. Squash match, what you think? They was like, ‘No, we need something. You gotta give them a little something.’ ‘Well, damn. If we give ‘em a little something, we letting the fans down, I feel.’ We can’t even cook the way y’all want us to cook, because we get nine whole minutes… They ain’t ready for it. I was like, ‘They ain’t ready for no squash bro. Duck, spear, kill me. One, two, three. Get the Wayne back in and start partying. Let’s go.’ Give the other five to somebody…”
While Jimmy Uso has been predominantly in the mid-card following The Usos split, Jey went on to win the World Heavyweight Championship the following year at WrestleMania 41. Jey also challenged for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship at the November 1 Saturday Night’s Main Event, but the match was won by CM Punk.
Unfortunately for The Usos, they joined The Hardys in having a brother vs. brother match at WrestleMania that did not live up to the hype. To date, the only sibling rivalry match at WrestleMania that was well received was Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart at WrestleMania 10.
H/t to Fightful for the use of transcriptions.
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