Jey Uso facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Jey Uso |
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Uso in 2024
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| Birth name | Joshua Samuel Fatu |
| Born | August 22, 1985 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| 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 Josh Fatu Joshua Fatu Jules Uso |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Billed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | San Francisco, California |
| Trained by | Rikishi Wild Samoan Training Center 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 of the tag team The Usos with his twin brother Jimmy. He is a member of the Anoaʻi family of Samoan professional wrestlers.
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Early life
Joshua Samuel Fatu was born in San Francisco, California on August 22, 1985, nine minutes after his twin brother Jonathan Solofa, to parents Talisua Fuavai and professional wrestler Solofa Fatu Jr. He is of Samoan descent and is a member of the Anoaʻi family. He attended Escambia High School in Pensacola, Florida, where he played competitive football. He continued his football career at University of West Alabama from 2003 to 2005, where he played linebacker.
Football career
Fatu attended and played linebacker for the University of West Alabama. Prior to the 2005 season, UWA head football coach Sam McCorkle cited in a Tuscaloosa News article that Fatu would be one of the players to watch. McCorkle hoped Josh Fatu, who was previously sat out for academic reasons, would help provide shots on defense. Unfortunately, the season didn't go as Fatu hoped it would.
Realizing his football career was not heading down a desirable path, Fatu and his brother Jonathan decided to join his father Solofa (Rikishi) and uncle, Eddie (Umaga) in the wrestling business.
Professional wrestling career
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. 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. 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. 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.
On February 1, 2025, Jey Uso won the Men's Royal Rumble after last eliminating John Cena from the ring.
Other media
He starred in the first episode of Outside the Ring, where he and his brother, Jimmy Uso cooked a traditional Samoan barbecue.
Jey made his video game debut in WWE '13 as a DLC. The Usos were not in WWE 2K14 but returned in WWE 2K15, and have continued to appear in WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22, WWE 2K23 and WWE 2K24. He also appeared uncredited in Countdown with Dolph Ziggler, Roman Reigns, and Big Show and his brother Jimmy Uso as well as the animated film The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!, which he played a role as Usobots.
Jey made a brief appearance on the reality television series Total Divas due to his brother, Jimmy being married to Total Divas star Naomi.
Jey is regularly featured on Xavier Woods' YouTube channel UpUpDownDown, where he goes by the nickname 'Jucey'. He challenged Kofi Kingston for the title in a game of Tetris, where he defeated Kingston to win the championship.
After being named the number one contender for the WWE Universal Championship in September 2020, he was featured on an episode of the WWE Network mini documentary series WWE Chronicle.
Personal life
Fatu is of Samoan descent. As the son of WWE Hall of Famer Solofa Fatu Jr. (Rikishi), the twin brother of Jon Fatu (Jimmy Uso) and the brother of Sefa Fatu (Solo Sikoa), he is also part of the Anoaʻi family; he is first cousins once-removed from current and former WWE performers Afa Anoaʻi Jr. (Manu), Samula Anoaʻi (Samu), the late Matt Anoaʻi (Rosey), Joe Anoaʻi (Roman Reigns), Sean Maluta, the late WWE Hall of Famer Rodney Anoaʻi (Yokozuna), Lloyd Anoaʻi (L.A Smooth), Lance Anoaʻi, and Jacob Fatu. He is also the nephew of Sam Fatu (The Tonga Kid), the late Eddie Fatu (Umaga), and WWE Hall of Famers, the late Afa and Sika Anoaʻi. He is also related through a blood brotherhood between his great-grandfather Reverend Amituana'i Anoaʻi, Pita (Peter) Maivia, James (Jimmy) Snuka, James Reiher-Snuka (Deuce) Sarona Snuka Polamalu (Tamina), and Dwayne Johnson (The Rock). His stage name "uso" means "brother" in the Samoan language. From 2011 to 2016, he performed the Samoan Siva Tau before their matches.
Uso is married to his high school sweetheart Takecia Travis since January 8, 2015. The couple met at Escambia High School where they first started dating. The couple has two sons: Jaciyah and Jeyce. The couple also have three French Bulldogs named Pongo, Mumble and Jax.
Championships and accomplishments
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- CBS Sports
- Feud of the Year (2020) vs. Roman Reigns
- Tag Team of the Year (2018) with Jimmy Uso
- ESPN
- Best storyline of the year (2022) part of The Bloodline and Sami Zayn
- Tag team of the year (2022) with Jimmy Uso
- Florida Championship Wrestling
- FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Uso
- New York Post
- Storyline of the Year (2022) part of The Bloodline and Sami Zayn
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Faction of the Year (2022) – part of The Bloodline
- Tag Team of the Year (2014) – with Jimmy Uso
- Ranked No. 17 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2024
- Ranked No. 1 of the top 50 Tag Teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2022 – with Jimmy Uso
- Rolling Stone
- Tag Team of the Year (2017) with Jimmy Uso
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Feud of the Year (2023) as part of The Bloodline vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
- WWE
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
- WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Jimmy Uso (3) and Cody Rhodes (1)
- WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Jimmy Uso (5) and Cody Rhodes (1)
- Men's Royal Rumble (2025)
- André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (2021)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2024)
- Slammy Award (2 times)
- Tag Team of the Year (2014, 2015) – with Jimmy Uso
Images for kids
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The Usos with Tamina in September 2010
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The Usos at the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony inducting their cousin Yokozuna
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The Usos in November 2013
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The Usos with Naomi making their entrance to the ring at the WrestleMania 31 pre-show in March 2015
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The Usos as SmackDown Tag Team Champions at WrestleMania 34
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The Usos in 2022
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Jey Uso in March 2024
See also
In Spanish: Jey Uso para niños
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