Jey Uso did the unthinkable at Money in the Bank PLE when he teamed up with his brother Jimmy Uso to take on the evil side of Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa. Before entering this match Roman Reigns was undefeated for 3 and half years and nobody was expecting to see him getting pinned anytime soon.
But in this iconic tag team match, Jey Uso talk to the entire world when he pinned Roman Reigns. Nobody was expecting such an outcome. Jey automatically earned an opportunity to challenge Roman for the Universal Heavyweight championship and the match was on for WWE SummerSlam.
The Untold Story: Why Jey Uso Wasn’t Picked to Topple Roman Reigns at WWE SummerSlam
But it was pretty much clear to everyone that no way Jey Uso good beat Roman Reigns to take the Universal title away from him. The fans were just looking forward to see how Roman keeps his title this time. It was Jimmy Uso time who helped Roman to return the championship by betraying his own twin brother.
As I have said, nobody was expecting Jey to dethrone Roman either, and neither did wrestling pundit Dave Meltzer Puri field that he was not even considered to be given the honour. During a recent appearance on the “McGuire on Wrestling” podcast, the wrestling Legend revealed the following;
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“I never even heard anyone discuss that as a possibility. I mean, obviously, they’ve already got whatever it is. They’ve got plans going for Roman as champion for months down the line, so Jey wasn’t going to win. I’ve got to think Cody is eventually winning it, so it’s just a question of keeping him hot enough. Brock did a great job with Cody.”
“Roman was the main event by far. Could they have put it higher on the card? Yes, but you know Brock. He likes to get out of dodge. If it was a normal show, Brock would’ve been in the opener and gotten out, but because of Logan Paul basically insisting on being in the opener, Brock had to go to the second match.”
Jey Uso is now pretty much out of the universal title picture and we can assure you one thing he is not going back into the picture very soon. Roman my take time off for a while as well and it is also reported that he is injured. We might not get to see him returning before Survivor Series at this time we can expect him to defend his title against someone else.
H/T – eWrestlingNews.com