History Wrestling / TheUsos

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L-R: Jimmy, Jey]]
-->''It's not paranoia! It's the Usos!''

* BestServedCold: After 3 years of being mistreated by Wrestling/RomanReigns as members of the Bloodline, The Usos finally got their retribution at Night of Champions 2023 by superkicking the Tribal Chief, thereby allowing Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/SamiZayn to retain their Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships against him and Solo Sikoa.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: 2023's ''Night of Champions'' was a '''long''' time coming. Wrestling/RomanReigns had spent the better part of 3+ years treating The Usos like garbage, with Jimmy and especially Jey reluctant to defy him for fear of being disowned by their family and discarded from The Island of Relevancy. When Reigns' bullying finally pushed Jimmy over the edge, he pulled the trigger on a pair of Superkicks on Roman's chin that cost him his tag-team championship match, and Jey was torn, but ultimately (and reluctantly) left the event at Jimmy's side.

* BattleChant: As faces, their entrance consists of them doing a haka called the Siva Tau and then getting their crowd chant on.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jimmy is quite clearly the most amicable member of the Bloodline, far more willing to talk it through with anyone and hasn't changed his demeanor from his face days all that much. He still jokes around and has a good time, and has a very heartwarming bond with Wrestling/SamiZayn with him being the first one who referred to him as the "Honorary Uce". That being said, it does not mean he ever intends to show mercy during Bloodline beatdowns. He will be just as vicious as the rest of his family.

** "[tag team name], Lockdown!"

* StockholmSyndrome: After their cousin, Roman Reigns, turned heel in 2020 and allied with Paul Heyman, both Jimmy and Jey were initially appalled by his change in behavior. However, both brothers eventually turned heel after Roman beat the shit out of Jey and guilt tripped Jimmy into helping him. Following this, they become fully loyal to Roman as part of the Bloodline.

** (as members of the Bloodline) "We The Ones!"

* FinishingMove: A double back suplex prior to WWE, The Superfly Splash. Ever since turning heel, they've used the Superkick to finish matches, including the match that won them the [=SmackDown=] Tag Team Championships from Wrestling/AmericanAlpha.

-->''It's not paranoia! It's the Usos!''

Jonathan Solofa Fatu and Joshua Samuel Fatu (born August 22, 1985) are a Samoan-American TagTeam known to Wrestling/{{WWE}} viewers as The Usos, Jimmy (Jonathan) and Jey (Joshua). They debuted in 2007 under their real names for the World Xtreme Wrestling promotion, run by their uncle, Afa. They named their team The Samoan Soldiers and also made appearances in Texas based Xtreme Championship Wrestling, Anarchy Wrestling in Georgia and Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Prime Time, winning tag team gold in Wrestling/BookerT's PWA before they jumped to WWE. They became the Uso Brothers, Jimmy and Jules, in WWE's developmental program FCW, where they were 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fcw/fcw-fl-t.html FCW Florida Tag Team Champions]]. They debuted in WWE in 2010 as heels, feuding with the Hart Dynasty. They [[HeelFaceTurn turned face]] via their feud with [[Wrestling/TheNexus the Corre]] on ''Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}}'' in 2011 and remained faces for around five years, during which they won the WWE Tag Team Championship twice. In 2016, shortly into the renewed brand extension, they [[FaceHeelTurn turned heel]] by assaulting the most popular team on the ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' brand, Wrestling/AmericanAlpha. Since then, they've racked up a total of six tag-team championship reigns.

* StockholmSyndrome: After their cousin, Roman Reigns, turned heel in 2020 and allied with Paul Heyman, both Jimmy and Jey are appalled by his changed in behavior. However, both brothers eventually turned heel after Roman beat the shit out of Jey and guilt trip Jimmy into helping him. Following this, they become fully loyal to Roman as part of the Bloodline.

** ''Inverted'' as far as their relationship with Wrestling/TheShield's Wrestling/RomanReigns goes. By blood, Reigns is The Usos' first cousin once removed, but until the night Reigns won the Royal Rumble this was ''never'' brought up. Justified in {{kayfabe}} by Reigns himself, stating he wanted to keep it close to his chest so as to make his own mark instead of waving his connections around. Since then, though, it's simply been averted. They even ''very'' briefly formed a nominal stable with Reigns when he was feuding with Wrestling/AJStyles (who had the aid of [[Wrestling/KarlAnderson The]] [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Club]]).

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* RedOniBlueOni: With Jey having been forced to run with Roman for the better part of a year while Jimmy was out injured, The Usos have become differentiated by developing into this. Jey's personality has been molded into more or less that of an attack dog slavishly loyal to his family, while Jimmy has had time to observe the situation and think through his decisions, his fealty and principles clashing as a result. This caused Jimmy to take issue with the way Roman has been doing business, a weeks-long argument that sent Jey ping-ponging into a VillainousBreakdown before Roman finally started to {{gaslight|ing}} Jimmy and convince him to be on board.

* WrestlingFamily: Members of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty large Anoa'i family]], specifically the sons of Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, and the nephews of Wrestling/{{Umaga}} and Tonga Kid. Also cousins of one of their old Shield archenemies turned Tribal Chief, Wrestling/RomanReigns and an older brothers of NXT Solo Sikoa. If you were to count the Anoa'i family's "blood brothers", you could throw the Maivia family (and therefore one [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]) and even the Snuka family in there as well. And those are just the most notable ones. Don't try to count on your fingers exactly how many of their family members have been involved with professional wrestling. You ''will'' run out of fingers. Let's just say that Jimmy and Jey boast a [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/31e6432871156d11786202c012470072/tumblr_n19tgyCtGQ1rzcokbo1_1280.png very strong pro wrestling gene pool]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: When pit in a Gauntlet Match against [[Wrestling/TheNewDay Xavier Woods and Big E]] to determine if Wrestling/KofiKingston will face Wrestling/DanielBryan at Wrestling/WrestleMania, they give a collective middle finger to the WWE champion and Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and forfeit the match, claiming all three had already earned their respect.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Do they ever. Keep in mind, also that these guys are ''not'' cruiserweights, with Jey at about 230 and Jimmy at 251. (For point of reference, this makes Jimmy about the same weight as '''Wrestling/JohnCena.''')

** (as members of the Bloodline) "You the twos and we the ones!"

* WrestlingFamily: Members of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty large Anoa'i family]], specifically the sons of Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, and the nephews of Wrestling/{{Umaga}} and Tonga Kid. Also cousins of one of their old Shield archenemies, Wrestling/RomanReigns and an older brothers of NXT Solo Sikoa. If you were to count the Anoa'i family's "blood brothers", you could throw the Maivia family (and therefore one [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]) and even the Snuka family in there as well. And those are just the most notable ones. Don't try to count on your fingers exactly how many of their family members have been involved with professional wrestling. You ''will'' run out of fingers. Let's just say that Jimmy and Jey boast a [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/31e6432871156d11786202c012470072/tumblr_n19tgyCtGQ1rzcokbo1_1280.png very strong pro wrestling gene pool]].

* WrestlingFamily: Members of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty large Anoa'i family]], specifically the sons of Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, and the nephews of Wrestling/{{Umaga}} and Tonga Kid. Also cousins of one of their old Shield archenemies, Wrestling/RomanReigns and a older brother of NXT Solo Sikoa. If you were to count the Anoa'i family's "blood brothers", you could throw the Maivia family (and therefore one [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]) and even the Snuka family in there as well. And those are just the most notable ones. Don't try to count on your fingers exactly how many of their family members have been involved with professional wrestling. You ''will'' run out of fingers. Let's just say that Jimmy and Jey boast a [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/31e6432871156d11786202c012470072/tumblr_n19tgyCtGQ1rzcokbo1_1280.png very strong pro wrestling gene pool]].

* WrestlingFamily: Members of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty large Anoa'i family]], specifically the sons of Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, and the nephews of Wrestling/{{Umaga}} and Tonga Kid. Also cousins of one of their old Shield archenemies, Wrestling/RomanReigns. If you were to count the Anoa'i family's "blood brothers", you could throw the Maivia family (and therefore one [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]) and even the Snuka family in there as well. And those are just the most notable ones. Don't try to count on your fingers exactly how many of their family members have been involved with professional wrestling. You ''will'' run out of fingers. Let's just say that Jimmy and Jey boast a [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/31e6432871156d11786202c012470072/tumblr_n19tgyCtGQ1rzcokbo1_1280.png very strong pro wrestling gene pool]].

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Usos The Other Wiki]].

** Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr and Dominik for the [=SmackDown=] Tag Team Champions.

* IdenticalTwinIDTag: They aren't identical, but at the beginning, they looked similar enough that it was near impossible to tell them apart. For a while only Jey had a tattoo on one of his pecs, now they both do (a tribal one). Jey has a cross incorporated in his right arm sleeve tattoo, while Jimmy has a tattoo with the words "Fatu" on his right upper arm. Jey's pec tat was discussed InUniverse to help viewers who were having a hard time telling the two apart. Also, now that they've started wearing face paint, each wears it on the opposite side. Jimmy's is on the right side of his face (the camera's left), and Jey on the left side of his face (camera's right). [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/b1827921c085d5fadb4f7bc4046a0f78/tumblr_mwqm26hhRB1qjr2ito1_500.jpg Left to right, Jimmy and Jey.]] As of their return in late 2015, Jey has grown a thicker beard. And as of their heel turn in fall 2016, Jimmy wears jerseys/tanktops and baseball caps in his new attire while Jey goes shirtless and/or bareheaded. As of their 2021 storyline with Roman Reigns, Jimmy's hair is longer and neater than Jey's (and also has a noticeable reddish SkunkStripe) and he still normally wears gym shorts and shirts related their tag team as opposed to Jey's full pants and shirts related to his association with Roman.

* PowerTrio: Briefly teamed up with cousin Wrestling/RomanReigns as [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty The Bloodline]] to do battle against [[Wrestling/BulletClub The Club]].

** Jimmy favors a full nelson bomb and a top rope corkscrew senton, Jey favors a northern lights suplex and a running corkscrew elbow. Both brothers also pack a mean superkick, which was soon upgraded to a FinishingMove ever since they turned heel. The heel turn also has the two using the Tequila Sunrise submission a lot more often.