Club 520 Podcast - Club 520 - Jey Uso on Royal Rumble, becoming WWE Superstar, Roman Reigns friendship

Episode Date: February 1, 2025

Jeff Teague and the Club 520 guys get an exclusive sit down with Jey Uso ahead of WWE’s Royal Rumble on Saturday night in Indianapolis. Uso talks about growing up in a wrestling family, becoming a superstar in the WWE, having a lifelong friendship with Roman Reigns, as well as previews one of the biggest nights of the year in the Royal Rumble. 2:00 - Wrestling in AF1s 6:00 - Friendship with Roman Reigns 16:00 - Favorite Wayne album 21:00 - Travel schedule 27:00 - Royal Rumble #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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My name is DJ Wells. Special, special guest in the building, man. To my left, we're going to introduce my man's last name. You see what time it is. We'll be on today. But to my far left, I got my dog, Bishop B. He ain't out the pearlies. How you doing, Nasty?

What's happening, Nasty? Let's get to it, baby. Now, Jay, listen, man. We know you keep your feet right. You got the white ones on right now. But have you ever seen the black forces with the white leggings before? Hey, man. It's my first time.

It's my first time. They look cold. Oh, you like it? They look cold. Come on, man. Come on now. Just for that, though, bro. I got you something, man.

This is from me and the team. Yes, sir. Word, loose. Appreciate it. Got you some forces, man. Come on. Is it them right there? Nah, that ain't them. But I'm going to get you something. Man, come on is it them right there nah that ain't them

but I'm gonna get you some man come on man I wear these more Chrissy White that's my signature lace right there okay yeah so

you about to see these on Royal Rumble then out the gate yes sir love bro appreciate it appreciate it brother man I can't wait man

I'll put them over to the side for you if at some point we see Jey Uso out here in the black with the white laces that'd be crazy that's gonna be crazy come on man

what is it what is it split room here how do we feel about him that's his that's the passive aggressive super in black it's like he might

nicely rob you when he wear those specifically the black forces is violent those come with a little bit more respect a little softer yeah

we'll make sure you get a pair of jeans it was horrifying the motherfucker 13 13 in the Black Forces Yeah that is Scream violence for sure But to my right

Got my dog Young Nacho Young Tig How you doing I'm chilling bro Y'all know I'm excited About this one I'm the only WWE fan

In real life I mean DJ used to watch When he was younger But I still watch So to have a wrestler On the day Oh boy Have you

Oh yes My favorite guest so far We done had a lot of Great players on here But a wrestler. And one of my favorite wrestlers right now. I'm going to let you do the honors. Come on, man.

You see the belt right here. We tapped it for sure, man. This man is a champion, man. Tag team champ. Mr. Intercontinental champ. And on his way to being a world champ. Stream live with Peacock Saturday. Royal Rumble.

We got the one and only. Made it with Jey Uso in the building. Big dog. Appreciate you sliding on us. Hey, thanks for the intro. Yes, sir. Hell of an intro, Uso. You feel me?

Yeah. For sure, man. Listen, we got to talk about everything, man. But like we said, the foot game, wrestling and forces, man. How do you do that? Man, to be honest, I take my ankles up every single match, and then I double sock them. So there is no support with the ankles.

But, man, I just like how they look on TV, man, just the all whites. And then at the time when we started wearing tennis shoes, me and my brother were the only ones wearing Air Force Ones. Everybody had to wear boots. It was like a rule. But for us, we got away with it because we was just trying stuff. Man, we'd go to Champs, get a pair of whites and black joggers, buy one, get one free. You know what I'm saying?

That was a wrestling gear right there. I was saying, that's really long, man. It was so penitentiary. Y'all know. Y'all was tapping. Y'all was tapping. Come on. That day one-ish came.

We made a shirt in the middle of the mall loose. You know, we was just trying stuff. The day one-ish came. We made a shirt in the middle of the mall loose. You know, we was just trying stuff. The day one-ish. That's fire. Man, me and him, well, we can't say day one shit, right? So, ish was the, you know, on the rap song, ish. Yeah, that's the intro version for sure. Yeah, bruh, like we got the drawing board and stuff.

Man, that's hard. For sure. Man, that's crazy. Like, for you to, you know what I'm saying, be a superstar, like you said, the beginnings, y'all just'all just like regular people we at the mall trying to figure it out what we used to go to get fresh get airbrushed cop the white forces all for a circle moment man but let's talk about the beginning man san fran growing up crazy wrestling lineage t i know you all super tapping about that for sure grandpa to the father to the cousins to everybody uh

like growing up in that environment with your whole family grew up in the wrestling world, was you inspired to be a wrestler? Was you going to do something else? Did you play any other sports, anything else like that? I already played football. Yeah, we were ballers, man. Always wanted to play football. You know how that go. After college,

kind of came home, getting the real world writers. It's like, well, well damn this ain't fun you know you could just go to a regular job clock in clock out every night three years start getting big you know athletes when you come home it's a different transition right like you don't know what to do uh we was just eating a lot you know wasn't working out, training as much. So now I'm down there tipping like 270. Like 280. You know, just unhealthy, man.

Then just got to grow up. Let's make a decision. We had kids early. Wrestling was the door to walk through. It was a hard door to walk through, though. Pops wanted to

you sure y'all want to do this? Yes, sir. All right. It was a hard door to walk through though. Pops wanted to, you sure y'all want to do this? Yes, sir. All right. Took us to a ring. Beat me and my brother's ass for two hours. Damn. That's crazy.

And just know what it will say, who Pops is in the situation. Rikishi is his pops. If y'all don't know, go wrestle Rikishi. Y'all don't know where Rikishi is. Just look him up, man. His hands. It wasn't no easy fight. If y'all don't know, go wrestle Rikishi. Y'all don't know where Rikishi is. Like, just look him up, man. His hands.

That wasn't no easy face. That wasn't no big wrestling fan, but your pops was out of pocket. That, uh, that, uh, stinky, stinky face, whatever the fuck. Bro, that's crazy, bro. Come on, man.

Hey, bro, that's awesome. Restroom before he fought him? Come on, bro, man. Man, pops is doing that kind of stuff. That's like literally the only thing I really remember. He used to do his thing, but I'm like, that was like something that stuck out. But he brought the vibes to wrestling that were too cool. They used to be dancing and stuff.

They kind of brought a different element to the game at that time, though. A little disrespectful, though, ain't it? That was crazy, bro. How was it like growing up in that world, though, bro? Seeing your pops. Was he a different man when he came home? Did y'all know how famous he was? Man, no.

It was because, to be honest, he ain't hit his famous. He didn't get a notarization until I kind of got in high school. So I was kind of old enough to know. But as far as being a kid growing up up we didn't have a lot of money it was like we was it was a poor family because he was a wrestler trying to trying to make it yeah and uh i remember i remember when he that i don't know you probably remember it was when he ran over stone cold yeah i remember man i was out there we me and my brother was fighting like almost every single week man because the kids were testing us but yeah your dad your dad sucks your dad ran over stone cold luckily we we was good in football so that's what

kind of like separated uh us you know from being like that them the wrestlers kids right and let alone we're twins but we were balling bro we we my dad would come to the uh the games and i remember being on the field deuce and if i see a crowd move i know my dad's here yeah that's crazy i would just look like the game would stop for like two seconds all right he's here because you can't miss him you know he a big samoa with blonde hair yeah so yeah i was in florida at the time right yeah pensacola grew up in pensacola man i was born in cali and then we moved to florida when i was like five so we've been in the south uh ever since uh that's where i met romanette like from the sandbox it was i mean um little

league football middle school all the way up to high school. Like, balling, bro. He went to Georgia Tech. My brother went to, like, Division II West Alabama. That's the only time we split ways, man. And then it's crazy because life, we go through life together. Oh, and now he came back as wanting to be a wrestler and train. And I remember when he told me that I'm over here tripping, like, bro, you trying to wrestle? You know, because he was neverpping like, man, you trying to wrestle? Because he was never

leaning towards that. And just to see where he at today, man, my hat goes off, man, mind blown. That's a rumor, right? Yeah. I mean, they all my guys, but they all

don't know. So they got an action called the bloodline at one point. I'll let you go. I'm on here to learn. When I say we running it, we running it. I mean, shout out to the gang. The lineage.

I'm here to learn. The lineage is elite right now. They running everything. For sure. You talk about the beginnings of wrestling. I want to ask you, I know you active on social media. Did you ever see those people who have the random wrestling matches? They did the fake proposal in the mall and they ran and kicked them over and stuff like that?

Yeah. Obviously, you had the highs up, but do y'all see that? Getting abused by that? That's crazy. That's how the beginning is in wrestling. You just trying to find your way with stuff. Yeah. I mean, I dig it because it shows them being hungry. They're just trying to find your way with stuff. Yeah, I mean, I dig it because it shows them being hungry. They're hungry for it.

It's dangerous, though. They need to chill out on it. They be on concrete. They be everywhere with it. How do you separate the entertainment from the real stuff, though? They were wrestling at a closed mall. Nah, I'm just saying, bro. Some of of it, I know it's entertainment, of course, but there's some of it, bro.

Y'all really be having to whoop a motherfucker ass for real talk. But like, how does that be professional in there though? There's some homies in there though. Like whoever I'm about to wrestle or whatever, I'm like, got to bring my egg with this one. You know? Yeah. I like, I like if I like if somebody's working me

or say they wrestling me tonight, man, I like for them to think if me and you wrestling, I want you to be like, oh, I got J tonight. Easy. It's going to be a night off. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? The movement in there, it's all different.

You in there was another, if you really think about it, the ring ain't no bigger than this room right here kind of, and you in there it's all different loose even there was another if you really think about it you the ring ain't no bigger than this this room right here kind of and you in there with two big men um just dancing in this in this squared circle yeah they gotta be safe with each other you know what i'm saying like it's a dance it's a it's an art in there. We just not in there just throwing each other around. This is a loss. It's a loss. There's art to this, man.

And I look at it like live television, one shot, ain't no redos. You mess up on the microphone, you can't, you know, everything's live. It was, oh, okay.

Because our producer, he used to wrestle. It was real thing. It was no, like, they used to fold him up. They used to wrestle but it was it was real thing it was no like they used to fold him up they used to fold him up really he used to

he used to have the Kurt Angle headgear yeah they was his name was Freaky Mike yeah that was his wrestling he did that real wrestling

yeah he used to wear Jordan 20 yeah they used to go up under each other and scoop each other down unless it was a championship he wore white K-Swift that was. Unless it was a championship, he wore a white K-Swiss. That wasn't a championship, man.

You got the white forces, he wore the white K-Swiss. The K-Swiss, dog. We're trying to get the deal back. We're trying to take it back in, man. Nah, respect, man. And we dead ass serious, though. Nah, for real. So you didn't wrestle?

You didn't wrestle? I did wrestle. Okay. I wrestled a fucking bitch. Oh, my fault, my fault. That was barefoot, my bad. Respect. Respect. Back the wrestler. Okay. I'm not the wrestler fucking bitch. Oh, my fault, my fault. That was barefoot. Respect. Respect.

Back to Jay, man. Back to Jay. He had a headset on. Like he was a truck driver. Yeah,

the first Dre Beast. Beast bought bike and scratch. He was getting them W's up. You're getting them W's up. What was your record?

Oh, okay. You was sad. That's a short season. you're getting them W's who's your record uh oh okay you was sad that's a short season oh wow that's crazy let's move on let's move on to my high school

lovely place to be uh so like you said your early journey you get going uh pops how is that

that situation like you said you know he put you out through the ringer now y'all go through like the smaller second before you

become a superstar. How is that grind like? Yeah, hard, bro. Hard. Just do it for, you know, little gems. They still do it. It's called independent. But still, still, still homies out there hustling.

It's kind of easier now because they got social media and it's easy to get recognition. So like when I was coming up, we had to like send in pictures and tapes, you know, take pictures and mail them in. And the only way you can get noticed is if you get on, like, big stage, you know, either Monday Night Raw or SmackDown. Those are the only two. And there's just a lot of platforms now, man. So, now we got NXT. Like, so, like, it's dope to be a wrestling fan, man. If you really watch it, tomorrow's going to go crazy.

I mean. Yeah, bro, I'm going to come check you out, bro. Yeah, bro, you're going to see. Nah, I showed him one time. I know we getting ahead of ourselves, but I showed him on Raw one time. I mean, you came out, and I was like, just watch this. Yeah, he probably could have been raw. And I kept playing it, and that's, what, maybe two weeks ago?

Yeah. And you had probably could be, bro. And I kept playing it, and that's, what was it, maybe two weeks ago? Yeah. And you had the, the crowd was still going. You looked, you was like, let me get back on the ropes again. Come on, man. And I was far yeeting and getting the crowd going.

And I was just telling him, like, bro, it's different. And I don't think you've been to an event before. Like, when I was a little kid, bro, and I, this is what tarnished my brain, bro. So they was wrestling.

I forgot who it was. And he missed him, and the dude just fell out, bro. And it was like, finally, I said the clouds weren my brain, bro. So they was wrestling. I forgot who it was. He missed him and the dude just fell out, bro. And it was like, finally, I said the claws wasn't real, bro. So it kind of

fucked me up, bro. Very sensitive. And then with him, once I really got to, you know, dealing with him, you know, bro really tapped

into wrestling. He got onesies and everything. You know what I mean? He got a pocket. I don't got no onesie, bro. He was telling me, like, how real it is for real though. You know what I mean?

Like it's a real, real sport. So I learned from him, you know, he gave me the game a little bit. Yeah. Like he said, it's a show.

Yeah. That's what I'm saying. It's still a show, but I'm saying that kind of, when I was watching as a kid, bro, I was like, and then to go,

I was like, damn bro. Yeah. And it's crazy. Cause like you said, we all grew up in there and probably you did too. Like I was going to ask you, I mean, I saw the family, who it's crazy because, like you said, we all grew up in that era. And probably you did, too. Like, I was going to ask you, I mean, outside of the family, who was you like, wrestlers that you liked, like they were early?

Because we grew up on Stone Cold, The Rock, DX, NWO. Ultimate Warrior, bro. Come on, bro. That's my favorite, bro. I stole his whole, me and my brother with the old mace paint. That's all Ultimate Warrior. Yeah, I ain't run to the ring like that, though. Hell no. He. That's, that's all, that's all ultimate warrior. Yeah. I ain't run to the ring like that though.

Hell no. You can't run like that. Why? I'll be getting tired on my entrance now. I'll be seeing some time when you get on the mic, you be like, you gotta catch up, bro.

I'll be like, go, go, go. I'll be like, man, I can't breathe. Hold up.

I can't breathe. The energy be crazy though. Yeah. Nah. And just dope. Like you in the swan, the culture was like, you coming out with Quavo. Like that was just fire. Like was just fire like that was a moment bro came out with him disrespect

there we go i'm out of pocket and i came out when i came out when they told me i was going with wayne on on wrestlemania man i'm a big come on man like obviously got a girl listening to wayne i told him my first wrestling match me and my brother walked out to go d I told him my first wrestling match, me and my brother walked out to go DJ. Oh, so damn. That was my first wrestling match, dog.

Damn. We go DJ and then just to have him walk me out was a full circle, man. Now we here. We are,

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Here we go. He tap. Like, Block is hot. Oh, he going way better. No, T. Hey, don't block us hot. I don't like Block. He's hot that much.

Carter. Carter won, though. Yeah. Carter won. He was here. Yeah. Shit. Carter won.

Come on. That's the one right there. That's a good pick. That's a great pick. Come on, man. Man, shouts away, man. Now, be here. You talk to me. You, shouts away, man. The ugly motherfucker though. I said, damn, bro.

It's 11 a.m., man. He took his glasses off. He's a bug shot. I said, and let me in. Yeah. I'm going to walk past him and he ain't have all that damn jewelry on.

Hell no, man. My son bigger than him. I know Wayne little as hell. He kept it hard, bro. They so short. All the rappers are little, though. Jeezy. That's the first rapper

to mess me up. He was short. Yeah. Jeezy, I just knew he was 6'4", the way he was talking. I said, he's 6'4", 6'5". I seen he was 5'3".

I said, might be an art issue. That's why them gun boys hit him for show. Be here talking about how, you know what I'm saying, the show scarred him for life. Have you had a match or a situation where you, like, you know you messed up in? Yeah. Man, hell yeah, man.

Well, I did and my brother i felt this i felt just as bad well we debuted it was like the debut is when you first show up on tv and it's on youtube too he he thing we supposed to jump on the top rope and then splash boom he jumped on the top rope and he and he slipped he felt like he just slipped man so everybody was like ha ha ha idiot you know because you can kind of hear like the first five rows right there they're talking damn they talking shit but uh yeah my brother slipped and he was real upset about it i was like damn because we didn't know we were just trying to make sure everything was good because every every i ain't gonna lie bro every year I've been wrestling, I thought I'd get fired.

Damn. Like, that's how I think. But that's how, that's how cold it is. Because everybody's coming, like, this business, everybody's trying to come get the top spot. And they bringing in little homies. And I'm on my way out. I've been in, I've been hit on WWE TV for going 15 years.

Sir. Damn, bro. So, man, my body, bro. I ain't never ever. I always felt strong. Like, body. Kind of feel the body creeping up. Yeah.

You know? I'm 39 right now. Like, this is a young man's game now. And I recognize it. I recognize it. I just like, I just like, man, stepping up. Like, challenging all of them. Because they're going to have to go all of them because they're gonna have to

go through me they're gonna have to go through the top homies that get to take it yeah I'm not gonna let you take it bro if you ain't you're not ready for this

man that shit like techin' yeah you gotta climb to the top to be the top dog for sure and I just seen an article that came out a couple days ago

they was kind of speaking about what's coming up with the Royal Rumble and stuff and they was just like you know we happy to see J. Uso in this life. They were just like, we happy it finally got to a point

to where they're pushing it. Like, he's been the same polarizing figure since the intro to this game. Like, you said, wait till you turn to get to the top. I was just like, all right, like I had to go through that gauntlet,

but like, it's my time to show who I am now. Yeah, I appreciate it, man. I'm so, I'm so, bro, I'm grateful. Because there was a moment in wrestling

where there was no reaction or I wasn't on TV or I would just show up to work and just sit in the corner the whole time and just and what do I do

how do I do so every single night man I treat it like like it's my first time man cause like you've seen it there was some energy out there

it's crazy and I really I really vibe off that and if and if I'm gonna take up time, man, because like you've seen it, there's some energy out there. It's crazy. I really vibe off that. And if I'm going to take up time on TV, you know, our segments are slotted out with certain time. Man, if I'm out there and they're going crazy, you're going to have to cut some time from the segment

coming after me because they ain't going to get no higher than what's going on right now. That's it. Yeah. Shit. I'm excited for Rumble. I want to have 20,000 in my hand, dude. That's crazy. Fire. I've seen it. It's crazy because my little nephew was here and he watched wrestling all the time.

And I'm like, who's your favorite wrestler right now? He used to love Rey Mysterio. So I just knew he was about to say Rey Mysterio again. He was like, J. And I knew you Mysterio again. He was like, J. And I knew you were coming today. I was like, J who? He was like, Uso. Yeet.

And I started laughing. I'm like, you in a rude awakening, boy. He about to be hype. So when he came in here and seen you, and I was showing him the energy that all the kids and all the fans got. Yeah. There's something special about him. Yeah.

You just feel that energy. Little kids when they come up to you, what up, man? Especially somebody like me. For him to do that, he's got something special. Nah, for sure. Shout out to Special Carter.

Shout out to Carter. That's crazy, man. Hey, listen, you know so much about the wrestling lineage, but you got any questions for my mans right here man I just want to know like what it was like when you had to not let's say

break up with your brother but they separated you as a tag team I think at the time it was needed yeah because you know I was going

through the whole angle with Roman and that kind of like like let me blossom a little bit so it was it was perfect timing man I do miss my brothers though.

Cause I don't see him cause we're on different, different, different shows now. So like the, the, the rental, the car rides and then the airports are, it changed the game.

Cause I'm used to us always being together, made travel life real easy. Yeah. I believe that. Most definitely. You talk about that life, man. What's like a typical year like for you how

many days you on the road how many days are you performing yeah two i'll tell him like two 273s of dates 273 oh and i was complaining 82 games like shit and 41 at home they're a baseball player bro right no that's worse how many baseball players? I mean, but they moving. They don't stay in there. We drive ourselves. We're in the airport. We ain't driving no... We do rental cars. I'm in line like everybody else.

That's what makes us different because we're always in the... We're still in the trenches and we're with people, regular people. I'm literally standing behind your ass in National Rent-A-Car trying to get my rental car and it's me. It's them, you know.

Six, seven brothers behind me. And they're like this, oh my god, are you guys a team? Everybody always try to be covered up. Yeah. You know, sometimes you just don't want to be bothered like that. And this is the most I've ever been recognized. Like, I go to Publix everywhere.

When I'm eating with my kids, there's somebody, which I appreciate it, but it's just sometimes, man, you just want to be normal and have lunch with my kids. It comes with the game. How do your kids like it? Are they excited like pops? I got a 19-year-old. He goes to Morehouse in Atlanta.

Out the gate. Academic scholarship. Oh, dope. Johnny Mountain. Yeah. His name is Josiah. He wasn't going to be here, but yeah, he in school,

freshman. He loving it, man. Ah, he don't want to go to Atlanta. I told you, bro, we just talked about what fuckers like you. Have a time. I can't even,

I can't, when I call him, I'm like, just call me back, man. Like, he don't hit me back till like all day, man, just hit me back, just call me, man.

I was 19 in Atlanta, turned into a... Yeah. Shout out to him. Good times out there. And then my little one out there, he over there, Dad, how long I got to be the wrestler? I'm like 18.

Five more years, me and you going to be like Dom and Ray Mysterio. Oh, that's lit. That's hard. That's hard, bro. That's hard. He's so into it, man. I want to ask you that. With the lineage, you know what I'm saying?

Growing up with that family being around there, is that something you were hoping to keep? He's like, yeah, I can just do what I want to, but you want to the lineage, you know what I'm saying? Growing up with that family being around that, is that something you were like hoping to keep? Like, y'all can just do what y'all want to, but you wouldn't have the next generation of Usos. Yeah,

bro, I feel like if he wanted to, like, yeah, I'd let him because it is hard, but man, he got to be all in.

Man, I got like nieces and nephews, Us, like, ready to go. 15, 16,

17, 6'5", 300 pounds, like big Sam big Simone ass kids who's Anise Anise is slim but she's tall

5'10 we got some big girls now yeah we got some big ones now what like

I'm like like you said your whole family like your little brother for him to make a way in wrestling and become a star too what was that like

seeing him grow man great man cause man his story he really he was a baller too. What was that like seeing him grow? Man, great, man. Because, man, his story, man, he really, he was a baller, too. He played at Dickinson State. He was in North Dakota because he grew up in Sacramento. So that's where he went to school at.

But, man, he used to install cabinets. But he would do that and then go wrestle. Do that and go wrestle, man. No money. I would help him out, but I'm trying to tell him man like this this is the grind mode this is it right here you can drive your ass three hours ago wrestle for 20 bucks you have to go do it because that that's what you're supposed to do if you're trying to make it and as soon as he got in his foot in the door though like i know he was going to go to nxt

yeah and i knew they were just going to bring him up. And when they brought him up, they dropped him like right on top of this. Yeah. Bought him in as, you know, Roman's hitter. Hitter, yeah. Man. And then the character part, you know, Paul Heyman, yo, you just don't say shit. You just stand there and look big.

So now we just painted him a whole character. He didn't even say nothing. He wasn't going to like, like, dye his hair or shave his head. Like a bald, a big. Yeah, big bald. Yeah, they like the blonde hair.

But everything's detailed. It was like from what you look, how you look. Everything's character man he funny like he like a funny like

he do some funny moments like when he about to get powerbombed or something he'll be like man he funny for real yeah he hilarious I'll be watching him

like yo he be clowning for real like he having a good time my brother Jimmy funny as hell y'all should've had him on here too

I ain't know it was gonna be like this I wish I would have bought him. We would have been in thing. This ain't traditional media at all, Jay. I mean, I try to... I got a lot of stuff to do today with the media. I do this all day.

We be chilling. I love, bro. Appreciate it. For sure, bro. What's your signature move, bro? I know your daddy. Shout out to OG. Oh, man. Stink fade? Splash. Super Fly Splash. That's the original name from Jimmy Fly Snoopy.

Damn, I love that name. Literally just lay on the floor and I would jump off and bam your ass. Super Fly Smash. Super Fly Splash. That's the original name. SFS. Okay. And I'll hit you with one of them super kicks too though.

What is that? Kick you in the face. Like Shawn Michaels. In the force? You just gotta go like this. It's coming. It's coming yo we'll talk

nah that's dope bro I can't wait to come to this shit tomorrow man I'm gonna pull up it's crazy like you said like especially when we all the same age when we're growing up like everybody was in the trauma wrestling and stuff like that like main events and stuff like that so like Royal Rumble like that's a crazy that's like like one of the pinnacles not it's right

there with wrestlemania for us man like how is that to be a part of this special moment man fire man i'm excited man i get it like i'm already i'm just excited because my brother's in there yeah my my cousin's in there uh jacob fatu's my real first cousin He's a beast. He be whooping. He's a beast. You got to show homie, man. He a beast. Yeah, he be whooping people. He really from the streets, too. He really from that.

But just all of us being in this big match together, it's iconic, man. Yeah, the Royal Rumble was always fire, man. Yeah. What's some of your favorite Royal Rumble moments? I mean, they just showed with my dad dancing with two girls. Yeah, yeah. And then he got rid of them both.

Gangsta. Like, my favorite moment, I got a couple of them. I mean, Kofi Kingston did a lot of stuff in the Rumble that I thought was exciting. But Shawn Michaels, when I first seen him tap the one foot, pull himself back up, that's when I first, like, fell into first fell into love with the Royal Rumble. I'm like, ah, yeah, it's a vibe. That was like 90-something. Yeah, so I'm excited to see what's going to happen

at this Rumble because there's a lot of great people in this Rumble. You can have Cena in the Rumble and stuff like that. Who do you think is going to win it? Oh, no. I got to tap in. I got... You want... I'm mad. There's Roman, dude? Oh, no. I got to tap in. I got... You want...

Rob, man, you got Rob Moran's in there, though. I know. He eliminate at least... 20, 10 of them. Yeah, I'm like, he got 20 getting out of there on his own, so...

I don't know, it should be exciting, man. Yeah. Yeah, I'm happy. I'm excited. This shit about to be crazy. I can't wait for you to see it, bro, like live out there. Yeah, like

find me in the crowds. I'll be up there somewhere. I'll know where our tickets are. I hope you ain't got to look that far. Grab the mic. Be here. This is for you. We did the podcast together.

That's funny. I had the black ones. He just got hold of some black horses Yeah, I see it too Nah, that'd be crazy You know what's funny? You talk about how you can hear all the people in the front Have you ever been to a part of a show

where the fans were in the crowd? Because I know they have notorious mixtapes of wrestlers beating the sleeves of the fans that come in the crowd Hell yeah That's a rule, bro Like if anybody ever

hops in the barricade, we're allowed and supposed to fuck them up. Yeah. So why do people want that? I don't know. Why do people want that? People realize how big the wrestlers are. I didn't know that at first either. When I first seen, took my nephew, my

oldest nephew, backstage one time and we met John Cena and these guys and I looked at his forearm and I was seen, took my nephew, my oldest nephew, backstage one time. And we met John Cena and these guys. And I looked at his forearm. And I was like, yeah. Let me stop talking crazy. Because these dudes is way bigger. Like him, I didn't know you was that big of a person. Papa, he big, bro.

They're all big. I'm like, it's crazy. Shit. Yeah. When I first seen Kevin Nash, I said, oh, he's allowed to powerbomb people. They should be dead, bro. It's crazy. Did you ever powerbomb anybody, Mike?

No. How does that move go? I'll show you. Is that on or off the court? He might use his hair off the back. One shot. There's something wrong with him, bro. Y'all crazy.

Oh, for sure, man. But listen, I know you've been to Indy a couple times, man. How's the wrestling energy, man? How's the crowd here, man? I know they're pretty excited about it here. Anytime we have a big event, Indy always show up. Yeah, always fire. I think every city that's got a sports team, man, football, basketball, all that, man, they always show up. Yeah, always fire. I think every city that's got a sports team, man.

Football, basketball, all that, man. They always show up, man. And this is the perfect... Rumbles is just going to be lit, man. It's the perfect crowd when they say Indianapolis. I'm down. I just don't do cold good.

I'm from Florida, man. Well, you caught a great weekend. If it was your last weekend, you would have been mad. It was negative. It was like negative five. Why? I ask my mom and dad why they stop here all the time. But it is what it is.

For sure. Before we get up out of here, Jay. Any other sports you still follow, man? I know you grew up loving football. You still tap the end? Yeah, man. Big Niners fan, dog. Me too.

That's how I knew he was good people. We had a struggle year, but it's all end? Yeah, man. Big Niners fan, dog. Me too. That's how I knew he was good people. We had a struggle year, but it's all right. Yeah, man. I'm super kicked y'all out of here. I'll do my quarterback like that. Oh, man. Super kick at my party would be great content. We had too many injuries, though. Debo

was out. Kittle was out. Everybody was hurt. Yeah, man. I don't want to hear no complaining from y'all Niners fans. Y'all have great seasons every other year, man. It's only fair, man. Coming from a Cowboys fan. Y'all blessed. Shout to Deion, man. Who you got in the Super Bowl?

I mean, damn, I don't want them, but it's going to be Chiefs. Yeah. Come on, man. Eagles going in, bro. I kind of. Like, they old, man. Come on, man. Nah, Eagles going to win, bro. I kind of want the Eagles to win, but I feel like the Chiefs. I never want good things for the Eagles. Shout out Pat Mahomes.

I mean, you can kind of compare with that. Y'all had, like I said, superstar quarterbacks a long time. Joe Montana, Steve Young, you know what I'm saying? Y'all was blessed. Yeah. I'm just saying like that. Stay loyal. You got to stay loyal.

Loyal to the soil. Listen, man. Live on Peacock Saturday. Please tap in, man. Jey Uso. Loyal to the soil. Listen, man. Live on Peacock Saturday. Please tap in, man. Jey Uso. Appreciate you signing on this big dog, man. Hey, man. This ain't going to be the last time.

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