The Usos
The Usos (born August 22, 1985) were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of identical twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. They are signed to the WWE. Jey uso is on Raw brand and Jimmy uso is on Smackdown Brand
The Usos | |
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Ring name(s) | The Fatu Brothers[1] The Fatu Twins[1] The Uso Brothers[2] The Usos[3] |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) (Jimmy) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) (Jey) |
Billed weight | Combined: 479 lb (217 kg) 251 lb (114 kg) (Jimmy) 228 lb (103 kg) (Jey) |
Born | [1] San Francisco, California, U.S.[4][5] | August 22, 1985
Billed from | San Francisco, California[3][6] |
Trained by | Wild Samoan Training Center[1] Rikishi[1] |
Debut | June 8, 2009[4][5] |
Jimmy (real name Jonathan Solofa Fatu) and Jey (real name Joshua Samuel Fatu) are the twin sons of Solofa Fatu, better known as Rikishi, and are part of the Anoa'i family.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Double diving splash[7][8]
- Signature moves
- Assisted Samoan drop[9][10]
Championships and accomplishments
- WWE
- WWE Tag Team Championship (5 times)[12][13]
- Slammy Award for WWE Tag Team of the Year (2014)[14]
The Usos Media
The Usos with Tamina in September 2010
The Usos at the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony inducting their cousin Yokozuna
The Usos with Naomi making their entrance to the ring at the WrestleMania 31 pre-show in March 2015
The Usos as SmackDown Tag Team Champions at WrestleMania 34
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "The Uso Brothers – Online World of Wrestling". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ↑ Adkins, Greg (May 31, 2010). "Shooting Star-Spangled Raw". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jey Uso Bio". WWE. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Jimmy Uso". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Jey Uso". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- ↑ "Jimmy Uso Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (June 17, 2010). "Caldwell's WWE Superstars Results 6/17: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Kofi Kingston, Usos, Yoshi Tatsu". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- ↑ Keller, Wade (July 12, 2010). "WWE Raw Results 7/12: Keller's ongoing coverage of live show on USA Network". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- ↑ James, Justin (June 6, 2010). "6/6 WWE results in Columbia, S.C.: Edge vs. Chris Jericho "Street Fight," Usos vs. Hart Dynasty, Bourne vs. DiBiase". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ↑ Keller, Wade (July 18, 2010). "Caldwell's WWE Money in the Bank PPV Results 7/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- ↑ Varsallone, Jim (May 24, 2010). "New tag team appears on WWE Raw". The Miami Herald. Archived from the original on July 24, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- ↑ "The Usos first Tag Team Championship reign". WWE. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ↑ "The Usos second Tag Team Championship reign". WWE. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Slammys announced on Slammys Pre-Show and WWE.com". WWE. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Tag Team of the Year". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 36 (2): 30–31. 2015.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 27, 2015.