WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi has detailed his reaction to his son Jey Uso winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
On the September 23 edition of Monday Night Raw, Jey Uso defeated Bron Breakker to win the Intercontinental Championship. With this win, it marked Uso’s first singles title in WWE of his entire 14-year career.
Speaking on his Off The Top podcast, Jey’s father Rikishi detailed his reaction to his son’s WWE Intercontinental Title win. He said:
“I am so proud, man. So, so proud. Besides Jey’s sons, I’m probably the number one fan of Jey right now. I always been.”
“I’m happy, I’m proud, I’m proud to be his pops. I’m proud that the fans are proud. I don’t know who was more excited, [if] I was or the fans because when I [saw] the reaction of the fans and the reaction of my boy, you think about it. That was a long road.”
“What is it, 15 years or 14 years? You dominate the tag team division, and then you finally break off into singles competition, not knowing which way is it gonna go.”
“But you see it, the fan-favorite, you see the entrance, you see the everything, everything about the character of Jey.”
On Jey not playing a character and truly being himself out there for the fans, Rikishi said:
“For me, Jey is not a character. That is really that kid. That kid is just a lovable kid like that. He’s not a liability, he’s not a troublemaker. He’s a company man. He’s a good role model.”
“So he’s one of those kids that, as far as for corporate, as far as for being that community person, to be able to be a role model to kids or even parents in the community, he’s that kid.”
“He’s been through some stuff. Being a son of wrestler and being on the road, you see a lot of stuff. You can either go left or go right.”
“So all his career, at the end of the day, the choices that they make are their choices, and he’s made the right choices all the way through, and look it, your new Intercontinental Champion,”
Jey Uso will defend the Intercontinental Championship against Xavier Woods on the October 7 edition of WWE Raw.
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