Jimmy Uso discusses his time on the shelf and how his brother inspired him.
Jimmy and Jey Uso have been joined together for most of their careers, however over a year long period during the Covid Pandemic, Jey Uso was pushed as a singles star, winning the Andre The Giant Battle Royale as well as challenging Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship multiple times.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani of BT Sport, Jimmy was asked if it was difficult to watch Jey break out as a singles competitor. Jimmy stated that it inspired him during his time on the sidelines.
“It was more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Actually sitting at home, getting injured, sitting still for the first time in my career and watching brother accelerate was something very new to me. To watch him develop as a singles character inspired me. We’re the Usos, but there is Jey and there is Jimmy. We got to see Jey develop. Being home and watching it go down, I got goosebumps because of that. I remember sitting at home with the brace on and watching this unfold. To sit there on the other side of the world as a fan, at home and watching the television and seeing him, seeing Roman, during the time when the world shut down and these brothers leveled up the game and has shown what can be done. At the ThunderDome at the time, the whole business changed drastically. You went from feeling that live energy to zoning in and being direct and feeling these emotions and these brothers brought it out of each other. To witness that and to add to it, this became a bigger thing. We’re having the most fun we’ve had in our careers. We’ve tapped into something different, something that revamped us. We leveled up. To come in off of injury and be added to what’s going on and make it the best thing in wrestling is an honor,”
Jimmy Uso
The Usos most recently competed at Money In The Bank against Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa, with Jey Uso pinning his cousin, being the first to do so since December 2019.
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