Rikishi: Jey Uso Is Not A Liability Or A Troublemaker, He’s A Company Man And A Good Role Model To The Kids

Rikishi says he is Jey Usos’ number one fan.

After fourteen years of tag team action, Jey Uso branched off and made himself into a main event talent in singles action where he would go on to defeat Bron Breakker to win the Intercontinental Championship in the main event of Monday Night Raw over two weeks ago. On his Off The Top podcast, Rikishi said he’s very proud of his son and is his number one fan.

“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. 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,” Rikishi said.

Jey recently defended his championship for the first time when he defeated Xavier Woods on the October 7 edition of Monday Night Raw.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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