Sizzling Take: Time for WWE to Yeet ‘Foremost Occasion’ Jey Uso out of Championship Title Scene

Now may be the time for WWE to take the “major occasion” tag off Jey Uso and slot him again into one thing that makes somewhat extra sense, just like the contemporary Bloodline saga.

It would sound dramatic, particularly if followers have seen a clip of Uso’s beautiful entrances that interact the gang greater than something has since maybe the “Sure!” motion of Daniel Bryan at its peak.

Sadly, issues type of crumble after the doorway with Jey—and that is the massive challenge.

Bryan may be an apt comparability. His detractors again within the day steered he was nothing greater than a catchphrase and that the gang engagement throughout his entrances was a fluke, a minimum of till followers began hijacking different segments to make their intentions identified.

There does not determine to be any hijacking of WWE programming with Uso’s “Yeet” or no matter else, although, partly as a result of he is simply not fascinating audiences after his entrance.

On the microphone, Jey’s not that compelling exterior of the heartfelt Bloodline materials. He isn’t dangerous, both, however he is not about to go spar with a CM Punk or Cody Rhodes and are available out trying equal.

Issues are even worse within the ring, the place the main-event highlight has thrown a lightweight on a really restricted moveset. This is not all that stunning—Jey has largely been one a part of a tag-team for so long as most audiences would bear in mind and it reveals within the timing and repetitive strikes.

The repetitive strikes are the worst, too, as a result of his matches really feel like they fall into the standard tendencies of huge exchanges earlier than he goes superkick-happy and doubtlessly wins.

Take a look at the long-anticipated WrestleMania match towards his brother, Jimmy. By just about each metric, the match was a flop that had neither construct nor good execution within the ring.

Those that steered the fault rested extra with Jimmy for that match could be hard-pressed to clarify why Jey’s matches have not improved towards different opponents, both. At Backlash France, his loss to Damian Priest within the title match featured extra of the identical pacing pitfalls and superkicks that some WWE followers are more than pleased to level out are an issue in different promotions.

So now we shift to talks about overexposure. Positive, Jey may enhance within the ring and on the mic whereas ascending to that high champion Celebrity his entrances (and maybe his merchandise gross sales) appear to counsel.

However issues may rapidly swing within the different course, too. Overexposure is a very massive drawback in WWE, so it may not be lengthy till followers suppose the act is stale and comes on the expense of different title-worthy challengers like Gunther and even NXT call-ups.

And on the one hand, Jey is superb proof that WWE should not be scared of splitting up tag groups. Nevertheless it’s additionally proof and maybe a cautionary story that incomes viewers engagement through entrances is a straightforward path to getting over with followers.

Possibly the actual lesson is that the break up of The Usos was a good suggestion within the sense crowds acquired a break from that overexposed act, which had maximized its potential and remained on the high for a very long time.

Maybe now’s the precise time to deliver Jimmy and Jey again collectively in a method that’s pleasing for followers, too. Based mostly on current expressions by Paul Heyman, it positive appears like we’re heading in that course anyway:

Jey reuniting together with his brother to fend off Solo Sikoa and this new-age Bloodline (doubtlessly aligning with a returning, face Roman Reigns down the road) that’s possible backed by an “government” named The Rock, is just too good of a narrative to cross up.

No have to complicate this both. Jimmy or Jey comes to avoid wasting the opposite after a Bloodline assault. The tip. One thing like Jey lastly successful a title and Sikoa and Co. costing him it will simply really feel low-cost, anyway. The household bonds displayed that made the Bloodline saga iconic will do.

This hypothetical reinsertion into the Bloodline saga does not need to be a demotion for Jey, both.

One of many low-key triumphs of this new Triple H period is the flexibility to really get babyfaces over in a cool method with crowds. Jey is not going to chill off or undergo if he is again within the Bloodline saga versus solo matches for high titles. The person is, in any case, solely 38 years previous, so there’s loads of time for him to bounce round. Ducking the overexposure as a singles star that might smash his aura is only a sensible chess transfer.

And hey, Jey’s run, as of late, has been enjoyable. Seeing him blossom has been enjoyable, too. However the Bloodline story wants him badly, which may very well be a blessing in disguise so the simmering issues together with his run do not begin to create backlash that does injury to the progress made.