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The Usos

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The Usos
The Usos as Tag Team Champions on September 16, 2014
Tag team
MembersJimmy Uso
Jey/Jules Uso
Name(s)The Samoan Soldiers[1]
The Uso Brothers[2]
The Usos[3]
Billed heights6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) (Jimmy)
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) (Jey)[3][4]
Combined
billed weight
Combined: 479 lb (217 kg)[3][4]
HometownSan Francisco, California[5][6]
Billed fromSan Francisco, California[3][4]
DebutJune 8, 2007[5][6]
TrainerWild Samoan Training
Rikishi

The Usos (born August 22, 1985) are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of real-life twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. They are signed to the WWE and are the current WWE Tag Team Championship in their second reign. The pair are managed by Naomi, the wife of Jimmy. They were formerly managed by Tamina Snuka.

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

Championships and accomplishments

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • PWI Tag Team of the Year (2014)[14]
    • PWI ranked Jimmy #25 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014.[15]
    • PWI ranked Jey #26 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014.[15]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Varsallone, Jim (2010-05-24). "New tag team appears on WWE Raw". The Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  2. Adkins, Greg (2010-05-31). "Shooting Star-Spangled Raw". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Jey Uso Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Jimmy Uso Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Jimmy Uso". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Jey Uso". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  7. Caldwell, James (2010-06-17). "Caldwell's WWE Superstars Results 6/17: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Kofi Kingston, Usos, Yoshi Tatsu". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  8. Keller, Wade (2010-07-12). "WWE Raw Results 7/12: Keller's ongoing coverage of live show on USA Network". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  9. James, Justin (2010-06-06). "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 2010-08-03.
  10. Keller, Wade (2010-07-18). "Caldwell's WWE Money in the Bank PPV Results 7/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  11. "The Usos first Tag Team Championship reign". WWE. Retrieved 2015-1-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  12. "The Usos second Tag Team Championship reign". WWE. Retrieved 2015-1-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  13. "Slammys announced on Slammys Pre-Show and WWE.com". WWE. Retrieved 2015-1-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 36 (2): 30–31. 2015. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2015-1-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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