During an interview with Club 520, 2025 Men’s Royal Rumble winner Jey Uso talked about his WWE career and how he looks at the sport at the age of 39.
Here’s what the former Intercontinental Champion said:
“I ain’t gonna lie, every year I’ve been wrestling, I thought I’d get fired. That’s how I think. That’s how cold it is. Everybody is coming. In this business, everybody is trying to come get the top spot.
They are bringing in the little homies, and I’m on my way out. I’ve been on WWE TV for going on 15 years. I’ve always felt strong, but I feel the body creeping up. I’m 39 right now. It’s a young man’s game and I recognize it.
I just like stepping up and challenging all of them. They are gonna have to go through me and the top homies to take it. I’m not gonna let you take it if you’re not ready.
I’m so grateful. There was a moment in wrestling where there was no reaction or I wasn’t on TV and I’d show up to work and sit in the corner the whole time. What do I do?
Every single night, I treat it like it’s my first time. The energy out there is crazy. I really vibe off that. If I’m going to take up time off TV, our segments are slotted out with certain time. If I’m out there and they are going crazy, you’re gonna have to cut some time from the segment after me because they aren’t going to get higher than what’s going on right now.”
During a different interview, with UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier, Jey revealed when Triple H told him he was going to win the Royal Rumble:
“I was humbled. I knew, as soon as they told me it was me, they told me like halfway during the day Saturday, man. ‘Hey, we need the last four to come in here.’ I’m last four, I see who’s with me. Yeah, they let me know. Then, I was like, man, I would show to my brothers, ‘Hey.’ They told them what it was, and I knew I liked it because I knew not one person in that arena (would) think it’s gonna be me.
That’s the swerve I like just like on Monday Night RAW on Bron Breakker, one of the hottest up-and-coming superstars. He’s not gonna beat him on a Monday Night RAW, and they go crazy (when I did it). So that’s the emotion that I like to pump to the fans, man.
We gotta swerve because everyone’s smart today. Everyone thinks they know. Y’all ain’t got no damn clue. I like to just let y’all enjoy the show, Uce. Enjoy what we do. It’s entertainment, it’s fun. When you’re there with us, you just gotta be there with us, man. It’s a great show. I love this. I love what we do.”
