Jey Uso Yeets on WrestleMania 40, Bloodline Drama, and Brother vs Brother Showdown

WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:09.080 Btw why from the parts Unknown Studios into the dule Battle Crown, Battle Round, 2 00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:17.079 the Battle Round, Battle the Battle Crowd. Welcome to the Battleground Podcast, 3 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:25.440 your place for all things pro wrestling. The Battle Road now the Battle 4 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:29.719 Round now making their way to the microphones. Give it up for your hosts. 5 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.039 Welcome to the Battle Crown. What's up you guys? Welcome back into 6 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:43.479 iHeartRadio's official wrestling podcast, the Battleground Podcast. And we are on the road 7 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:48.560 to WrestleMania, and there's a stop on that road to WrestleMania. Ww Rawl 8 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:53.320 is returning to PSC Arena March eighteenth. Tickets are starting at twenty dollars a 9 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:57.439 ticketmaster dot com. And today on the show, like do I do it? 10 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.479 Do we say the word? Do we yeat? I think we should 11 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:14.280 we have main events. Jay Uso on Gold is gonna be very upset because, 12 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.280 as you can tell behind me if you're watching this on YouTube, that 13 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:21.239 is his hat that we got recently at Rawle and he's very upset that he 14 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.680 is not getting to be on this show and talk to you, say hi, 15 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:30.159 he's in school. You know you got to learn some stay in school 16 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:38.280 kids. Exactly what he did send me with some gifts. He wanted to 17 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.200 let you know that you are a multi champion in his wrestling figure League at 18 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:44.920 home. So I've got both of these that he brought with me, so 19 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:57.480 you've got you know, all the titles yourself. It Also he also wanted 20 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.959 me to let you know that he was very upset that Jimmy cost you your 21 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:05.400 Intercontinental championship and said that he is a cheater for ringing that bell too much. 22 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:09.120 Hey man, what's your son's name? Liam? Liam? Yep, 23 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:14.840 Liam's a smart kid. Me and Liam, we both we both pissed. 24 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:17.199 Yeah. We we were hoping for it because I was like, oh, 25 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.199 they put out the graphic and I know, sometimes that's like the kiss of 26 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:23.039 death if it's like, will they win the title tonight? They put the 27 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:25.120 graphic with you around the title, which, by the way, it does 28 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:29.439 look good around your waist. I will just say that real quick, having 29 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:35.319 that Intercontinental title, oh you should have. But your brother a man, 30 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.240 brother. We'll talk about it at a different time. But we are on 31 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:43.599 the road to wrestle Mania. We're thirty days out from the biggest event of 32 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:46.800 the year. Does this feel like the biggest Mania of all time? And 33 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:51.080 uh, you know what is the atmosphere like in the locker room as we 34 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.199 get closer to Philadelphia. Yeah, yeah, it's crazy because you know when 35 00:02:55.319 --> 00:03:00.000 when me is coming rived at corner, there is a there is a rror 36 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.479 route, you know, every week at work, like everyone's trying to step 37 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:07.400 up every single week, right, trying to put on every week. And 38 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:12.439 uh, I'm excited. I swear it feels like we just did WrestleMania, 39 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.840 you know, like I swear we was just doing seventies A and Kevin Owens, 40 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:22.479 you know now you know for me, then, uh, it's crazy 41 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:25.199 because me and Jimmy. I need Jimmy USO right now. I need him. 42 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:29.000 I'm gonna call him his name from now on. It is jealous Jimmy. 43 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:31.360 That's what I'm gonna saying. I'm gonna say it next time when I 44 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.960 get the microphone on TV, I'm gonna just put it out there. He 45 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.159 I don't know how many championship brothers he's already costing us. But now he's 46 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:43.000 got to get this work. He's got to get this work just like we 47 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:47.159 back just like back in the day, he was like a backyard or where 48 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:51.840 we want these hands at news front yard or the backyard or the side yard, 49 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:53.439 you know where you want to go, you know, uh so, 50 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:59.520 hell yeah, I'm excited though we were Philly this year. But what is 51 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:04.520 it? The brother whatever? Yeah? Perfect, perfect, Yeah, I 52 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:08.000 mean it pretty much writes itself, you know. I mean, it's just 53 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.680 so many things. This kind of goes into the next thing. You know, 54 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:14.039 we recently saw the rock return of the w W. You know, 55 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:16.680 not only as a board member, but also kind of I guess rightfully as 56 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:20.480 a member of the blood line and as certain himself into that. Are you, 57 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:24.480 you know, as someone who's been an integral part of this story, 58 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:28.800 are you surprised at how this story is continually growing and evolving. I mean 59 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:30.560 we're, you know what, three or four years into this now, and 60 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:35.600 it's still there's still new turns to take. And not really because you know, 61 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:40.839 we we know we was right the family right, yeah, with the 62 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:46.199 bloodline and whether whether we be separated or not. Man, we we're just 63 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:51.439 that good now and people need to step up. But because we're gonna keep 64 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:56.959 We're gonna we're gonna keep running it, and we're gonna and we're gonna keep 65 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:01.279 adding more. Well, we deed like we they blood Line runs people's Yeah, 66 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:06.680 and it's it's been incredible to see the Bloodline get the flowers. I'm 67 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:11.720 I'm a little bit older than you two, but my first introduction was a 68 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.279 SMO Flat team in w c W and yeah, you know, just see 69 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:19.879 them run through that and then you know, just I mean, it's just 70 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:25.319 been an unbelievable story. Uh, I mean not only just from sports entertainment, 71 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.240 just like a drama. I mean, it's just been unbelievable seeing how 72 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:30.759 this has been unfolding and stuff. Yeah man, and uh man, we're 73 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.759 gonna keep doing it. And it was like like, uh, the blood 74 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:39.480 Line brought the drama, like brought the brought the theatrics, brought that Selima 75 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:43.720 word whatever and then call it. And you know, I feel like your 76 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:46.199 boy was a heart of the blood Line, you know. And they can 77 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.240 add the rock man, they can add them all those it ain't gonna be. 78 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:53.480 It ain't gonna be. It ain't gonna be bloodlined until jay Ousol's back. 79 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:57.040 That's real talk. Well, you're the main event, so it makes 80 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:01.959 sense. Yeah, man, I'm over here eating over here, bought back 81 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:06.680 down. Yeah, of course you're gonna be able to see Maine event, 82 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:11.920 Jay Lusso and many of your other favorite stars. When WWE Monday Night Rob 83 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:15.040 returns to Raleigh, E and c Arena, make sure, by the way, 84 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:16.959 you keep listening to one hundred point seven WRDU because of course we'll be 85 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:23.160 given out free tickets to that show. Uh. One thing the IWC loves 86 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:27.959 to discuss is possible free agent signings. Right, there were several big names 87 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.720 on the market that have lineage in the bloodline that were displayed on the Bloodline 88 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:35.560 family tree back in Vegas. Uh. What advice, sir, maybe warning 89 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:41.360 would you give to a relative wanting to come in and align themselves with Roman 90 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:46.279 and Solo and uh, you know, jealous Jimmy man. Come, you 91 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.639 know what I'm saying. We family at the end of the day. Come. 92 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.279 Some of your worst enemies might be in your family, but at the 93 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:58.879 end of the day, we all still family. If you out there and 94 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.920 I think I won't think drop. But if y'all out there like I like, 95 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:05.000 I like all of our family, like being like here here, here, 96 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:08.480 here, here here. But at the end of the day, who's 97 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.920 I feel like? We all come to come to the big leagues the w 98 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:17.319 w B. It's a mind blowing. What could happen? You know what 99 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:20.680 I'm saying, I'll tell you at least man, at least almost ten deep 100 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:27.360 in there, what you know, let alone some big hitters. Yeah. 101 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:30.360 So, man, the future is right. This is all i'most say. 102 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:35.519 Oh, I don't know, I'm just like my like you said, the 103 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:43.160 story keeps evolving. That might go on another three years, to be honest. 104 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:46.240 Yeah, it kind of. It almost kind of parallels like something like 105 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:49.040 the Sopranos. You know, it just keeps you know, you keep thinking 106 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.879 like we're down and then like nope, someone else is in power now, 107 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:56.680 and then we're turning it to so. Yeah, just unbelievable. That's good 108 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:00.360 to know that you you have the door open for all those free agents that 109 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:03.199 yeah, that's just me. I mean, I want I want, I 110 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.160 want them to come. I want them to experience this here. Yeah. 111 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:13.000 You know what I'm saying that this this this kind of you know, this 112 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.199 form of wrestling, you know, yeah, the best talent and the best 113 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.920 place, I guess. Yeah. Man. Yeah, Well, unfortunately, 114 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:22.680 one of the fallouts of the Bloodline story was you you you know, the 115 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.800 usso's kind of going their separate ways for at least for the time being. 116 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:33.720 Then, as we've mentioned, your brother cost you the Inner Championship. Yeah, 117 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:39.240 leading us into the inevitable brother versus Brother match at the City of Brotherly 118 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.279 Love at WrestleMania forty. You know, walk us through your thoughts and emotions 119 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:46.559 as you as you head into you know, arguably one of the most important 120 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:52.360 matches of your career. Man, I'm as as ah you know me personally, 121 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:56.279 like Matt, I'm a little kid all over again, right because it'll 122 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:01.919 hopefully it's me and Jimmy at wrestle But if it is, Man, I'm 123 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.759 I'm a little kid news and it's gonna be so easy. Uh, We're 124 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:09.879 just gonna do what we do all the time. But what I'm most excited 125 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:15.039 about is like the uh you know, the lead up, the promos. 126 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.600 You know what I'm saying, that's not the album. You don't know by 127 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:20.759 now, Who's I love talking? Like, yeah, I'm trying to talk, 128 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:26.679 you know, and then let alone like you thought you had emotion in 129 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:30.480 the Bloodline storyline. You know what I'm saying, Me Roman me, Sammy 130 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:33.440 Man, watch me and my twin go at. Yeah, y'all, y'all, 131 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.000 y'all will be like, Yo, they are not. They are one 132 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.080 real and that's who's gonna make it, make it fire because it's gonna be 133 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:48.000 real. It's gonna be really, it's gonna be It's gonna be real, 134 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:52.279 you know. And I'm excited for like to pump that out to the fans 135 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.360 man and give them that because it'll be different. It'll be different from every 136 00:09:56.440 --> 00:10:01.879 other angle. Mm hm feel me. Yeah, it adds a different fla. 137 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:07.279 I want to see this match. I want to and I think that 138 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:13.960 is of course we can't. I think that's what what draws a lot of 139 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:18.519 people into this whole the story, the line that has been going on with 140 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.240 the blood line is because you are family, you're seeing the real emotions like 141 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:28.519 yeah, watching you know over the years of like you know, not wanting 142 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:33.120 to give in to Sammy and you know when when you and your brother turned 143 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.960 on Roman and you just see that raw emotion. And I think that that's 144 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.759 what's what's fantastic is now you see the emotion playing out because you and your 145 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.480 brother going at it. But it's also kind of cool to see, you 146 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:50.519 know that you guys can do stuff separately and not as a tag team because 147 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.240 when you when you look back at it's like the Ussos. We know that 148 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:56.519 Jimmy and Jay are tag team, but now is that time that we're seeing 149 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:05.279 Jimmy and Jay solo. Yeah, it's funny movie, but it's pretty cool. 150 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:09.720 It was because uh, like you know, you'll be separated, like 151 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:13.159 we we kind of you know, just elevated in our own way, you 152 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.639 know, I'm doing my thing all wrong. And then my brother, my 153 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.799 brother Jamie's over there like he's breaking out his shell loose, like he's he's 154 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:24.960 funny. He's a funny dude for real. Like, so to see him 155 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:30.600 on TV like being him, he's really like cracking and laughing and hitting jokes, 156 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.159 and then he'll switch it back to like you know, uh, you 157 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.159 know, just switch it back to being me. You know, would have 158 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:41.080 I like that because he's showing he's showing his side, and I don't think 159 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:45.200 people would have got gotten to see that if we never split right or let 160 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:48.720 it, you know, you know. So, uh, I stay tuned 161 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:52.200 in on Friday, still man, Well, which which one of the which 162 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.159 one of you two is Sean and which one of you is Martyn? You 163 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:01.159 better you about to make us fight? Really, I'm gonna I'm gonna let 164 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.840 the people. I'm gonna let the people. Yeah. Well, and it's 165 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.200 kind of they already know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was gonna 166 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.919 say, judging by your shirt, I think everybody knows. But but yeah, 167 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:16.240 you know, that's one thing about tag teams is that not everyone translates 168 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:20.519 into singles success. You know, like some people get into that tag team 169 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:24.679 structure and like that's the bread and butter, and so it's been like and 170 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:26.600 it's kind of like another accolade for you guys, like, oh they can 171 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.960 go solo, and oh they can talk and they can be funny, and 172 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:35.039 it's just it's just awesome just seeing that other dimension that you don't always get 173 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.039 to see when you're kind of tagged up, especially with your brother, your 174 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:41.240 little brother. Yeah, man, I appreciate it. Man. It took 175 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:45.320 us. It took us almost fifteen to get here to go out, yeah 176 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:48.759 man, but we did. Though, I'm just setting the blueprint other other 177 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:52.039 ones. Everybody. I mean, you can come in as a tag team, 178 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:56.399 which ain't gotta stay down as you know or whatever whatever that that that 179 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:01.480 that lingo was about tanging the top guys, tag teams and the tag teams 180 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:03.960 don't get paid that. Man. Were changing the game here, yeah, 181 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:07.120 were changing the game here. It was like it's all open. They like 182 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.279 they want you to come up, you know, no, like they want 183 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:16.120 you to go take Fortunately, the bloodliness got it hold on everything. Yeah, 184 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:20.759 they're taking yeah yeah, And you know it's it's also fun to just 185 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:24.000 kind of see you guys getting to like I know we've talked about it, 186 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:28.039 but seeing the family elements play out, and also seeing you guys be yourself 187 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:31.679 because I've scrolled through before we set up this interview. I was watching on 188 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.840 YouTube and it was kind of funny. It was Jay Luso breaking character for 189 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:39.679 two minutes straight. Like, I don't see how you were able to, 190 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:43.159 Like, I like Andy doing his thing and you just you look over and 191 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:46.440 you're like, when is he about to break character? Like it had to 192 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:50.360 have been tough, correct man, Hey man. I started I started second 193 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.080 guessing myself. I was like, br you are on professional you know, 194 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.679 like what are you doing? You know, like you look at laughing on't 195 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:03.840 see what I mean. I used to try to cover it up so much, 196 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.919 bro, but I I could. I'm kind of glad that that that 197 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:11.679 I that I broke character on TV like that or we we all did, 198 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:16.039 but I couldn't hold it back. But I'm kind of glad it was because 199 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.759 it kind of like maybe like kind of make God made into its own baby. 200 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:26.399 Yeah, every time he does something, we'd we'd always kind to look 201 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.240 over and see, Okay, what's he doing? And if we s you 202 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:33.399 do this, we're like, try laugh. He's trying to right now. 203 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:41.399 But of course w w RAW is coming to P and C and Raleigh ticketmaster 204 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:43.600 dot com ticket starting get twenty bucks courts. Uh, keep listening to one 205 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.320 hundred point seven w r DU we'll be able to hook you up with tickets 206 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:50.039 to that show. Uh. So here's kind of where we come to the 207 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.039 end of the show where we get to have some fun. We turned to 208 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:56.879 chat GPT to ask you a question. Normally it's like just a random question, 209 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:01.559 try to get your look to laugh. But up, out of anyone 210 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:07.679 in your family, who would be the most surprised to find out uses yeat 211 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.879 the most in their day to day life? Yeah? Who in your family 212 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:15.399 uses? Yeah? Like like, do you have an aunt that's always just 213 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:20.600 you know, doing it or something? Oh? Really, yeah, Solo 214 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:37.840 Mann, you're gonna tell Jimmy. Oh yeah, Now that's some drama right 215 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:39.679 there. That's some juicy details right there. That's yeah, that's what we 216 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:43.919 like to hear. Yeah yeah, okay, solo. You know, Jay, 217 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:45.679 I don't want to take up too much of your time because you got 218 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.480 to be a main event, Jay, and we wish you nothing but the 219 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.480 best. And I just want to say thank you for taking the time out 220 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:54.320 and talk with us today. It's an honor. My seven year old is 221 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:56.639 going to think that I'm the coolest person in the world because I'm talking favorite 222 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:00.919 wrestlers right now. So they thank you for everything today. And we look 223 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:03.919 forward to seeing you and Raleigh, and we look forward to seeing your hand 224 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:07.600 raised at WrestleMania against your brother. I. Oh, man, thank you 225 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:10.840 guys. It was easy. Man. Appreciate it. Man, tell your 226 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:15.759 son, I said, yes. We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the 227 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:18.639 Battleground Podcast. Make sure you give it five stars and a nice review. 228 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:23.399 To stay up to date with the show, follow them at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.