Today considered one of the best tag teams of all time, the Usos have valued the division of teams for more than a decade and already have eight reigns as champions, but it has been in recent years that they have been more prominent, as they are part of the stable champion Roman Reigns, The Bloodline.
Born August 22, 1985, into the Anoaʻi family of wrestlers, Joshua Samuel Fatu (Jey Uso) and Jonathan Solofa Fatu (Jimmy Uso) were trained by their father, Rikishi, before evolving into WWE’s developmental territory at the time, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), and making their main roster debut alongside Tamina during the May 24, 2010 episode of Raw.
From there, the characters of Jimmy and Jey Uso have undergone slight metamorphoses that, over the years, have made the Usos less and less a generic “Samoan” tag team and more and more a highly regarded and charismatic duo.
The duo’s record includes three reigns as WWE Raw Tag Team Championship holders and five as WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship champions. At the same time, Jey Uso won the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal in 2021.
It is therefore worth remembering the ten best matches of all time for the Usos, in chronological order.
Battleground 2014 – 2 out of 3 Falls Match
WWE Tag Team Championship :
The Usos (c) vs. The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper)
At a time when Bray Wyatt and John Cena were involved in a rivalry in which Erick Rowan and Luke Harper were constantly helping Wyatt during his matches, The Usos, who were tag team champions at the time, interceded and allied with John Cena, allowing Cena to beat Wyatt in a Last Man Standing match at Payback.
With the feud between Cena and Wyatt over, Harper and Rowan focused on The Usos, having beaten them in a non-title match on the June 2 episode of Raw. Thanks to that win, Rowan and Harper received a WWE Tag Team Championship opportunity at Money in the Bank.
At Money in the Bank, The Usos defeated The Wyatt Family to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship.
However, the rivalry between the two duos continued. On the June 30 episode of Raw, The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) defeated The Usos and Sheamus. A week later, Harper and Rowan defeated The Usos, which led to a best-of-three match between the two teams being scheduled for the title at Battleground.
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2015
Ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Championship :
The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) vs. The Usos
On the November 30 episode of Monday Night Raw, The Lucha Dragon and The Usos faced off in a match to determine which team would become the top contender for the tag team titles, which had belonged to The New Day since SummerSlam.
However, the champions attacked both teams and caused a double disqualification. Therefore, Stephanie McMahon decided that, since neither team was defeated, both would face The New Day in a triple threat tag team ladder match at TLC, with the belts on the line.
SummerSlam 2017 – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship :
The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (c) vs. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)
At Backlash, The Usos retained the SmackDown Tag Team Championship after a victory over Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze), having repeated this victory on the following episode of SmackDown.
On the May 30 episode, The Usos declared that no team could beat them, but were interrupted by The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods), debuting on SmackDown, where they transferred during the Superstar Shake-up.
However, a match was scheduled between the Usos and the New Day for Money in the Bank, with the pair consisting of Kofi Kingston and Big E winning via countout after the Usos left the ring, which meant that Jimmy and Jey Uso remained champions.
On the following episode of SmackDown, The New Day mocked The Usos for leaving the match and Big E defeated Jimmy Uso.
A week later, The Usos defeated The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder), preventing them from becoming the main contenders for the title, but were confronted by The New Day, who challenged them to another match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. The Usos accepted.
On the July 4th episode, New Day and The Usos engaged in a rap battle hosted by singer Wale. The New Day were declared the winner after being attacked by the Usos.
In the two weeks that followed, members of both teams were involved in two singles matches. Xavier Woods defeated Jey Uso, while Jimmy Uso defeated Kofi Kingston.
At Battleground, The New Day defeated The Usos to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
On the following episode of SmackDown, The New Day were preparing to make their entrance to celebrate the achievement when they were attacked by The Usos. A week later, Jimmy and Jey Uso announced that they wanted a rematch. And that rematch was announced for SummerSlam.
Hell in a Cell 2017 – Hell in a Cell match – SmackDown Tag Team Championship:
The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (c) vs. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)
At SummerSlam, The Usos defeated The New Day to regain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
Two weeks later, on SmackDown, The Usos won the right to choose the stipulation for the rematch that New Day was entitled to after defeating them in a non-title match.
The Usos chose to face The New Day in a Street Fight, which took place on Sin City SmackDown on September 12 but was defeated, with the faction of Big E, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston regaining the SmackDown Tag Team Championship .
The following week, The Usos invoked a rematch for the belts for Hell in a Cell. And, on the September 26 episode, The New Day challenged The Usos to a Hell in a Cell match with the title on the line, with Jimmy and Jey Uso accepting the challenge.
Clash of Champions 2017 – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship :
The Usos (c) vs. The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) vs. Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable vs. Rusev & Aiden English
At Hell in a Cell, The Usos defeated The New Day and regained the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. On the October 10 episode of SmackDown, Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin defeated The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder), Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze) and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) in a fatal four-way tag team match to determine the top contenders for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
Gable & Shelton received the title opportunity from The Usos on the November 7 episode, having won via count-out, which resulted in the champions retaining their belts. Weeks later, it was announced that The Usos would defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against New Day and Gable & Shelton at Clash of Champions, but in the episode, Rusev and Aiden English were added to the match after defeating Kofi Kingston and Big E.
WWE Day 1 (2022) – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship :
The Usos (c) vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston and King Woods)
On the October 29, 2021, episode of SmackDown, The Usos interrupted a New Day ceremony in which Kofi Kingston was named Sir and said that both teams would face each other that same night, with New Day winning.
The following week, it was announced that King Woods (so named because he had just won the King of the Ring tournament at Crown Jewel ) would face Jimmy in a match in which the loser would have to recognize the winner. Woods beat Jimmy, but as Jimmy prepared to take a knee, The Usos and Roman Reigns attacked New Day.
On the November 12 episode of SmackDown, Roman Reigns and King Woods faced off in a match in which the loser would have to kneel and acknowledge the winner. Woods won via disqualification after interference from The Usos, who attacked him and placed Woods’ crown on Reigns ‘ head.
Several attacks and matches between members of both factions followed, including a win by Roman Reigns over Big E at Survivor Series, it having been announced that The Usos would defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against The New Day on Day 1.
Money in the Bank 2022 – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship :
The Usos (c) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
On the June 6 episode of Raw, the Street Profits beat The Usos via count-out in a match in which, in the event of a victory, the duo composed of Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford would receive an opportunity for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. Eleven days later, it was announced that the title match was going to take place at Money in the Bank.
Friday Night SmackDown (November 11, 2022)
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
The Usos (c) vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
On the November 4 episode of SmackDown, on the eve of Crown Jewel, The Usos went to the ring to promote their match against The Brawling Brutes (Ridge Holland and Butch ) for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship scheduled for the event in Saudi Arabia.
However, they were interrupted by The New Day, who said they wanted to challenge for the title to defend their record as the longest-reigning tag team champions ever. Meanwhile, the two teams engaged in physical confrontations in which the Brawling Brutes, Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn also participated.
However, at Crown Jewel, Usos defeated The Brawling Brutes and remained champions, becoming known days later that they would defend the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship on the following episode of SmackDown.
Friday Night SmackDown (December 9, 2022) – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship :
The Usos (c) vs. The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus and Butch )
On the October 14 episode of SmackDown, Sheamus and Solo Sikoa competed in a fatal four-way match in which an Intercontinental Championship opportunity was at stake when Sami Zayn and Jey Uso interfered on Solo’s behalf. In response, Ridge Holland and Butch appeared to defend Sheamus and engaged in a brawl against Bloodline’s elements.
A week later, members of Bloodline attacked and injured Sheamus.
On the October 28 episode, Holland and Butch defeated Zayn and Solo to earn an opportunity to challenge The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship at Crown Jewel but ended up losing at the event that took place in Saudi Arabia. The following week, all members of Bloodline appeared in the ring to talk about their victories at Crown Jewel but were interrupted by the Brawling Brutes, who were joined by Drew McIntyre.
However, it was announced that the Brawling Brutes and McIntyre (and Kevin Owens, who would only be announced later) would face Bloodline ( Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn ) in a War Games match at Survivor Series, which Bloodline won
On SmackDown following Survivor Series, elements of Bloodline were enjoying their pay-per-view win over The Brawling Brutes, McIntyre and Kevin Owens, when they were interrupted by Sheamus. The exchange of words led to the scheduling of a match between Sheamus and Zayn, which Zayn won following interference from Jey Uso, at a time when the remaining elements of both factions were involved in a brawl outside the ring.
However, it was announced that the following week, The Usos would defend the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship against Sheamus and Butch.
WrestleMania 39 (2023) – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship :
The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
At Survivor Series 2022, Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn) defeated Team Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, Butch, Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens) after a low blow from Zayn on his old friend Owens.
After Roman Reigns retained the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Kevin Owens at Royal Rumble 2023, the members of Bloodline attacked Owens, while Zayn watched with some reluctance. Just as Reigns was about to attack Owens with a chair, Zayn intervened. Reigns demanded that Zayn attack Owens with the chair, but Zayn turned on Reigns and attacked the Universal Champion.
In the weeks that followed, Zayn apologized to Jey Uso, with whom he had become close, but ended up being attacked by all elements of Bloodline with the exception of Jey Uso.
This all led to a match between Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Elimination Chamber. Reigns won and at the end of the match, Kevin Owens stopped Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso from attacking Zayn.
However, Sami Zayn suggested several times to Owens that they form a team and fight Bloodline, but Owens was always rejecting that possibility, showing himself hurt by what Zayn did to him at Survivor Series. On the March 13 episode of Raw, however, Owens saved Zayn from an attack at the hands of The Usos, in a scene that ended with a heartfelt hug between Owens and Zayn. A week later, The Usos accepted the challenge issued by Owens and Zayn to a match at WrestleMania 39 for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.
