SUMMARY
- Roman Reigns and The Usos arguably had the best time of their respective careers as a part of The Bloodline.
- Amid their on-screen work together, fans often ask about they real-life relationship, so let's check it out now.
Roman Reigns has been a prominent name in the WWE for about a decade now, and his influence has also helped The Usos rise to mainstream stardom. The tag team and The Tribal Chief are from the great Anoa’i family, and they’ve been able to further enhance the already exceptional reputation of the renowned bloodline in the pro wrestling industry.
Even though they started off their careers in separate ways, they eventually got the opportunity to work alongside each other, and the entire stint was really incredible. Throughout their association on TV, Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso have been presented as Roman’s cousins by the promotion. But that’s not what they are in real life.
Jimmy Uso revealed the real relationship between them, and his comments made it crystal clear that Roman Reigns and The Usos are not cousins. The truth about their relationship was revealed during the tag team’s appearance on Chris Van Vliet’s podcast. During their interview with the popular public figure, they shared that Reigns is their uncle.
They revealed this after the host asked them about how they were related to The Head of the Table. Answering it, they stated, “Actually, technically, Roman is our uncle. Because my dad and Roman are first cousins. We would grow up saying Wassup Uncle Joe, and he’d be like don’t call me that.” This might be surprising for many fans, but this is the truth.
Through this interview, the Samoan stars made the revelation about their real-life situation with the former Undisputed Champion. Moreover, it was shared that The Tribal Chief didn’t like being called an uncle, and that’s why the twins used to tease him by calling him by that name, which shows that they are also pretty close to Roman Reigns in real life.
What is the relationship between The Usos and The Rock?
While the relationship between The Usos and Roman has always been a topic of discussion among fans due to the work they’ve done together in the WWE. But another person whose connection with this legendary tag team has been talked about a lot by the audience is The Rock.
Everyone knows that Dwayne Johnson’s relationship goes way beyond their interactions on the screen, as Jey and Jimmy belong to the same family as The Final Boss. But what their bond is isn’t known to many; however, it was revealed during The Usos’ conversation with Chris Van Vliet regarding their family.
In the interview, Chris asked the twins if The Rock was also their uncle, to which they quickly said, “No, that’s cousin. That’s like distant cousin.” Moreover, Jey jokingly said, “You know we got about 47 uncles. Man, we deep man.” It must be noted that Dwayne is a distant cousin to The Usos, because they aren’t connected by blood.
Despite not belonging to the same family, they are pretty close, and consider each other cousins. Even though Jey and Jimmy aren’t currently working as a tag team, as Main Event Jey is now a megastar on RAW, it’ll be interesting to see if they join forces once again in the future to continuously build their legacy as the greatest tag team ever.
Roman Reigns and The Usos had an iconic run as The Bloodline
While the greatness The Usos achieved as a tag team is legendary, their run with Roman Reigns as The Bloodline was also iconic. In fact, the saga continued for well over three years and looks set to continue further with Solo Sikoa being the leader of the group, but the formation took place after Jey Uso lost to Roman at Hell in the Cell 2020 in an “I Quit” match. The match had the stipulation that if Jey lost, he would follow Reigns’ orders, and that’s how they aligned with each other.
The Tribal Chief continued his Universal Championship reign by having the fan-favorite Uso by his side, but when Jimmy returned in May 2021, things got a bit tense, as he wasn’t happy with them. But all that didn’t last long, and The Usos won the SmackDown Tag Titles soon. It was the start of The Bloodline’s dominance over the company, as they held the titles all the way into WrestleMania 38.
At the show, Reigns won the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar and thus became the Undisputed Champion. Similarly, The Usos defeated RK-Bro at the May 20 SmackDown show to become the Undisputed Tag Champions. From her until WrestleMania 39, The Bloodline remained double champs, as The Usos lost their titles to Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens at The Show of Shows.
During the event, Roman successfully defended his Undisputed title against Cody Rhodes, but after this, signs of friction between the stable started. At Night of Champions in May 2023, Jimmy Uso betrayed Roman after The Tribal Chief disrespected him. In June, Jey also aligned with his brother, and they defeated Reigns and Solo Sikoa at MITB.
On the July 7 episode of SmackDown, they attacked Jimmy and took him out of action, which led to a match between Main Event Jey and Roman Reigns at 2023’s SummerSlam. At the show, Jimmy Uso interfered, and turned his back on Jey Uso. This led to the end of their run as a team, as the fan-favorite Uso was drafted to RAW. On the other side, Jimmy Uso rejoined Roman’s faction, and they continued their work as a team.
The Usos remained away from each other for a long time, but eventually got to fight each other in a match at WrestleMania 40. While this happened, Roman Reigns entered the show as the Undisputed WWE Champion, as he was set to defend his title against Rhodes. At the show, Roman lost his title to The American Nightmare, and it was a path filled with numerous twists and turns.
From betrayals to the inclusion of Dwayne Johnson as The Final Boss and guys like John Cena, The Undertaker, and Seth Rollins coming out to the aid of Cody, it was exceptionally well handled by the creative team and Triple H. Even though the loss to Rhodes put an end to Roman’s reign, it’s true that there couldn’t have been a bigger stage for The Tribal Chief to end the historic run.
In fact, having Jey and Jimmy involved in the encounter was also great, as they were a prominent part of the saga. Now that Reigns is on a hiatus after his WrestleMania XL loss and Jimmy Uso has been taken out by Solo, it remains to be seen what’s next for them. Will The Tribal Chief align himself with The Usos to reform The Original Bloodline, or are we going to get more surprises? Only time knows the answer to all questions.
