Jey Uso has defended Roman Reigns Royal Rumble win after seeing some criticism on social media.
Reigns won his second Rumble match last week and is now scheduled to face CM Punk at WrestleMania 42 for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Some fans found Reigns winning the Rumble an uninspired decision from Triple H and WWE creative with youngster stars like Bron Breakker and Jacob Fatu on the cusp of main event status.
Uso, a controversial winner to some fans the year prior, took to social media to defend his real-life cousin.
“So much hate on dis mf,” he posted on his Instagram status. “[I’ll] never hate on my own family we lift [each] other up, the whole world already trynna keep us down.. WE still runnin s***. Flowers to mines.”
Uso followed that post up with another one taking a dig at unhappy fans.
“Oh That ‘cinema’ term we use in wrestling now… Came from the bloodline Your welcome,” he boasted.
Reigns and Punk look set to main event night two of WrestleMania and that does seem like the biggest match they have.
While winning the Rumble may not have been the most creative method to get there, the ends arguably justify the means.
Uso is currently a tag team champion with his brother Jimmy and their WrestleMania plans are not yet set.
Interestingly Solo Sikoa and his MFTs currently hold the other Tag Team titles, so a unification match where the Bloodline battle once again could be on the cards.
Reigns and Uso have been almost attached at the hip for the past five years now. From facing each other at the start of his record-breaking title reign to working alongside each other in the Bloodline to being rivals once again – and then making up again – they’ve told so many stories.
