Rikishi Alleges WWE Treats Jey Uso Unfairly In Comparison To Two Other Top Stars

Jey Uso losing the World Heavyweight Championship to Gunther hasn’t gone down well with many people. One of them being his father Rikishi.

The WWE Hall of Famer isn’t holding back — and this time, the fire is aimed directly at WWE’s creative team.

On the latest episode of his Off The Top podcast, the former Intercontinental Champion unleashed a passionate defense of his son, Jey Uso, following the abrupt end of Uso’s WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign on this past Monday’s Raw.

The Yeet Master’s first taste of world title gold lasted just 51 days, as he fell to Gunther in a crushing submission loss.

Rikishi, clearly frustrated, didn’t mince words.

> “You have a kid who put his heart and soul into getting to the main event. And when he finally gets there? You don’t give him a fair shot. You didn’t do him justice.”

Citing Jey’s strong merchandise sales and growing fanbase, Rikishi questioned why WWE failed to invest creatively in the former champion. In his eyes, creative dropped the ball — and badly.

> “You didn’t feed this champion the right talent. You didn’t protect him. Fifty-one days and it’s done? That’s not a reign — that’s an experiment gone wrong.”

Rikishi noted that Jey defended the title only twice after WrestleMania 41 — defeating Logan Paul and walking away with a DQ against Seth Rollins. And then… nothing. A cold streak of booking decisions that the Hall of Famer believes undermined everything his son had worked for.

> “If you can’t come up with something simple to push a champion — your champion — then get the hell out of the way,” Rikishi said with intensity.
“I say fire ’em. If you can’t write for Jey Uso, you can’t do your job.”

Rikishi believes WWE would not treat John Cena or Randy Orton like this

Rikishi compared the handling of Jey’s title reign to how WWE would treat top stars like John Cena or Randy Orton, suggesting that the same short leash wouldn’t apply if the roles were reversed.

> “Would you do this to Cena? To Orton? No. So why Jey?”

As for why the title change happened so soon, backstage reports claim WWE is lining up a marquee match for Gunther in the coming weeks — a decision that may have cut Jey’s reign short. Still, for Rikishi, it doesn’t add up.

> “You decided to put that belt on him. Then suddenly, the vision disappears? That ain’t how you build stars.”

Whether WWE responds to Rikishi’s blunt call for a shake-up remains to be seen. But if one thing’s clear, it’s this: The Hall of Famer believes his son deserved better — and he’s not afraid to say it.

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