Jey Uso Calls His Shot After WWE Royal Rumble Win
Jey Uso knows who he wants to face after his shocking WWE Royal Rumble win.
There are many years where the Royal Rumble match takes place and fans complain about how the result is too obvious, so it might hurt their enjoyment of the event.
Going into the 2025 WWE Royal Rumble match in Indianapolis, the popular picks to win were wrestlers John Cena, CM Punk, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins. It’s unlikely that most fans picked the actual winner, Jey Uso.
When it came down to the final six of John Cena, CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Logan Paul, and Jey Uso, it led to a sequence that saw Punk, Reigns, and Rollins all eliminated each other. The action spilled out to the floor where Rollins attacked both men, which certainly could tease some sort of massive WrestleMania showdown.
After Cena eliminated Paul, most people likely assumed Cena would get the win in his showdown with Jey. However, it didn’t work out that way because Jey avoided an Attitude Adjustment on the apron, went back into the ring, and shoved Cena from the apron to the floor.
The finish of the match meant that Jey Uso was the Royal Rumble winner and he was going to get a WWE World Championship match at WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas.
During the WWE Royal Rumble post show, Jey Uso talked about what it meant to win the Men’s Royal Rumble match.
“It means a lot, Uce. I think the company going forward with me, they trust me now. I’m not gonna let them down. There was some heavy hitters in there. I was a heavy hitter too.
Like John (Cena) says, my time is now, and I was screaming that the whole night. It’s my turn. Y’all gonna see. I’m just gonna go up from here. The Yeet train is just now getting started. Y’all just let me rock, let me keep cooking.”
Jey Uso Feels He Can Beat World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER
At the WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event special on NBC, Jey Uso came up short in his World Heavyweight Title match against GUNTHER. However, the Rumble win means that Jey could challenge Gunther at WrestleMania 41 or he could go after the Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.
Based on his comments at the Royal Rumble post show, it sounds like Jey still has Gunther on his mind.
“When I won the Royal Rumble, I was screaming, ‘Gunther, Gunther, Gunther.’ But [now] it’s after the Rumble, I’m looking at both of them like, alright, we gonna yeet here or yeet here? I don’t know, man. But I would like one more crack at Gunther. I really feel like I can beat Gunther. Yeet.”
It’s not official yet, but if Jey Uso does select Gunther as his WrestleMania opponent then that means whoever wins the Men’s Elimination Chamber match would likely get to face Cody Rhodes for the WWE Title match. John Cena has already made it clear he’ll be in the Elimination Chamber match on March 1st in Toronto.