A WWE Hall of Famer wanted to see a different outcome at Money in the Bank which would have seen Jey Uso gain possession of the briefcase.
The Men’s Money in the Bank match opened the Premium Live Event in Toronto and had many fans predicting that either Uso or Drew McIntyre would be the one to win the match. While Uso looked victorious in the closing stages, the former Tag Team Champion was the victim of a brutal ladder strike from McIntyre to allow The Scottish Warrior to win the match for the first time in his career.
Unfortunately, Drew McIntyre’s dreams of becoming World Champion for a 4th time were shattered as his cash-in match saw CM Punk interfere and ultimately lose to Damian Priest. While McIntyre’s cash-in divided fans when all was said and done, Hall of Famer Rikishi believes that McIntyre should never have won the match to begin with.
Speaking on his Off The Top podcast, Rikishi called for the company to give Uso more of a push and not just because Uso is his son:
“That kind of hits a nerve with me. I’m not asking or saying to give this kid a free pass because who he is and where he comes from. But I mean, again, I’m gonna go back to the numbers. The numbers don’t lie with Yeet. The merchandise that the Yeet Man has done so much for the company. The Yeet Man, he doesn’t have a bad track record. The Yeet Man is not a liability. The Yeet Man shows up to work and does what he does.
The only thing that comes to my mind is when you’re not given a chance, but you go out there and you take it and you build it on your own, the opportunity, we gonna give you this opportunity to be a singles wrestler, to be the Yeet whatever, and you look at the crowd when this kid comes out, whether it be my son or not, but you look at the crowd, you look at what his performance is…okay, we got robbed the first time from Gunther with the Intercontinental Belt. Where’s Gunther at now with the belt? Where is he? Do you see Gunther up on a marquee where you see Yeet?
“He Damn Sure Earned It”: Rikishi Calls For Jey Uso Push
Rikishi continued, adding that Uso has earned his place in the past 17 years and it has been backed up by the numbers:
“Now, it comes to Money in the Bank. When you see the Money in the Bank poster, who do you see on that poster hosting the Money in the Bank briefcase? I’m just speaking facts. If I’m wrong, then hey, I’m wrong. But for sure, without even talking to my boys, I’ll look at it a different way when I’m watching it. I said, if anything to the next level, this could be the one here, and boom. Here it comes again. So I just text my boy, ‘Hey, good match. Keep working hard.’ I didn’t want to tell him anything else because he’s probably feeling it, and I’m damn sure feeling it.
It’s like, okay, what is it that we got to do to give Yeet a chance? To finally, after 17-plus years, blood, sweat, and tears, gave it to you all, his mind, body, and soul. Wouldn’t you think, after all these years, to finally crown him and make him earn it, because he damn sure earned it, crown him as an Intercontinental Champion or whatever other championship they got? I think he deserves it, whether he’s my son or not. We want to look at the status? Let’s look at the numbers. Every time I turn on my social media to post something, in comes WWE Shop. What do I see? Yeet. What do I see? Yeet this, Yeet that.”
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In August 2024, Rikishi was once again critical of Jey Uso.
H/t to Fightful.