Jey Uso didn’t find out he was winning the WWE Royal Rumble until close to the event.
At the 2025 Royal Rumble on February 1st, Jey Uso eliminated John Cena to win the men’s Royal Rumble match in a move that caught many by surprise. Ahead of the bout, Cena was favored to win, with CM Punk and Seth Rollins close behind. Uso recently recalled how shocked even he felt at the moment of his victory.
Speaking in a new interview with Daniel Cormier, Uso revealed that he didn’t find out he was winning the Rumble until the afternoon of February 1st,
“Man, I was humbled, man. I knew, as soon as they told me it was me, they told me like halfway during the day Saturday, man. ‘Hey, we need the last four to come in here.’ I’m last four, I see who’s with me. I’m like [looks around]. Yeah, they let me know, man. Then, I was like, man, I would show to my brothers, ‘Hey.’”
“I Love What We Do” – Jey Uso
Continuing, Jey Uso spoke about being able to deliver a genuine surprise to the WWE audience with his Royal Rumble win.
“They told them what it was, and I knew I liked it because I knew not one person in that arena [would] think it’s gonna be me. That’s the swerve I like, just like on Monday Night Raw on Bron Breakker, one of the hottest up-and-coming superstars. He’s not gonna beat him on a Monday Night Raw, and they go crazy [when I won].
So that’s the emotion that I like to pump to the fans, man. We gotta swerve because everyone’s smart today. Everyone thinks they know. Y’all ain’t got no damn clue, man. I like to just let y’all enjoy the show, Uce. Enjoy it. Enjoy what we do. It’s entertainment, it’s fun. When you’re there with us, you just gotta be there with us, man. It’s a great show. I love this. I love what we do.”
In another recent interview, Jey Uso explained how he deals with those who weren’t happy about his Rumble win.
h/t Fightful