Jimmy Uso Interview: State of Tag Team Division and More

In preparation for the taping of the Jan. 2 edition of “Smackdown” on Tuesday, Dec. 30, WWE Superstar and current WWE Tag Team Champion Jimmy Uso was interviewed by NorfolkNavyFlagship.com. Norfolk, Virginia will host the Jan. 2 edition of “Smackdown” from the Norfolk Scope Center. The husband of WWE Diva Naomi talked about not being featured on “Total Divas” due to his wife’s removal from the show, the state of the WWE tag team division, and much more.

Jimmy Uso, a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, hit on the good and bad about not being featured on the upcoming season “Total Divas:”

“The work is a lot less now. I almost get to have my privacy back. We come off of these tours and you want to get home and relax, but you’re still working because you’re front of these cameras. They’re in your home and you really just want to sleep all day. I’m OK with it, but my wife really isn’t. We didn’t agree with the terms, but things happen and they work out how they do. We’re enjoying the free time that we have now.”

Going further, Jimmy spoke about being more recognizable for “Total Divas,” rather than WWE:

“Definitely. I get recognized more from Total Divas than I do for WWE. With my wife, you get people that look at her and want a picture, but they’re not really sure if it’s her or not, but when we’re together, they automatically know. I get a lot of older women, actually, that come up to me. They’re like “Hey! You’re Jonathan from Total Divas!” out of nowhere. You’ll know that it’s a Total Divas fan because a WWE fan would have said “Uso!”. It was weird at first being called by my first name and my wife by her first name. It’s cool, and funny in a way.”

Jimmy Uso was also asked about the current state of WWE’s tag team division, which now features the likes of The Ascension upon its debut on the Dec. 29 “Monday Night Raw:”

“I feel like my brother and I amped it up because we are a real tag team. There aren’t any real tag teams like back in the day with the Legion of Doom, Hart Foundation, Demolition. Today, we’re trying to get that tag team wrestling back to WWE. I think we’re doing a good job, but it could get better. There are teams coming up from NXT, like The Ascension, coming in with each other and hopefully they will stay with each other. Maybe we can get a nice little run out of these guys with The Usos, or maybe the Wyatts can get back together again, or The Shield. I feel like we had great matches with The Wyatts; great chemistry with those guys, but they broke them up. I hope when more tag teams come in the future that they stay together and we can have a real tag team division like back in the day.”

Check out the entire interview, here. Jimmy Uso also talks about his dream tag team match, mentioning The Hardys, The Dudleyz, and Edge & Christian.

Editor’s Note

A very good Jimmy Uso interview. I was surprised upon reading that Jimmy gets recognized far more often for “Total Divas” than WWE.