The Usos

The Usos were a professional wrestling tag team composed of brothers Jey USO and Jimmy USO.

They were three-time Raw Tag Team Champions and five-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions, making their team overall eight-time champions and holding the record for the longest male tag team championship reign in WWE history at 622 days.

They are members of the renowned Anoaʻi family of Samoan wrestlers.

Joshua Samuel Fatu (Josh) and Jonathan Solofa Fatu (Jon) were born in San Francisco, California on August 22, 1985 (Jonathan is the older twin by 9 minutes), the sons of Talisua Fuavai and professional wrestler Solofa Fatu Jr..

The Fatu brothers are of Samoan descent.

As the sons of WWE Hall of Famer Solofa Fatu Jr.. (Rikishi), they are also part of the Anoaʻi family; they are first cousins once-removed from current and former WWE performers Afa Anoaʻi Jr.

The brothers attended Escambia High School in Pensacola, Florida, where they played competitive football.

They continued their football careers at University of West Alabama, where they both played linebacker.

Jonathan played one season (2003), while Joshua played from 2003 to 2005.

On the January 26, 2007 episode of WWE SmackDown, Jon wrestled under the name "Jon Robinson" teaming with Adam Evans in a losing effort to Deuce 'n Domino.

On December 12, 2008, the brothers made their professional wrestling debut as the Samoan Soldiers, at the NWA Prime Time event, defeating Killer Instinct (Jake Slater and Mike Stratus).

Trained since childhood by their father, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi, the team debuted in WWE's then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2009, where they became FCW Florida Tag Team Champions, and wrestled as Jules USO and Jimmy USO (The USO Brothers).

They were moved to the main roster the following year.

While on the main roster, they have been managed by their cousin Tamina Snuka and Jimmy's wife, Naomi.

From July 2021 to June 2023, they were part of the villainous stable The Bloodline with their real-life second-cousin and group leader Roman Reigns and younger brother Solo Sikoa.

Peers and critics have described the Usos as one of the greatest professional wrestling tag teams of all time.

They hold the record for the longest male tag team championship reign in WWE history at 622 days, which was accomplished in their fifth reign with the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

In 2009, they worked in Texas.

Jonathan, under the ring name "Jimmy USO", appeared at the Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) television tapings on November 5, 2009, accompanying Donny Marlow to the ring.

Jimmy also appeared in a dark match prior to the FCW television tapings on November 19, defeating Titus O'Neil.

The USO Brothers, by that point signed an developmental contract with the WWE on December 4, 2009, the day their uncle Umaga died.

Jonathan's younger brother, Joshua, debuting as "Jules USO", started 2010 by defeating The Rotundo Brothers (Duke and Bo) on January 14.

In a clash of the generational wrestlers on February 18, The Rotundo Brothers teamed up with Wes Brisco to defeat The Usos and Donny Marlow.

They continued their association with Marlow at the television tapings on February 25, when he accompanied them to ringside for a victory against Titus O'Neil and Big E Langston.

In March, they were joined by Sarona Snuka, who began acting as their manager and on March 13, The Usos defeated The Fortunate Sons (Joe Hennig and Brett DiBiase) to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship.

They made their first title defense at the March 18 television tapings by defeating The Dudebusters (Trent Baretta and Caylen Croft) to retain.

They went on to successfully defend the championship against Percy Watson and Darren Young, Hunico and Tito Nieves, Skip Sheffield and Darren Young, and The Dudebusters, who they defeated by disqualification when Tamina pulled the referee out of the ring to stop him from counting the pinfall.

On June 3, The Usos lost the Florida Tag Team Championship to "Los Aviadores" (Hunico and Dos Equis).

On the May 24, 2010, episode of Raw, The Usos (with Jules now wrestling as Jey USO) and Tamina made their debut as heels by attacking the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions, The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, and Natalya).

The following week, Raw General Manager Bret Hart stated that he had signed them to contracts.

That night, the trio cut a promo, stating that they were looking for respect for their families.

They were interrupted and attacked by The Hart Dynasty, who were seeking revenge for the surprise attack the previous week.

The Usos attempted to attack The Hart Dynasty again on the June 7 episode of Raw, but The Harts were ready and gained the upper hand.

The Usos made their in-ring debut for the brand on the June 17 episode of Superstars, defeating Goldust and Mark Henry.

Three days later they made their pay-per-view debut by losing to The Hart Dynasty in a six-person mixed tag team match at Fatal 4-Way.

The Usos were scheduled to face The Hart Dynasty on the June 28 episode of Raw, but the match never started as The Usos instead attacked The Harts when they were entering the ring.

They are overall eight-time tag team champions in WWE, capturing the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship three times and winning the Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year in both 2014 and 2015.

In 2017, they won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship on three occasions, followed by a fourth reign in 2019 and a fifth reign in 2021.

They are the first team to win both the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships and the first team to hold them simultaneously as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.

In addition, The Usos have competed in the main event of several pay-per-views, including Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, which was the first time a tag team championship was defended in the main event of a WrestleMania, and the second time that a tag team match was the main event of Wrestlemania.