During the latest episode of his Off the Top podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi said those in WWE creative who were responsible for taking the World Heavyweight Title off his son, Jey Uso after just 51-days, should be fired.
“So you go 51 days. I say fire those that are writing for this kid here, if you can’t come up with something simple to promote and push your champion, that you, not me, you decide to put this kid in that position, and then that’s it. All of a sudden, the brains went cloudy. You can’t write, you can’t think of an angle for Jey? Well, if you can’t do your job, I say [best of luck in your future endeavors]. Get the hell out of the way. Put somebody in that position, because the longer you keep the belt on this kid, the longer merchandise sales go through the roof.”
Rikishi did say that he has no heat with Gunther, but did ask if there is anything against his son, and if WWE creative would have done the same thing to Randy Orton or John Cena.
“So now they passed the belt on to Gunther for whatever reason. Hey, I ain’t got no beef with Gunther. I ain’t got no beef with any of those that are on the roster. I ain’t got no beef with that. If I do, I’m going to say it to your face, because that’s just the type of man I am. But let me back up. Good luck if that’s what your choice is to go that way. But let me back up and continue my thoughts on my son as far as his run as the World Champion. I didn’t think it was just his. I didn’t think it was fair. 51 days, that was it. I mean, Intercontinental belt? A short run, that was it. What is it against my boy? Would you have done that to Randy Orton? Would you have done that to John Cena?”
Earlier on in the episode, Rikishi talked about how ‘YEET’ merchandise sales went through the roof.
You can listen/watch the episode below:
Transcript source: Fightful