Solo Sikoa Recalls Being Told He Would Be Paired With The Usos, Plans Changing

Though he has a different last name on television, Solo Sikoa is the younger brother of Jimmy & Jey Uso. 

Sikoa is currently part of NXT 2.0 while The Usos are running the tag division on Raw and SmackDown as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. While the physical evidence of relation is there, Sikoa is rarely referenced as a Uso or a member of the Bloodline. 

Speaking to BT Sport, Sikoa revealed that he was nearly paired with his brothers at the start of his career. 

“It’s easy to go back to ‘I’m their brother, I’m their family.’ At the end of the day, I don’t want to be referred to their brother or their cousin. I want people to recognize me for me. Before I started and debuted on TV, creative was like, ‘We’ll just put you with your brothers.’ Then the next meeting was, ‘Let’s see what you can do on your own.’ That was fire where it was, Okay, this is my time. This is my time for fans to recognize me instead of ‘you’re Jimmy and Jey’s (brother).’ Before, I had black hair and we all did look alike, but I was bigger, we had different shapes. Nine months later, people know Solo. ‘That’s Solo,'” he said.

When asked how he felt when he heard he would be paired with the Usos, he replied, “I was like, ‘Okay, that’ll be cool,’ because that’s when they started saying ‘We The Ones’ and were throwing the ones up, but I was like, I don’t know, I still feel I’ll be in their shadows. I need to step out and do me. The world needs to see me. They already seen them and what they can do. It will worked out just fine.”

In an interview on WWE After The Bell in May, The Usos revealed that they told Solo to not look like them and to keep evolving. You can find their full comments by clicking here. 

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