Rikishi Hits Out At WWE Creative After Jey Uso's World Title Loss

Jey Uso dropped the World Heavyweight Championship on Monday Night RAW this past week, losing to Gunther and ending his reign after just 51 days. The result was a shock one, and it was a title change not everyone was happy about - Rikishi being one of them.

The Hall Of Fame father of Jey Uso has taken issue with much of his son’s booking over the last few years, hitting out at his Intercontinental Title reign, missing out on Money In The Bank, and more. On his Off The Top podcast, Rikishi once again revealed his grievances, this time towards Uso’s World Heavyweight Title run, calling out any of the creative team behind to leave. He spoke about Uso putting in all the hard work, selling a whole load of merchandise, to just get shunned to the side. 

"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.

"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?"

It was reported that WWE opted with a title change to make the planned Gunther vs. Goldberg bout a title match, which is expected to come up at Saturday Night’s Main Event next month. 

H/T Fightful

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