Jey Uso says The Bloodline’s chemistry with Sami Zayn was real.
The Honorary Uce added a whole new dimension to the Bloodline story when he joined the faction. What was a very serious group till that point, became one of the funniest acts in all of wrestling without losing any significance. Many believe that with his work, Zayn saved the Bloodline story by stopping it from going stale.
The 2025 Royal Rumble winner was asked about Sami’s contributions to the group in a new interview with Shak Wrestling. Jey Uso noted how Zayn brought a ‘whole different genre’ to the Bloodline story:
“Man, he brought a different…cuz everyone’s so serious, right? He brought just a whole different genre. He brought light, he brought fun to us, man. Comedy to us. He just switched the whole narrative, man, and it just worked.
Every week we didn’t know what we was doing. It was the week, the day of. All right, what did we do last week? What do we need to do tonight? That’s how we would do our segments or whatever, sitting in the room with Paul Heyman, Triple H, like the masterminds and we just cook it up, man.”
All That Was Real: Jey Uso
The chemistry between Sami Zayn and all other members of The Bloodline was different than anything seen on wrestling TV before. With his incredible character work, the Underdog from The Underground was able to make people laugh while also developing a persona at the same time that people could get behind as a serious world title contender.
Jey Uso claimed that they wouldn’t be Bloodline without the contributions of the former NXT Champion. He noted how the backstage segments where Zayn made everyone break characters was very reminiscent of their friendship in real life:
“He literally added extra chapters to the Bloodline Uce, you know? We wouldn’t be Bloodline without Sami Zayn, man. And I loved it, man. He brought some of the best segments out, Uce. You know how he just made us laugh on TV. All that was real. All of it was real.
Live TV, can’t. Half the backstages, man, I’m trying to cover up my face cuz I can’t stop laughing. Man. It’s like all right, we’re three, two, one, like we’re going. We’re going live and then I’m like ‘Don’t make me laugh, Uce, please don’t make me laugh.’ We was just trying to pop each other the whole time.”
