Rikishi criticizes WWE’s Jey Uso booking: ‘That’s the best those writers got?’

Rikishi is not happy with how WWE is handling Jey Uso.

During a recent episode of his podcast, Rikishi said he was confused as to why WWE hasn’t booked his son to win a championship despite how popular he is.

“Why do you not push or give the most popular babyface, in my eyes be it my son or not, if the Yeet master or the Yeet man is over, what is the problem not giving this guy, you know, some type of title or something?” Rikishi asked on the show. “It would only be good for business, wouldn’t it?”

Rikishi continued to address Uso’s booking and his concerns regarding his son’s storyline heading into SummerSlam.

“I get hot when I’m talking about this because, whether it’s my son or somebody else, this kid worked hard.”

“They conquered the tag team (division), what else is there to do? Now, he breaks off with Yeet. He does his thing here and then it’s not like they’re giving the gas pedal to him.”

He would later add, “SummerSlam, where is Yeet? I don’t know, let’s write him in like he likes Mami. That’s the best that those writers got? Let’s write this guy into a relationship with Mami? What are all y’all trying to do, break his marriage up? You can’t put him in a good storyline so what are you going to do now? God forbid you guys try to tell him or tell her to tongue kiss each other on Raw, that better not happen.”

This is not the first time Rikishi has been critical of his son’s booking. He also expressed concern on his podcast back in May when Uso lost to Gunther in the semifinals of the King of the Ring tournament. Earlier this month, he said “it hit a nerve” with him that WWE didn’t book Jey Uso to win the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match in Toronto.

Rikishi’s comments regarding Jey Uso’s booking begin around the 42-minute mark of the below video: