10 WWE Moments From 2022 You Totally Don’t Remember

2. When The Usos Hated Paul Heyman

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On the 7 January edition of SmackDown, Jimmy and Jey Uso came to the ring for match 8,762 vs. New Day with customised ring gear. Look closely at the pic above and you'll see the brothers had actually taped over Paul Heyman's face in The Bloodline's t-shirt portrait.

WWE moved on from this story thread fairly quickly, but the brothers briefly despised Heyman because of his ongoing fence-sitting behaviour between their cousin Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar. This fell before any of the Sami Zayn fun that was waiting around the corner a good few months later.

Basically, you've likely forgotten all about this part of the build towards 'Mania.

Jimmy and Jey looked at Paul E with suspicious eyes during backstage promo segments, and they dismissed his importance to the family cause with this subtle protest. It was so sly, in fact, that WWE's announcers didn't draw attention to it.

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