9 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 25)

4. Uce! Uce! Hey Uce!

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Maybe Jimmy and Jey Uso talk like this in real life, but listening to them interact with cousin Roman Reigns was painful, as if €œUce€ was their form of using €œlike€ in a sentence to hold the lines together.

Of course, Uso is not just Jimmy and Jey€™s last name, it€™s the Samoan word for brother or sister, often used as a sign of respect even if not related. So it makes perfect sense that the Usos would call their cousin €œUce€ as they rallied together.

However, the tag team brothers used the term five times in a 45-second segment. It was in nearly every sentence they uttered, as if that was all they could muster. This is coming as a fan of the Usos in the ring and someone who enjoyed their work. But when you throw term out there over and over and over, it just feels forced. (Throw in Roman€™s €œone versus all€ catchphrase, and you have a painful segment.)

These are cousins. You€™d think their interactions would feel more natural and easy-going, but somehow, this felt forced, like they were trying to convince everyone they were related.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.