WWE legend Booker T spells out what Jey Uso's Royal Rumble win actually means

WWE legend Booker T talks to Fox News Digital about Jey Uso's Royal Rumble win.

Jey Uso will be among the headliners at WrestleMania 41 after winning the 2025 Royal Rumble and challenging Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship.

Uso eliminated John Cena to become the winner of the marquee event, which plays a critical part on the road to WrestleMania. It will also be a chance at redemption for Uso as he was nearly able to pin Gunther for the title at Saturday Night’s Main Event last month.

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WWE superstar Jey Uso rallies the fans during his entrance. (Dylan Azari/Special to the Telegram & Gazette/USA TODAY NETWORK)

WWE legend Booker T reacted to Uso’s win in an interview with Fox News Digital. He said Uso, and his brother, Jimmy, were one of those athletes who got to the gym early, stayed late and did everything anyone asked of him. For him, watching Uso win the Rumble was special.

"And then I watched Jey Uso make his meteoric rise from tag-team wrestling to singles wrestling," said Booker T, who talked to Fox News Digital ahead of the debut of "WWE Legends and Future Greats." "Not really wondering how far this thing is going to go, but let me go out here and do it and do it to the best of my ability. Let me go out here, give 100% every time they give me a task. Every time they put the microphone in front of me, let me go out here and try to make the fans feel something. And this ‘yeet’ thing has totally caught on, got everybody raising the roof – another aspect. I wonder where he got that from?

"To see Jey go out there and win the Royal Rumble, it definitely put him in that position where the company trusts him. Wouldn’t have won that Rumble if the company