samijey

[samijey]

Feeling normal about Sami canonically travelling all over the globe just to be there to protect/support Jey 🤧

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Fraxiom - Friday Night SmackDown 25/04/2025

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Jey Uso & Bayley - Backstage at WWE's HoF 2025

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Becky Lynch & Kevin Owens - Backstage at WrestleMania 41

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Jey Uso & Kevin Owens - Backstage at WrestleMania 41

[samijey]

okay i’m so glad you didn’t think that sami would turn heel last monday (or anytime soon) because i trust your judgement on this and i cannot stand the thought of that man going to the dark side. he’s too pure.

I appreciate you! However, I think Sami getting back in touch with his heelish tendencies is a very exciting prospect and one that fans of the character and his dynamic with Jey (platonic or not) should look forward to - I'll tell you why under the break because I started typing and all of a sudden I was several paragraphs in oof ✋😩

Firstly, it's counterproductive to think of any wrestling character as "too good"" or "too evil" - anyone worth scrutinizing has shades of grey and is therefore susceptible to positive AND negative influences - be those coming from within themselves or from outside sources. Pro-Wrestling is a medium where storytelling is largely told via conflict, whether that comes from betrayal, friendly competition, manipulation, etc feuding is how relationships deepen and how characters grow and evolve.

Sami and Jey are already way outside the norm in the sense that they've kept contact on screen for years since their feud ended just to keep reminding us how close they are and to reap the benefits of a great storyline by simply giving them 20-30 seconds of screen time on a regular basis to just be cute and pop the crowd - this simply does not happen in WWE. Name me 2 other characters who constantly interact backstage across the span of years without being in a feud/faction/tag team - it just not a thing they like to waste time on (which sucks and robs us of depth but that's a whole other rant). Now, for and for as nice as it is to see them support each other and maintain the friendly status quo for so long, this is still wrestling and if we want their relationship to gain new layers, worthwhile conflict is something we SHOULD want, as long as it is well written and well timed (I know the performance aspect will be stellar, so that part doesn't worry me).

They got to the point they did - a fan favorite duo with a tremendously underrated amount of iconic moments and dialogues exchanged - BY WORKING THROUGH CONFLICT. The fact that Jey was the heel for most of their feud and was pushed into reconnecting with his better self by a babyface Sami "who saw the good in him the whole time and never gave up on him" should honestly have everyone salivating at the prospect of them feuding again with the roles reversed. Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't want to see Jey be the one to help pull Sami back into the light when he comes dangerously close to losing himself??? To give Jey the opportunity to cut amazingly emotional promos like this again?? That's what shipping gold is made of, come on!! Think of the parallels! The call-backs! The devastatingly sad looks of longing making a comeback but now with 3 years of baggage to give it 10x more depth!! THE EVENTUAL REUNION ONCE THEY'VE MADE PEACE ONCE AGAIN AND ARE BACK TOGETHER AND THEIR BOND IS STRONGER THAN EVER FROM HAVING SURVIVED A WHOLE NEW SET OF TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS??? I understand some people don't want to see their faves have conflict, but that is inevitable in wrestling and it's how iconic dynamics are cemented.

Let's also not forget Sami was a full heel for a LONG time, so there's a whole catalogue of past tendencies and behaviors to pull from. Back then, manipulation and a disheartening win/loss record were the trigger for him turning heel, not any dark impulses of his own (strong reason why I'll always argue he's a natural babyface), so should he get back in touch with his heelish side, I'm adamant that the most in-character way to do it is to again have others dripping venom in his ear and a sustained string of losses - both of which are already at play (shout-out to Karrion, Seth and Drew especially, dem nasty haters). Hell, the fact that the ball has been rolling for a while on these two points and Sami has firmly remained good speaks volumes to how much stronger of a character he is now, which is wonderful - and again - the reason why we need to put these characters through situations™ and have them struggle to overcome them.

At the end of the day, I have very VERY little trust in WWE to handle anything correctly EVER, but I do trust the performers to take what they're given and elevate it to the best it can be. I know there's still a whole goldmine of storytelling between Jey and Sami to explore, which says a lot considering they've been in each other's close orbit for 3 years now and there's still so much more we can do - in a perfect world we get a great, emotionally rich feud between them, a satisfying pay-off with them reuniting once more and FINALLY that tag run they kept teasing last Summer and Jey has been yapping about in interviews for aaaages - give that man his lil treat!

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Jey and Sami Uso - Monday Night RAW 21/04/2025

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👉😆👈

[samijey]

Jimmy watching from the monitors and watching Jey and Sami’s faces get closer and closer before SCREAMING STOP STOP STOP HIT MY MUSIC NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[samijey]

Sami & Jey reunite - 04/09/2023 vs 22/04/2025

[samijey]

did you notice for a second it looked like sami was gonna turn on jey????

I was already planning on making a post about this topic, so I'll take this as an opportunity to do just that!

Honestly I am BAFFLED by the huge amount of people who say they legit thought a turn was coming - as if we'd just commit character assassination by having Sami turn on the person he loves the most with no proper build up or reason given, when he's been consistently and selflessly devoted to supporting Jey for years through all the good AND the bad (which should be used as fuel later to create proper tension between them but I'll get to that in a sec). WWE did play on audience expectations with the framing of that little moment when he stepped down while Jey stayed on the turnbuckle for a bit longer and that was intentional, but not for a second did I think anything would happen, because Sami still had a small smile on his face and in kayfabe could've simply been watching Jey soak up the spotlight for a lil longer (if you're familiar with the samijey live shows history, you know he does this basically every time they tag together)

here's the first frame we get when the camera switches to the "less suspicious" angle and while Jey is still turned, where it's easier to see Sami was smiling

was this teasing and playing with wrestling tropes? yes. was there any good reason to think a turn was actually going to happen? no.

A lot (like A LOT) of WWE's booking and writing has been god-awful lately but it would've been sheer insanity to do this turn here.

Don't get me wrong, they WILL feud sooner rather than later (and I can't fucking wait oooowwww they better make it HURT) but this moment in particular was more playful misdirection than anything else. We know Triple bald is chronically online and loooooves those engagement numbers and social media buzz - the best way to generate buzz on a sweet and simple segment like this one without ACTUALLY showing any heelish behaviour was to use framing to imply something might happen on a show where audiences are conditioned to expect shocking moments, twists etc - it made people speculate about it instead of opening the doors to have the iwc bitch about how useless of a segment this was and how nothing happened blablabla (some are still doing it but most of the talk around this segment was about this tease).

tl;dr: they did it to tease audiences by using a classic wrestling camerawork trope but nothing was ever going to happen and if you genuinely thought Sami was going to turn here, you got worked - us angst gremlins WILL be fed, but we gotta let them cook first.

[samijey]

sending love and support to Jimmy who nearly suffered his brother and brother-in-law making out right in front of his nose. stay strong Big Jim ✊

[samijey]

Monday Night RAW - 21/04/2025

[samijey]

no im actually crying with laughter at how they both go !!! when jimmy's music hits and sami just stands there for a good 2 seconds with a handful of pec

[samijey]

Jey signed that marriage certificate and WILL👏REMIND👏EVERYONE👏OF👏IT👏

[samijey]

IMMA THROW UP JEY NEEDED THAT HUG FROM SAMI LOOK AT THEMMMMMM KDKCKVKKSNCMVMMSNMCMV

Jimmy saw them getting more and more in their feelings out there and was like I GOTTA BOOK IT OVER THERE BEFORE THEM FOOLS KISS ON THE MOUTH UCE HIT MY MUSIC

[samijey]

....yup Jey's face here is gonna live rent free in my brain for a WHILE