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Jey Uso won the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 41 on Saturday night, capitalizing on an arrogant Gunther who had overlooked him for months.
Uso gave Gunther a powerbomb, hit him with three frog splashes and then put him in a sleeper hold, forcing the big man to tap out. The crowd nearly blew the roof off Allegiant Stadium as Usoโs hand was raised and the championship belt was handed to him.
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He celebrated the moment with the fans who backed him for months, dancing to his entrance music and shouting "yeet" with him during his promos.
"Welcome to the yeet era," Uso told reporters at the post-WrestleMania 41 press conference. "I donโt know whatโs about to happen. Iโm gonna embrace the hate. Iโm gonna embrace the love.
"All I know is, Iโm in Las Vegas. I got family out there. I dethroned the โRing General.โ Iโm the heavyweight champion."
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Uso celebrated the moment in the ring with his brother, Jimmy. The Usos had been a tag-team duo for years and were a main part of the Bloodline faction and epic tale over the last three years before the stable collapsed and several stars went their separate ways.
Itโs rare to see a predominantly tag-team wrestler earn a shot at a prestigious WWE championship and become the guy the company chooses to push. A handful of WWE superstars have done it and Uso couldnโt really fathom the accomplishment at that moment.
"I always wanted to be a tag-team wrestler with my twin brother," he said. "Thatโs all it was and then, once you start to progress and see different doors open, you want to take advantage of those opportunities. Itโs been hard. Itโs been a long road.
"In our business, I think everyoneโs smart to it. Weโre the last of a dying breed. Itโs damn-near live theatrics โ one shot, one take, live TV. So, I take pride in all that."
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