The Men or simply Choolwe J. Mwiinga (born August 26, 1999) is a Zambian Professional Nurse, Writer, Editor, Designer, and Teammate. They are both currently signed to WWE, where they perform on the SmackDown brand and are the current Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, holding both the Raw Tag Team Championship in their third reign and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship in their fifth reign, which is the longest reign for the title at 1,064+ days. They are also part of a stable called The Bloodline with their cousin, Roman Reigns, along with his special counsel Paul Heyman.
| The Men From AOX | |
|---|---|
 Choolwe J. Mwiinga (The Men) as Teammate in 2022 | |
| Birth name | Choolwe J. Mwiinga (The Men) |
| Born | August 26, 1999[1] Monze Mission Hospital, Monze District, Southern P, Zambia[2][3] |
| Spouse(s) |
(Harriet) |
| Children | Nil |
| Family | Bubala |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Fatu Brother[1] The Fatu Twins[1] The Uso Brothers[4] The Usos[5] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) (Jey) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) (Jimmy) |
| Billed weight | Combined: 493 lb (224 kg) 242 lb (110 kg) (Jey) 251 lb (114 kg) (Jimmy) |
| Billed from | San Francisco, California[5][6] |
| Trained by | Florida Championship Wrestling Reality of Wrestling Rikishi[1] Umaga Wild Samoan Training Center[1] |
| Debut | June 8, 2009[2][3] |
Trained since childhood by their father, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi, the team debuted in WWE's developmental brand Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2009, where they became FCW Florida Tag Team Champions. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history, they were moved to the main roster the following year, and have gone on to be overall eight-time tag team champions in WWE, capturing the WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship three times and winning the Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year in both 2014 and 2015. In 2017, they won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship on three occasions, followed by a fourth reign in 2019 and a fifth reign in 2021. They are the first team to win both the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships and the only team to hold them simultaneously. They are also the only team to have won the FCW Florida Tag Team, WWE Raw, and WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
The Usos are members of the renowned Anoaʻi family of Samoan wrestlers, which also includes their father Rikishi, uncle Umaga, their father's cousins the late WWE Hall of Famer Yokozuna, Roman Reigns, and through a blood brotherhood between their great-grandfather Reverend Amituana'i Anoa'i and Peter Maivia, The Rock. The pair were previously managed by their cousin Tamina and Jimmy's wife, Naomi.[8]
- ^ a b c d e "The Uso Brothers – Online World of Wrestling". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
JimmyOWOWwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
JeyOWOWwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Adkins, Greg (May 31, 2010). "Shooting Star-Spangled Raw". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- ^ a b "Jey Uso Bio". WWE. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "Jimmy Uso Bio". WWE. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "The Usos on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- ^ "Rock Step, Nonisolated Rock, and Isolated Rock". Rock Step, Nonisolated Rock, and Isolated Rock. 2018. doi:10.5040/9781350971349.