WWE Fans Continue To Revolt Against Jey Uso Push

BusinessSportsMoneyWWE Fans Continue To Revolt Against Jey Uso PushByBlake Oestriecher,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Blake Oestriecher is a columnist covering WWE, AEW and pro wrestling.Follow AuthorJun 14, 2026, 09:00am EDTJey Uso advanced in the King of the Ring tournament on SmackDown. (Credit: Brien Adams/WWE via Getty Images)WWE via Getty ImagesJey Uso is moving on in the 2026 WWE King of the Ring tournament, and WWE fans are having none of it.The former World Heavyweight Champion outlasted fan favorites LA Knight, Finn Balor and Royce Keys on last week’s episode of SmackDown to punch his ticket to the semifinals. Uso is now set to face Raw newcomer Je’Von Evans in the final four, and the winner of that bout will face the winner of Oba Femi vs. Dominik Mysterio in the KOTR finals at Night of Champions on June 27.With Uso taking one step closer toward another main event singles match, WWE fans are flooding YouTube and social media with negative reactions to Uso’s latest major singles victory. The YouTube video of Uso’s big win was instantly bombarded with tens of thousands of dislikes on the site, and at the time of this writing, it sits at more than 70,000 dislikes.If this sounds familiar, that’s because this is a surefire case of de ja vu.This marks, at least, the third time that a YouTube video featuring a monumental victory by Uso was overwhelmed with dislikes. In fact, it notably happened twice last year. The first came in March 2025 when Uso, just two months after winning the 2025 Royal Rumble, defeated Austin Theory in less than 30 seconds on Raw. The second came when Uso won a battle royal on Raw last fall and earned the right to face CM Punk for the then-vacant World Heavyweight Championship. Amid Uso’s soaring popularity in late 2024 and into early 2025, he became a polarizing figure in the Internet Wrestling Community. Of course, other heavily-pushed babyfaces have suffered similar fates in the past....