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Who are the Uso brothers? Why WWE stars are special guests for Yankees-Giants Netflix broadcast originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The 2026 MLB season will begin on Wednesday, March 25, with one game between the New York Yankees and the San Francisco Giants.
The matchup will be broadcast exclusively by Netflix, a continuation of the company's growing involvement in live sports. As we have seen with their NFL broadcasts, Netflix is making the broadcast feel like a big deal by promising many special guests.
The company is bringing in several former players to help with the pre-game show and the broadcast, including Anthony Rizzo, Albert Pujols, CC Sabathia, Hunter Pence, and the home run king, Barry Bonds. The guests don't stop there, though. Given that the broadcast will be on Netflix, the company is also bringing in stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer and WWE wrestlers Jimmy and Jey Uso as special guests.
Here is more on the Uso brothers and why they are special guests on Netflix's broadcast to open the 2026 MLB season.
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Who are the Uso brothers?
The Usos are a tag team in the WWE. They are part of the massive Anoa'i wrestling family that goes back generations in the business. The two brothers, Jimmy and Jey Uso, are twins who were born on August 22, 1985. Their legal last name is Fatu and they are the sons of former wrestler Rikishi. The Usos are cousins with Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson, as well as with Roman Reigns. Other wrestlers in their family tree include Yokozuna, the Wild Samoans, Rosey, Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tamina and Nia Jax.
Jey Uso
Jey is the younger of the Uso twins. He debuted as a wrestler in 2009, but made it to the WWE in 2010. They initially began as heels (bad guys), but have gone back and forth throughout their extensive career. The Usos were known for their entrance they used for many years as the brothers performed a breif haka to psych themselves up and intimidate their opponents.
As a team, they have won the tag team championships eight different times. They hold the record for the longest ever reign as WWE tag team champions at an impressive 622 days.
The Usos haven't always operated as a team. More recently they have been singles competitors. Jey was with his brother Jimmy and cousin Roman Reigns in The Bloodline storyline which took place over two years and is considered one of the best arcs in recent wrestling history. A major part of the storyline toward the end was Jey splitting away from his family and going out on his own.
Jey has now won the Intercontinental and World Heavyweight championships in his career. He got over with crowds for being an underdog, but also when he started coming to the ring out of the crowd. Uso would then "Yeet" along with his theme song and the stadium of fans would join in.
Jimmy Uso
Jimmy enjoyed all of the tag team success with his brother, developing "the Usos" into one of the best tag teams of all time. Unfortunately, he hasn't been around as much as his brother because he ran into legal issues. He was charged with a DUI in 2011, and then was arrested in 2013 for driving with a suspended license. Jimmy was arrested again in 2019 for disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice. He was arrested for his second DUI in 2019. Jimmy was booked on a third DUI in 2021 after he was clocked going 50 mph in a 35 mph zone and blowing a .202 on the breathalyzer.
He hasn't had legal issues in the last few years and was able to be part of the Bloodline storyline and is now trying to find himself as a singles competitor, but storylines continually have him reuniting with Jey.
Why are the Uso brothers on Yankees-Giants Netflix broadcast?
Netflix may be the king of cross-programming. You may have noticed that, if you watched NFL games on Netflix, the broadcasts would feature stand-up comedians or wrestlers. That is because Netflix has deals with the WWE, and it currently runs the company's "Monday Night Raw" show every Monday night.
The Usos are special guests of the Yankees-Giants broadcast because they are signed to the WWE and are going to be able to market not only Netflix but also wrestling on the broadcast.
Did the Uso brothers play baseball?
There is a chance that the Usos played baseball growing up, as many children do, but there is no public record of them playing organized baseball at the middle school level or higher. Given how deeply wrestling runs in their family, they have long been training to follow in the family business and have focused on wrestling for most of their lives. Also, similar to The Rock, who played college football at Miami, the twins played football for Escambia High School in Pensacola, Florida, and went on to play collegiately together at West Alabama.
Even though they didn't play the game, the Usos are still big fans of baseball. Jey is a huge Giants fan, making it fitting that he is serving as a special guest at a game in San Francisco involving his favorite team.
While Bonds is expected to be in the studio, hopefully, Jey will be able to interact with his favorite player from when he was a kid. "Barry Bonds–that’s my guy, uce. I couldn’t get enough baseball when I was a kid. Bonds, he was the reason. I’d watch everything he’d do.”
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