WWE higher up pushes back on notion Sami Zayn isn't seen as a "top guy"
Added 2023-03-27 01:54:36 +0000 UTCFor all the talk about certain WWE higher ups not seeing Sami Zayn as a main event talent, WWE pushed back on that.
A WWE higher up began speaking with Fightful around the Elimination Chamber PPV, speaking on the progression of Sami Zayn, and the rumors that WWE didn't view him as a top performer. While the higher up spoke on the condition of anonymity, they said that the company has been ecstatic about Zayn's performance and crowd reactions.
"He's headlined a PPV, he is the focal point of our biggest shows. He's main eventing WWE Raw, and is "1B" for the biggest storyline in the company. Elimination Chamber didn't happen in his hometown by accident. For anyone to say that we don't view him as a top guy just hasn't been watching the program or are fabricating things. We had a solid set of plans in order both for him and the championship. Just because he isn't competing for the championship, doesn't mean he isn't viewed at that level. He's been the MVP since last Summer, and I couldn't see many disagreeing with that point," the source said.
Internal WWE documents had Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn slated to compete for the tag team titles as far back as November. The higher up spoke well of Zayn and how easy he's been to deal with throughout his major push. They went as far as to say even when Zayn completely improvised his pre-Elimination Chamber promo, that it ended up better for the company and Zayn himself.
Comments
He will win the championship in the next year. I would’ve loved it to be against Roman, but I also love the Usos and KO story so I’m happy with how things played out.
Gavin Provost
2023-03-27 18:09:08 +0000 UTCBut keep in mind, even when Vince was a great booker, he couldn’t make both feel important
Anthony W Sharp
2023-03-27 15:23:31 +0000 UTCWWE has always struggled to make 2 world titles feel important. Maybe Triple H could
Anthony W Sharp
2023-03-27 15:23:02 +0000 UTCReally need a world title on each show, soo much talent for there not to be two titles.
Dylan Stewart
2023-03-27 12:00:30 +0000 UTCI just want to bring it was Melzer who reported WWE didn’t view Sami as a top guy which I never bought given his booking since August thanks for the news Sean
Matt Hennessy
2023-03-27 10:06:13 +0000 UTCIt was announced at the end of October for Montreal and by then it was pretty clear how hot this angle was
2023-03-27 08:16:01 +0000 UTCHopefully he gets a world title win at WrestleMania 40, joining Bret, Benoit, and Bryan as the underdogs that win the gold every tenth WrestleMania.
AKIRO
2023-03-27 04:10:23 +0000 UTCWell how bout that..
Busby
2023-03-27 03:55:31 +0000 UTCUnless he wins a world title which, btw, is the thing that helps establish you as a main-eventer, this higher-up's claims are hogwash to me.
CSDX
2023-03-27 03:25:01 +0000 UTCYeah, I never saw this as being the case at all given the amount of screen time Sami has been getting. It just made no sense to have Roman drop the titles weeks before Wrestlemania. Hopefully they'll divide up the WWE/Universal and tag team titles afterwards because the "undisputed" thing was another dumb Vince idea.
John Horton
2023-03-27 02:55:43 +0000 UTCWell this is good for Sammy regardless.
2023-03-27 02:53:53 +0000 UTCHummm “MVP”….that’s what KO said in his promo. Curious who the producer of the KO Show segment.
Nick O’Shea
2023-03-27 02:51:11 +0000 UTCTo be fair they could make the same argument that Montreal was booked due to KO. They had no idea Sami would hit it that big that far out. This is revisionist history.
Matt Colton
2023-03-27 02:51:08 +0000 UTCRead the quote in Papa H's voice.
Kyle Griffin
2023-03-27 02:24:41 +0000 UTCcan’t wait to see him win the championship
Kiarii Brimage
2023-03-27 02:22:13 +0000 UTCMan, what a change from how Kofi was viewed during and after Kofimania.
Sean T. Collins
2023-03-27 02:01:30 +0000 UTC
