WWE SmackDown star and a former three times WWE Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn who is also a former WWE NXT champion recently talked about how much pressure he had for working on his hometown of Montreal. He also discussed the moments after the go home SmackDown episode to the Elimination Chamber pay per view event.
Sami Zayn turned out to be the most famous name in the world of sports entertainment after getting involved in the Bloodline storyline last year. He was on process of becoming the next megastar of the promotion and the fans were just crazy for a glance of him.
Sami Zayn Explains Hometown Pressure And Moments After Go Home Smackdown To Elimination Chamber
But the road to become such a huge star was never easy for Sami. He was mostly and afterthought in WWE for most of the time of his WWE career. After getting involved into the Bloodline storyline last year, slowly, he showed the entire world what he was capable of and all the fans started to love him.
He challenged to Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship at the elimination chamber pay per view event. The show took place at Montreal, and the go home show of Smackdown before the event also took place at Montreal. It was his hometown and he received one of the biggest crowd pops in WWE history on this event.
Sami Zayn who is also a former WWE NXT champion recently spoke on his Elimination Chamber vlog on WWE Youtube Channel where he talked about how much pressure he had for working on his hometown of Montreal. He also discussed the moments after the go home SmackDown episode to the Elimination Chamber pay per view event. He said;
“I don’t know, man, that was a little bit of an emotional whirlwind. Being out there it was really loud and really emotional. You know, a lot of the stuff we’ve been talking about today, all day, at the school, the media appearances, at home, I don’t know, it all just bubbled over in the ring and it was all there at once. It was weird. It was like my life flashing before my eye’s kind of thing. It was pretty sweet, man. I also felt a little bit emotionally drained. Family is a heavy thing, man.
“You know, friends, these lifelong relationships, they just carry a lot of weight. Relationships with friends, relationships with family members, it goes without saying, but the relationship with the city, it’s not nothing, you know what I mean? It’s heavy.
“I don’t know, man, there’s something heavy about that. It’s heavy, it’s home. Right now I can’t even imagine tomorrow, like, oh, it’s done, see you next week. Let me recoup. Let’s draw that out a little bit. Let’s see where this goes, but, nope. Tomorrow, it’s supposed to get higher.”
“Yesterday was so busy and turbulent, you know, these hometown shows, there’s a stress about it that I guess people don’t factor in of just making sure everybody got their tickets, everybody is accounted for. I still don’t have gear for tonight, so that was kind of stressful. I actually have to take care of that as soon as we get to the building.
“I’m a down to the wire guy in some respects and this is one of those instances. But today is just the match, and I don’t want to say, just a match, but in a way, you know, I’m gonna be very stressed, put a lot of mental energy into that. But at the same time, I don’t know, because I thought yesterday was going to be easy because it was the interview, but, man, yesterday was stress, all day.”
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