Sami Zayn is one of the top wrestlers of WWE right now. He has been signed with WWE for eight long years and in this phase, he has been given one NXT championship run and two WWE Intercontinental championship runs. It is also rumored that Sami would be lifted to the main event status very soon.
But how did he earn all the recognitions from the boss? Even though he made his debut as a babyface in the main roster he is now a heel and going really well. This new gimmick was pretty challenging for him but he managed to perform it perfectly.
Sami Zayn On How Vince McMahon Recognized Him
Recently, I a given interview to the Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette (formerly known as Renee Young) he revealed the segment that changed Vince McMahon’s mind about him. He said;
You never know which segment is going to open their eyes. I think I was already doing pretty good work in the ring and had established myself as more than competent in the ring and holding my own on the microphone as a good guy, and especially, doing really good work as a bad guy. But then there was one day where I was a guest referee for Kevin [Owens] vs. Seth [Rollins]. I was just doing me. When I got back, they were all doubled over.
That’s what I think that inspired the idea for me to be a mouthpiece for Shinsuke [Nakamura]. I came back and Vince is like, ‘You have the gift of gab.’ I wasn’t even cutting a promo, I was just being a ref, but they just started seeing me in a new light of, ‘This guy, he can be so much. He can do so much for other people.’ I think they saw a broader vision for me in that moment. Someone who can be a manager even 10-15 years down the road. They just started seeing me in that different light. There was a new trust.
I’m one of the luckier guys. It took a while for my ideas to start getting through. I’m sure Jon had a million ideas he was pitching, and he was a top guy, he was a champion. Sometimes they just don’t get through. I just started getting lucky out of nowhere and because stuff was working and I had a good relationship with writers, I’m very lucky. I can’t complain as much as other guys when it comes to pitching things and getting them. I have gotten away with a lot more than most, so I don’t think I’m in a position to complain about that.
Sami Zayn has proved to the wrestling world that he is extremely good both on the mic and in the ring as well. Moreover, he is a complete pro wrestler who deserves a main event push very soon. And we are pretty sure that the Canadian will be given the long-awaited main event run very soon and it will be pretty exciting to see how he manages it.
Credit: Oral Sessions. H/T 411Mania.