It seems like Johnny Knoxville and Sami Zayn aren’t done with each other quite yet.
The “Jackass Forever” star has been feuding with the former WWE Intercontinental Champion since he entered the 2022 Men’s Royal Rumble match. When the time for talking was over, Zayn eliminated Knoxville from the battle royal. But by taking too long to gloat, he left himself vulnerable, so AJ Styles quickly took him out of the match.
In a WWE Digital Exclusive, Knoxville made it clear that he wants revenge on Zayn
“No, no, we are just getting into it,” said Knoxville. “Like you’re only a failure if you fail to get up. And I got up, and I wanna keep pursuing becoming the world champion. I mean it took four guys to take me out tonight. It took four men to take me out, barely. And that low down and dirty Sami Zayn’s really got it coming. If anybody other than Sami Zayn had taken me out, anybody, oh my god, I’m coming for you, Sami. I’m coming for you. I will be world champ.”
#RoyalRumble was just the beginning. #JackassForever star @realjknoxville still wants to be champion, AND he's coming for @SamiZayn! @jackassworld pic.twitter.com/OEw0eBHbkk
— WWE (@WWE) January 30, 2022
Zayn then added fuel to the fire in another WWE Digital Exclusive. Infuriated by the fact that correspondent Megan Morant interviewed Knoxville before him, Zayn emphasized his own unfinished business with the celebrity.
“Hey, Megan, Megan, are you kidding me?” said Zayn. “Did I just see you interviewing Johnny Knoxville, the man I just eliminated from the Royal Rumble, who ran his mouth, who got involved in my life, for what a month? And I eliminated him and yet you, why? Can you just explain why you interviewed him, and you didn’t come to find me, the man who took him out? I’m just trying to figure it out.
“I eliminated him like I said I would. He said he’d eliminate me, he didn’t. He didn’t because he can’t hang with Sami Zayn. Few can. And the only reason I got eliminated from the Royal Rumble is still somehow because of him. Because he has consumed so much of my focus so now this is what I’ve realized. I was hoping to put an end to this little saga with Johnny Knoxville at the Royal Rumble, but now I realize, no. This is not over. This is not over between Sami Zayn and Johnny Knoxville. It will never be over, you understand me, Knoxville? ‘Jackass’ man, I am coming to get you if it’s the last thing I do. This is not over.”
Needless to say @SamiZayn was IRATE that @MeganMorantWWE interviewed @realjknoxville before him…
He's not done with the @jackassworld star. #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/9kqGkgF7Kj
— WWE (@WWE) January 30, 2022
Time will tell what the future holds for the bitter rivalry between Knoxville and Zayn.
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