Sami Zayn wants to win the world title before he wraps up his career as a wrestler.
Sami Zayn has had a remarkable career in WWE. He has held the WWE Intercontinental Championship multiple times, and he is also a former tag team champion. Zayn’s career has reached new levels since Triple H took over as WWE’s head of creative in July 2022.
In an interview with Alex McCarthy for Mail Sport, Sami Zayn discussed how he might not have as good of a chance of being a world champion in Triple H’s WWE, as opposed to the Vince McMahon regime.
“I think Hunter sees me differently from how Vince saw me, especially as a good guy,” Sami Zayn said. “I think Vince saw me much more as a bad guy, for a number of reasons. He saw my irksome qualities that he thought lent itself to being an irksome character.
“Having said that, I think things were a lot more unpredictable because of the nature of Vince’s week to week, kind of approach, that sometimes the marble would just fall in the right hole, and now you’re champion, whereas with Hunter, I think it’s much more he has longer-term vision, and if you’re not part of that vision, then the chances of breaking into that vision are much, much slimmer.”
Sami Zayn: I Just To My Best
Sami Zayn went on to say that he always does his best and hopes that this will get him there eventually. He made it clear that he wants to hold the world title before he retires. However, Zaun stated that he does not live and die by the goal.
‘It’s kind of a double edged sword,” Sami Zayn said. “He might see me in a way that lends itself more to being in that mix and possibly winning it. But on the other hand, I could have just slipped on a banana peel and won the world title. I just do my best. I just give the best performances I can give, I try to perform with as much emotion as possible and tell the best stories I can tell. I hope that that eventually gets me there.
“‘I’d like to win the world title once before I call it a day, there’s no question. But I don’t live and die by that. It’d be great, and I really appreciate people saying they’d love to see it. I’d love to see it too, and I hope it happens, but if it doesn’t, thank you just the same, because it’s been amazing.”
At WWE King and Queen of the Ring, Sami Zayn will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Chad Gable and Bronson Reed.
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