One-half of the reigning Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn recently appeared on the My Love Letter to Wrestling podcast with Mark Andrews, where he spoke about a number of topics such as how he 100% thought he and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion "The Head Of The Table" Roman Reigns could have had the best storyline at last month's WrestleMania 39 and headlined The Show of Shows, but that just wasn’t in the cards.
Sami Zayn said:
“There was a time period going from Survivor Series building into the Rumble and especially right before and right after the Rumble. I 100% thought it could go to me and Roman at Mania and it would be the best story, but that just wasn’t in the cards. We talk about plans, and it’s very hard to have a plan and stick with it, there are all these other variables. A variable pops up, which is Cody’s return. It was a good thing. There was no rejection, he was widely accepted, and they wanted him and they wanted him in the role he came back in. They were happy to see him win the Rumble, they wanted him to dethrone Roman Reigns. The stories even rubbed up on each other, where Cody rubbed up on us, we rubbed up on him, and the whole thing was helping each other. Everybody was lifting everybody. That’s when wrestling is done right. Everyone is elevating one another.”
Sami Zayn also spoke about how Roman Reigns is currently the biggest star in the WWE and how everyone involved in the long storyline with The Bloodline including himself and "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes got elevated to the next level.
Sami Zayn said:
“Obviously, Roman Reigns is the biggest star, but when you put me in there, because it adds a new layer, even if it’s not something you could say out loud, ‘Sami Zayn could elevate the Bloodline’ because they are a top act. I gave it a new dimension. I helped them, but they helped me immensely at that point. Me interacting with the Bloodline and Roman brought my stock up so much. It was a case of the tide rising for everybody. When Cody came back, it was the same thing. He’s a huge a star, I was rubbing up with him. The tide was going up for everybody. That’s what made that eight – nine month period exciting. It was fun to watch the whole tide rise for everybody involved.”
You can check out Sami Zayn's full comments at this link. H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes.
