One-half of the reigning Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn recently appeared on an episode of the After The Bell podcast, where he spoke about a number of topics such as how when he got to NXT there was a mentality that the talents needed to be furious that they were there and they should want to get out of there and in order to get out of there the talents had to be the best and if they don’t want to be the best, then they shouldn’t even work there.
Sami Zayn said:
“I remember when I got to WWE, it was NXT or something like that, it was very much the mentality of, ‘you should be furious that you’re here. You should want to get out of here. You should want to get on the road. Everyone around you is your enemy, they are all vying for your spot. This is a competition. You have to be the best to get out of here. If you don’t want to be the best, you shouldn’t even work here.’”
Sami Zayn also spoke about a line that was told to them when he was in NXT, which was insanity and it said if they don’t want to be the next John Cena, then they shouldn’t even be there.
Sami Zayn said:
“I remember a line something to the extent of, ‘If you don’t want to be the next John Cena, you shouldn’t even be here.’ I remember hearing that and being completely [mouth agape]. ‘What? This is insanity.’ Let’s just say we’re in a room with 100 people, let’s just say the next John Cena is in this room. There’s only one, so the other 99 people in this room should be miserable at all times trying to aspire to be that person? What kind of insanity is that?”
You can check out Sami Zayn's full comments at this link. H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes.
