Sami Zayn thinks WWE World title reign may have been more likely in Vince McMahon era
For the booking of his character, Sami Zayn thinks the difference between Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Vince McMahon’s WWE creative processes is a double-edged sword.
Zayn told the Daily Mail that, with Levesque having more of a long-term vision, it might make it less likely that Zayn ever becomes a WWE World Champion. Zayn says McMahon had a more unpredictable week-to-week approach where someone could slip on a banana peel and end up holding the World title.
Still, Zayn is focused on doing his best and is hopeful that it will eventually get him to the World Championship:
Winning the World Championship is a goal for Zayn, but it’s not something that he lives and dies by:
Though Zayn has never been a World Champion on the WWE main roster, he does currently hold the Intercontinental title. Zayn won the championship by defeating Gunther at WrestleMania 40 last month. It put an end to Gunther’s historic 666-day reign as champion.
This was the first time in WWE history that McMahon had no involvement with WrestleMania. He resigned from WWE and its parent company TKO Group Holdings in January following the sexual abuse allegations made against him in Janel Grant’s lawsuit.
Zayn is defending the Intercontinental title against Chad Gable and Bronson Reed in a triple threat match at WWE King & Queen of the Ring in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 25. Before that, Zayn will face Gable in a non-title singles match on Raw next Monday.