-- Sami Zayn spoke to The Daily Mail and spoke about how he feels it would have been more likely to become a World Champion when Vince McMahon was running rather things rather than the current structure where Paul "Triple H" Levesque is at the helm. Specifically, Zayn stated that it was McMahon's unpredictable nature week-to-week that could have led to him being champ whereas under HHH, there is a lot more longer-term booking.
"Here’s how I see it. I think Hunter sees me differently from how Vince saw me, especially as a good guy."
"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."
"It’s kind of a double-edged sword. 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. And I hope that that eventually gets me there."