Sami Zayn finally won the big one back in June when he pinned Cody Rhodes to become the Undisputed WWE Champion. Zayn’s first title reign ended after only nine days, but he shocked the world when he won the title a second time after he defeated CM Punk on SmackDown last week.
During a recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, Sami Zayn explained that his second Undisputed WWE Championship win felt completely different from the first as it washed away any feelings he had about his first win being a fluke.
“So the first one and the second one, even though they were so close together, felt really different, because the first one’s like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I did it! I just can’t believe it!’ But then it was also quite short-lived, as has been pretty widely discussed by now. It only lasted a very short time.
It kind of felt like, maybe it was a miracle, maybe it was a fluke, maybe it was this, but I got to say I did it. It’s really hard to get there. I mean there’s probably less than a hundred people in human history that have held that title. So, now to be on that list it was like, ‘Well, I did it! Wow!’
But now doing it the second time it’s like, ‘No. It’s no fluke.’ I feel like it cemented me in a way. Totally different feeling. Equal amount of pride, but it kind of washes away that little part of me that’s like, ‘You got lucky.’ Because maybe that is in the back of your head. But now the second time around it’s like, ‘You don’t get lucky twice.'”
🚨1st interview as 2-time champ:🚨@SamiZayn on the differences between his 1st & 2nd title win!https://t.co/PmUJRM5q4g pic.twitter.com/aY8iNi0G5p
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