It’s certainly been an interesting year for WWE as there have been a number of names who have managed to take their career to the next level. Sami Zayn happens to be one of them as Zayn worked his way into the main event scene thanks to his involvement with The Bloodline storyline.
A few months ago Sami Zayn challenged Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the Elimination Chamber main event in Montreal. It was a big moment for Sami’s career, and a big moment for the fans in Montreal, but ultimately Sami Zayn didn’t walk out with the gold as Roman Reigns retained.
While speaking at the post-show press conference Sami Zayn made it clear that he was less than thrilled with the result of the match, and he recently explained where he was at mentally during an appearance on Out Of Character with Ryan Satin.
“I was disappointed and I really genuinely felt like I let the city down because man, if you were in that arena, it was a buzz unlike — I mean, the closest thing I can compare it to is Survivor Series ‘97.”
“It really felt like some historic — the whole city was just onboard and then losing just sucked the life out of them and it was really deflating and I was right off the heels of experiencing that and that disappointment and that sting that we’re talking about and I go and do this press conference right after that and I’m answering as I’m answering you now. I always answer very truthfully and I know sometimes it’s not the answers people wanna hear, but I believe in just not BS’ing and just answering truthfully. That’s my interview style and I don’t know (Zayn laughed).”
The current Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion went on to say that a few days later Triple H talked to him about the press conference and he ended up changing his perspective after hearing what The Game had to say.
“For better, for worse, that’s what I went with this long in my career and that’s what I continue to do. So I was asked questions and I answered honestly and I was feeling that funk a little bit and Hunter talked to me a day or two later and he was like, ‘Dude, what was with you in that press conference? You were such a downer. You gotta think of what those people saw. Those people just saw the culmination of this amazing story for the last year and they saw one of the most electric crowds ever and the whole night was amazing and you brought it down with that interview’ and I kind of saw his point actually because I was looking at it through my lens and then again, I am the one answering the questions but, it is true.”
“If I step out of that disappointment for a week, people still talk to me about that match, people still talk about the atmosphere in that building. People still talk about whether I should’ve won, whether I shouldn’t have won. It’s like this amazing point of contention that fans go back and talk about. It was just a historic match and it was the hottest match — I mean, man I can’t remember the time I’ve seen a crowd that hot for a match or a city that onboard in such a real sports team kind of way.”
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