Sami Zayn wants to wrestle at SummerSlam.
After winning the Intercontinental Championship by ending Gunther’s record-breaking reign at WrestleMania, Sami Zayn has successfully defended his title on a number of occasions. Speaking in a new interview with Kevin Tall of WrestlingInc, Zayn was asked if the upcoming SummerSlam PLE will be a monumental occasion or if it will feel like just another Saturday on the job. Zayn responded:
“No, it’s not that it’s another Saturday. Look, anytime you get to perform in front of whatever it is, I think 50,000 people or more are going to be there. It’s crazy. That’s not something that anybody should ever take lightly ever. No matter how many times you’ve done it, in my opinion. And we can play cool and act like it’s another day at the office; it’s not. It’s 50,000 people. That’s cool. I don’t care who you are.”
Continuing, Sami Zayn pointed to the fact that despite having been in WWE for more than a decade, he’s never competed on the main card of SummerSlam. The closest he’s come to The Biggest Party of the Summer was competing on the Kickoff Show in 2016.
“But it is funny that you mentioned, I’ve never actually been on SummerSlam. People don’t know that because I’ve had a really pretty decent career, and especially these last few years, I’ve had a really good WrestleMania track record, if you look back at all my WrestleMania’s, especially over the last three years. But if you go back my entire career, I’ve had a great WrestleMania track record. SummerSlam, I’ve never even been on the show.
I did work one SummerSlam pre-show, I want to say maybe 2015 or something. And believe it or not, it was actually the Dudley Boyz last ever match as a team. So we do all that distinction myself and Adrian Neville at the time, Pac, as he’s known today.”
“I’m Not A SummerSlam Guy” – Sami Zayn
While no match has been made official, Sami Zayn looks set to face Bron Breakker once again at the upcoming SummerSlam in Cleveland, possibly with Ilja Dragunov added to the mix. Continuing, the champion admitted it would be nice to be on the show for the first time in his career.
“Yeah, I’m not a SummerSlam guy. It’s weird. More of a WrestleMania guy than a SummerSlam guy. So it’ll be nice to get on the show and hopefully have a pretty good match that people care about because people seem to be really into, well, they seem to be into everything really these days. But I think they’re excited to see how this stuff with Breakker and myself and who knows how Ilja Dragunov factors in. I don’t know.”
In a new interview, Sami Zayn looked back on his night of heartbreak at WWE Elimination Chamber.