“I’m the captain now” When Sami Zayn was asked to stop by a legend in 2016

“I’m the captain now” When Sami Zayn was asked to stop by a legend in 2016

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Sami Zayn is no doubt a creative genius and can be regarded as one of the best wrestlers in the world. The Great Liberator without a proper main-event run other than in NXT has kept himself relevant throughout his WWE career. The former three-time Intercontinental champion has been perfectly portraying every shtick given to him whether he is a baby face or a heel, and that can be seen by the response of the WWE Universe.

Sami Zayn has been perfectly portraying every shtick given to him whether he is a baby face or a heel, and that can be seen by the response of the WWE Universe.

The Painmaker remembers planning the MITB match in 2016 along with others and Sami continuously giving suggestions and talking nonstop during the discussion According to Chris, Sami and Owens were planning for some dangerous spot or the fans wouldn’t care. While interviewing Jon Moxley, Jericho recalled the incident on his Talk is Jericho podcast:

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“It was you, and me, and it was Sami and Kevin, and it was Cesaro and Del Rio. And Sami and Kevin were convinced that they needed to build an apparatus and take some kind of ridiculously, stupid bump or else nobody would care, and you were just sitting there being typical Mox. ‘Whatever you guys want to do,’ and Sami was talking, talking, talking.”

Did Sami Zayn ask Cesaro to keep quiet?

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The match was won by Jon Moxley, and it is to be noted that all the three members of The Shield held the WWE Championship at one point during the night. Chris Jericho spoke out about the pre-match discussion and how he had to take the helm away from Sami Zayn in the face of an overly enthusiastic Sami who even asked Cesaro not to speak:

Sami Zayn has been perfectly portraying every shtick given to him whether he is a baby face or a heel, and that can be seen by the response of the WWE Universe.

“And Cesaro said, ‘Sami, can I say something?’ And Sami goes, ‘No’ and continues talking. Cesaro was just like [Jericho makes an angry noise], and I remember, at one point, I said, ‘Okay, stop. I’m the captain now. I’m taking over. Everything has to be approved by me. If you got a problem, go talk to Vince. It’s all about climbing the ladder and reaching for the title. That’s all that matters,’ and we had the match. You won.”

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