Sami Zayn was not always allowed to be around Roman Reigns on WWE TV.
In an interview with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport, Sami Zayn revealed that before Triple H took over WWE Creative from Vince McMahon, he was being kept away from Roman Reigns, and then once The Game took over, the storyline was given a shot, and the rest is history.
“I can’t say because I genuinely do not know, but I know before Triple H was on creative, I never got on screen with Roman. Then when Triple H did get [on creative] I finally did get on screen with Roman. Whether that’s a coincidence, because like I said, the first time I finally did get on screen with Roman, [which] took the story to the next level, happened to be a lot of stars lining up. The Usos weren’t there, Heyman wasn’t there, it was in Montreal, all these things.”
“Would that have happened if Hunter wasn’t in charge? I don’t know. All I know is I can definitely point to the time he wasn’t in charge and say I was kept away from being on screen with Roman. Then once he was in charge, all of a sudden, I’m on screen and it’s allowed to breathe and see where it goes. Because if I do get on screen with Roman and we start doing stuff with The Usos, and all that, and it’s not really working, then okay, you go somewhere else, but because it got it started to work, it got room to breathe. As it breathed it grew. Whether that would have happened without him? I don’t know, but probably not.”
Sami Zayn to BT
It remains to be seen how WWE proceeds with the hot Bloodline breakup storyline on the Road To WrestleMania. According to rumors, Sami Zayn could be challenging Roman Reigns for the undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Elimination Chamber.
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