Paul Heyman would turn down the opportunity to use Sami Zayn in 2019 while he was running Monday Night RAW.
While speaking on his 83 Weeks podcast, Eric Bischoff revealed that Paul Heyman passed on Sami Zayn, sending him to SmackDown instead.
“SmackDown was about to debut on FOX Network, which is a very, very big deal. I didn’t know Sami [Zayn], so as we sit down, and we’re shuffling the deck and looking at the names on the roster and all of that. Sami was in the category where Paul would say, ‘No, you take him.’”
Eric Bischoff on 83 Weeks
Four years later, Sami Zayn has now become one of the top stars in the company. Sami Zayn will be challenging Roman Reigns for the Undisputed Universal Championship at WWE Elimination Chamber. We’ll have to wait and see how it all turns out in the end.
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