The former Honorary Uce turned WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn had this to say about his good friend Cody Rhodes.
Zayn felt himself walking in the same shoes as Daniel Bryan who successfully challenged for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 30 when he defeated Triple H at the start of the card to earn his spot before defeating Royal Rumble winner Batista and the champion Randy Orton to become the new champion.
Zayn explained the differences between his and Bryan’s stories in a recent interview with “Inside the Ropes.” Zayn walked into WrestleMania 39 with the weight of the world on his shoulders as he and his best friend Kevin Owens challenged for the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championships against the Usos while Cody Rhodes fought Roman Reigns for the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship.
Zayn acknowledged Rhodes and his popularity in the build-up to WrestleMania 39. “[My story] happened to coincide with Cody coming back from injury and he did very well in his own right. He was red hot,” Zayn recalled.
Zayn continued, noting that the situation he found himself in this year was drastically different from the one Bryan faced heading into WrestleMania 30. “If you had rewound to the Daniel Bryan miracle run at WrestleMania 30 and Batista … that was different because the fans rejected Batista,” Zayn explained, “But the fans love Cody, so I knew there wouldn’t be a backlash like that. It was just a timing issue.”
Zayn and Owens are currently planning to defend their gold against WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Reigns and Solo Sikoa in Saudi Arabia at Night Of Champions.
h/t from Wrestling Inc.
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