Sami Zayn: Before I Call It A Day With My Career, I’d Love To Win The World Championship Once In The WWE

Sami Zayn would love to hold the WWE World Championship once in his career.

Sami Zayn has done just about everything when it comes to the WWE. He is a former Undisputed World Tag Team Champion. He is a former NXT Champion and he’s currently the Intercontinental Champion in his third reign with the WWE after defeating Gunther at WrestleMania XL.

During an interview with Alex McCarthy of Daily Mail, Zayn noted that even though he is very content with everything he’s done in his career, he would not mind winning the WWE Championship before he calls it a day.

“Here’s how I see it. I think Hunter sees me differently from how Vince saw me, especially as a good guy. I think Vince saw me much more as a bad guy, for a number of reasons. He saw my irksome qualities that he thought lent itself to being an irksome character. Having said that, I think things were a lot more unpredictable because of the nature of Vince’s week to week, kind of approach, that sometimes the marble would just fall in the right hole, and now you’re champion, whereas with Hunter, I think it’s much more he has longer-term vision, and if you’re not part of that vision, then the chances of breaking into that vision are much, much slimmer.

‘It’s kind of a double edged sword. He might see me in a way that lends itself more to being in that mix and possibly winning it. But on the other hand, I could have just slipped on a banana peel and won the world title. I just do my best. I just give the best performances I can give, I try to perform with as much emotion as possible and tell the best stories I can tell, and I hope that that eventually gets me there. I’d like to win the world title once before I call it a day, there’s no question, but I don’t live and die by that. It’d be great, and I really appreciate people saying they’d love to see it. I’d love to see it too, and I hope it happens, but if it doesn’t, thank you just the same, because it’s been amazing.”

Zayn is set to defend his Intercontinental Championship against Bronson Reed and Chad Gable at King and Queen of the Ring on May 25 in Saudi Arabia.

h/t to Fightful for the transcriptions.

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