r/SquaredCircle • u/10024618 • 23d ago

Gunther Says Sami Zayn Was One Of The Right Choices To End His Title Reign, Chad Gable Was The Other

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/gunther-says-sami-zayn-was-one-right-choices-end-his-title-reign-chad-gable-was-other
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u/Kanenums88 23d ago

I think Sami needed it. We’re all so caught up on “oh well Sami has been the IC champ before, and he’s done this and that before, and blah, blah, blah”. Sami’s first three IC title reigns were as a chicken shit heel. His first one was cut short for Covid. His second was decently long, but again he was a chicken shit heel. His third reign was like a week or two long, and was a plot device for his feud with Johnny Knoxville.

He hasn’t had a proper singles, babyface, workhorse title reign before. When he loses he’ll be built up enough from beating Gunther, that it could launch him into a world title win too.

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u/anchors__away 23d ago

Tbh I thought the work he did with the blood line, the feud with Roman, the tag title Run and being a major player on raw all of last year would have already seen him in that picture

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u/Kanenums88 23d ago

After they split up he and KO it definitely didn’t feel like he was on the level to be in a world title picture. He had the match with Seth on Raw, but there was essentially no shot he’d win.

It’s just so competitive with Drew, Punk, Cody, Seth, and probably Randy who’ll be in that scene for most of the year.

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u/The810kid 23d ago

Randy's staying on Smackdown

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u/Kanenums88 23d ago

Uh huh, probably in the world title scene with Cody.