Sami Zayn recently shared his thoughts for some dream opponents, so we’ll see what
he had to say.
We’ll also check in on Stephanie McMahon’s comments on Bray Wyatt, Drew McIntyre being
removed from Smackdown, and more
Let’s start things off with Sami Zayn
Sami is currently at the highest point of his entire WWE career right now
Sure, He doesn’t have a world title in his hands, but he’s playing such a big role
in WWE’s biggest storyline right now, so he really is towards the top of the mountain
We just went over how The Undertaker was praising Sami Zayn’s recent work and everything that
he adds to The Bloodline
And Sami Zayn shouldn’t slow down any time soon
The Bloodline is in a honeymoon sort of state right now coming off of War Games, but everyone
doesn’t expect that to last forever
Everyone expects the tensions to rise again between Sami Zayn and The Bloodline, but the
only difference is that this time time it will end with Sami Zayn getting kicked out
So still tons of story left to tell with Sami Zayn and The Bloodline
But Sami recently sat down for an interview with Peter Rosenberg on the Cheap Heat podcast
and was asked about dream opponents from other promotions that he’ll like to work with
Sami Zayn had this to say about who he wants to work with in the future, quote:
“It’s guys that I’ve worked with before that I just miss and that I would love to
work with again now like Kenny Omega just as an example.
I’m listing a lot of AEW guys here, but you know I haven’t seen him in 10 years.
That’s insane.
The last time I saw him was in December of 2012 and, you know, I miss him and I miss
working him.
He was super easy to work — he was a lot like me actually, I thought, very detail-oriented.
I do see some guys out there.
MJF pops to mind — I think he’s very talented.
There’s a kid in AEW called Dante Martin who’s just, like, a really great high flyer
and it kind of reminds me of the matches I would have on the independents with guys who
are really good high flyers, so just strictly based on in-ring, I think, just if we were
working an indie in front of 300 people.”
End quote
So there’s a lot new faces and old faces that Sami Zayn wants to link up with in the
ring
Majority of fans would be really interested to see what kind of magic Sami Zayn and all
the names on his list could make from a story and match perspective
So who knows what the future holds, but those are all dream matches to be on the lookout
for down the line
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Triple H and WWE have been filling out the roster in recent months with non stop WWE
returns
But the one return that was much bigger than the rest and was given very special treatment
was of course the return of Bray Wyatt
It all started with the White Rabbit song being played in arenas during intermissions
and it just kept snowballing into bigger and betters teasers
QR codes started appearing that led audiences to mysterious Easter Eggs and riddles that
they had to solve in order to fully discover the message
They had all of those massive codes and hints going on during both Raw and Smackdown until
it concluded at Extreme Rules
WWE had dozens of white rabbits walking around the venue that day and everything was topped
off with the cinematic and unforgettable presentation of Bray Wyatt’s return
Well Stephanie McMahon recently appeared at the Sixth Annual Wells Fargo TMT Summit and
really went deep into the details of Bray Wyatt’s return from behind the scenes, she
had this to say about that return, quote:
“we were bringing back one of our biggest stars, Bray Wyatt, whose character is a bit
of a cult-type leader.
We used a multi-media approach and hired a horror writer to help us craft this narrative
so fans were engaged.
We started doing QR codes randomly in the background.
It’s what we called the White Rabbit Project.
There were interactive games, there were different misleads.
We had one puzzle that was coordinated to a record store in Corbin, Kentucky that was
White Rabbit Records.
It happened to be that the people at the store played along.
Our fans would call and ask, ‘What’s going on?
Is someone returning?
What’s happening at WWE?’
They would use some of the language we were using in the campaign and then hang up the
phone.
One of the codes drove us to a date, and that date happened to be the SmackDown that was
happening.
It looked like it could be a date or a time code, September 23 or 9:23.
At 9:23, we saw viewership increase 20% over that time period.
It’s strategies like that, that work because the audience is different and they’re growing
and evolving.
Some people want to have a lean-back experience, and that’s great, but a lot of people want
to engage deeply and have fun and have misleads and misdirections.
The worst thing in the world is when things are predictable from a content perspective.
We want to make them unpredictable.”
End quote
So Stephanie McMahon was just reflecting on Bray’s return and the approach that Triple
H took to make it really connect with fans
And another thing that Stephanie McMahon talked about there was the two main groups of fans.
You have one group of fans that just want a relaxed experience, where they just don’t
have to pay that much attention to what’s going on
But then you always have the group of fans that are closely inspecting every little thing
and want deeper stories and deeper details
So it looks like their goal with the white rabbit project catered to both groups
They showed the teasers on Raw and Smackdown, so the casual viewers knew something was going
on
But for the deeper viewer, you could’ve scanned that QR code and dive deeper into
the situation if you so pleased
So it was definitely a big success for WWE, especially when you hear Stephanie McMahon
break down the impact that it had on the numbers too
Hopefully we do get to see more things like the white rabbit project for other returns
or even debuts
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Some very surprising news has recently been released by Drew McIntyre himself
Drew McIntyre and Sheamus were set to team up on Smackdown and try to finally take down
the historically long tag team title reign of The Usos
But Drew McIntyre tweeted out a message that he’s been medically disqualified from competing
on Smackdown
Drew seemed upset in his message because he mentioned how really hates to miss any shows.
Which is true, Drew McIntyre is always there and always available week after week
So the news did come as a surprise to everyone, especially right before a big tag team titles
match that everyone was excited for
There’s no news so far on what exactly is wrong with Drew McIntyre
Is it a more of a long term injury?
Is it an illness?
Is he missing one week or several weeks?
The information surrounding his status is very bare at the current moment, but hopefully
more good news comes out in the coming days for Drew McIntyre
Hopefully Drew McIntyre is able to make a return soon and hopefully there’ll still
be a shot of us seeing that Sheamus and Drew McIntyre versus The Usos matchup because it
did look very interesting on paper
So we’ll have to wait for Drew McIntyre’s return
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories with Drew McIntyre’s status, Stephanie McMahon’s
comments on Bray Wyatt, and what Sami Zayn had to say about facing AEW stars in the future?
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