Sami Zayn has once again reached the top of the WWE mountain he shockingly dethroned CM Punk as the Undisputed WWE Champion on September 11. Whether that will remain the case until WrestleMania 43, however, has been the subject of recent debate.
About the latest release “Grilling JR” WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross shared his mixed reaction to Zayn’s second World Championship win.
“Nobody can deny the fact that he’s a hell of a jobber, but is he the guy you put in your main event at WrestleMania and feel good about it? I’m not so sure about that,” Ross said. “I don’t know if he has enough mass appeal or, I guess you would say, in the old conversation, I’m not sure he’s finished to the point where he should be your number one guy. And no matter what you say, the number one guy in that company is the WWE Champion. That won’t change.”
Ross praised Zayn’s work in the ring, describing him as very “fun” and “skilled”. Given that WWE hasn’t consistently put him in a position to even have a possible win over the fan base, Ross isn’t sure if he will represent the Undisputed WWE Championship in the main event of WWE’s biggest show of the year. The 2027 iteration of WrestleMania will take WWE to Saudi Arabia and another world title clash will take place. Roman Reigns and Oba Femi square off as one of the main events.
Zayn previously headlined the night of WrestleMania 39 alongside Kevin Owens. In it For example, they competed for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.
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