God Sami Zayn is great, isn’t he?
Like he’s always been great, but he’s really really great right now. Maybe the best ever? Definitely the best thing in wrestling right now.
The only problem with his character arc, and with the Bloodline story as a whole, is that there’s always that niggling sense that we shouldn’t let our guard down until the story has reached its ultimate conclusion.
We’ve been burned before, and we don’t want to look like chumps for praising a WWE storyline when the company has pumped out more crap endings than Stephen King.
With that in mind, let take a look at how the Sami Zayn story could end up resolving itself; the good, the bad, and the awful…
Sami Beats Roman At WrestleMania
There isn’t a wrestling fan alive right now who wouldn’t give all their earthly possessions to see Sami Zayn beat Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania.
Keep your Codys, Keep your the Rocks; this is Sami Uso’s time and you know it.
It’s unlikely, but the sense of total satisfaction we would feel seeing Sami raise both belts overhead in his very own Daniel Bryan moment is difficult to describe.
Honestly, what makes this so compelling is the fact that WWE has done everything in their power to convince us that this is how the story should end.
This isn’t one of those things wrestling fans are constantly guilty of, where they fantasy book Mustafa Ali squashing Brock Lesnar based on nothing and then become incandescent with rage when it doesn’t happen.
This is the story they’re telling! You can see it, on the TV, with your own eyes! Surely we should be gearing ourselves up for this to happen; they’re all but telling us that it will!
But you know what they say; it’s the hope that kills you.
Sami Becomes The New Leader Of The Bloodline
They don’t call him The Great Liberator for nothing (actually I guess they haven’t called him that for a while, but remember when he dressed like Che Guevara and it was kind of implied he was some kind of Communist insurgent? That was great, they should have done more with that).
This is kind of an addendum to entry #1, but it’s also something that could very easily happen prior to any official confrontation between Reigns and Zayn.
Whether it’s Zayn consciously deciding to turn on his Tribal Chief and usurping the Bloodline from him, or just the Usos beginning to trust Zayn more than Reigns as the latter descends further into paranoia and madness; this story should end with Sami Zayn taking the Sami reigns, and completing his journey to the top of the mountain.
Sami and Kevin Owens Win The WWE Tag Team Championship
Until recently, this seemed like a pretty solid way to resolve the Sami Zayn/Bloodline story without having to sacrifice the main event of WrestleMania.
Have Sami team up with his old partner to take on the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions, and hasten the descent of the Bloodline by striking the first, mortal blow.
But as Sami ingratiates himself more and more with the Usos – Jey in particular – I don’t know, man, something about this just feels wrong.
At this point I think I’d rather see Sami and Jey team up.
Oh! Maybe they can fight Kevin Owens AND JIMMY USO.
Triple H is a liar, this booking stuff is easy.
Sami Teams Up With Cody
On the list of people who could end up facing Roman at WrestleMania, Sami is unfortunately a little ways down the list.
That’s not because of any storyline reason; Sami just isn’t as well known a name as somebody like Cody Rhodes, who could potentially bring in some of those long-departed AEW fans if he main evented ‘Mania.
So why not, instead of having Sami go it alone, have him attach himself to whomever ends up actually beating Roman for the title.
It makes sense; as sad as it is to say, that’s kind of Sami’s character anyway: somebody who attaches himself to other, more successful people.
Maybe the end of his story isn’t going it alone; maybe it’s just finding a friend that won’t screw him over this time.
Sami Leaves The Company
We all felt a chill down our collective spine a few weeks ago, when it was rumored that WWE could be selling the company to the Saudi Arabia Investment Fund, effectively making it property of the Saudi state (and, by extension, royal family).
While there was the more general horror of having the biggest name in professional wrestling under the control of a regime that routinely violates the human rights of its citizens, there was a more general dread relating to the fate of everybody’s favorite ginger Samoan.
Owing to a combination of his Syrian heritage and basic ethical boundaries, Sami Zayn doesn’t associate himself with WWE’s Saudi shows. He has a deep, genuine aversion to the idea of doing business with the company.
As such, with the fate of WWE still hanging in the air, it isn’t too big of a stretch to assume that Sami would leave the company altogether were the fund to buy them out.
There’s also the more general possibility, in the midst of the current uncertainty around the company’s future, of Sami getting out of his contract and setting sail for another promotion like AEW before the storyline wraps up.
That wouldn’t be the worst case scenario though. No, that would be…
WWE Just Drops The Storyline With No Explanation
Here’s the thing: if WWE was sold to the Saudis, and Sami Zayn left of his own accord, at least we could take some solace in the fact that there was a clear financial incentive involved, and that Zayn had some hand in his own decision-making.
The real worry is that WWE does that thing that WWE loves to do, where it just totally drops a storyline without explanation and never revisits it again.
Remember Ezekiel? Remember the SmackDown Hacker? Remember Raw Underground? Remember the Hurt Business? Remember the ropes collapsing on Demon Finn? Remember that weird golden egg? Remember why you even watch wrestling in the first place, seriously what’s the point, literally no other form of entertainment constantly introduces storylines and abandons them for no reason, am I the idiot for still watching, am I?
Ahem. Sorry.
While narrative blue balls haven’t been as pressing an issue under the creative direction of Triple H, there’s always the (very good) chance that Vince will be back any day now, touching all our meticulously crafted stories with his grubby old man fingers.
If that happens, the Bloodline Saga could end in the saddest way imaginable – with the person in charge just forgetting Sami exists, and moving on to the next shiny thing he sees.
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