Top WWE Name Calls Sami Zayn The Most Endearing WWE Character In Decades

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Paul Heyman has shared his thoughts on Sami Zayn becoming an integral part of the Bloodline WWE storyline.

It was reported in October that plans for a storyline involving Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn had been paused due to the popularity of Sami Zayn and his narrative with the Bloodline faction.

Since then, the Sami Zayn storyline has reached its climax, with the underdog turning on Roman Reigns at Royal Rumble in January, before unsuccessfully challenging for Reigns’ WWE Undisputed Universal Title at Elimination Chamber in February.

Speaking on the SI Media podcast, Heyman argued that Zayn became one of the most endearing characters that WWE has presented in decades.

Discussing the evolution of Zayn’s role in tbe Bloodline, Heyman said:

“I didn’t imagine Sami Zayn becoming a massive part of this when Sami Zayn was becoming a massive part of. To his enormous credit, Sami Zayn seized the moment.

“We’d give him crumbs of a segment and he would just turn it into a moment that he had to connect with the audience with what I think has ended up becoming the most endearing character that we’ve presented in decades, if not ever.

“As great of a talker as Sami Zayn is, and he is a magnificent talker, I think Sami resonates with the audience, just because Roman Reigns will turn to him and lean in on him about something, and Sami gets that hush puppy face, and that sad look on his face, and the camera zooms in on the sad look on Sami’s face, and everybody feels for him.

“He just endears himself to the audience. They absolutely fall in love with him and his plight and his pursuit of acceptance, which I think is a big part of this is that everyone can relate to the pursuit of acceptance, and that was the tale of Sami Zayn.

“He just did it so well, and did it so brilliantly, and with such authenticity, and with genuine angst on his face and pain when spoken down to, that people just felt for him, and as you know, it’s not just constrained to WWE.

“In any form of television, movies, Broadway plays, if you get the audience to feel for you, you know, touchdown, victory. It’s everything that a writer, director, producer, and performer seeks.”

Heyman also named the ‘unsung heroes’ who are creatively responsible for the Bloodline storyline, which you can read about right here.

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