Sami Zayn Shares Emotional Response To Bret Hart WWE Raw Appearance

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With the September 9 episode of WWE Raw being in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Bret Hart made an appearance on the show.

Hart’s appearance can be seen in the video below this news story, with the crowd going wild for the hometown hero.

The Hitman would come face-to-face with WWE World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER who made his feelings about Hart clear and referenced Bill Goldberg to rub salt in the wounds.

It would be this interaction, which can be seen below this news story, that would bring out Canada’s own Sami Zayn to confront GUNTHER.

With Hart calling GUNTHER “a gutless yellow coward” for walking away from them both, a brawl would break out between Zayn and the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, as can also be seen below.

Zayn commented on what had happened on that evening’s WWE Raw backstage with Jackie Redmond, saying:

“You actually caught me at a really strange time because I’m feeling really emotional, to be honest. I’m wearing this jersey, not because I’m a Flames fan, everyone knows I’m a Canadians guy, but to honor Johnny Gaudreau, who tragically passed away.

“I don’t know, it just makes you think about the time you have here and what you do with it, and to be able to share the ring with [Bret Hart], he was my hero growing up. To share the ring with him in Calgary, the significance, it’s not lost on me. So I’m in a really strange kind of head space.

“But listening to him talk also kind of lit a fire under me. To hear him talk about what it meant to be a champion, and a Canadian champion. Listening to him, I realized, man, we haven’t had that in a long time, and I want it to be me. I want it to be me.

“I want to honor his legacy. I want to honor the template that he laid out for guys like me. So Gunther’s got something that, as far as I’m concerned, it’s on borrowed time because I’m coming. I’m coming for the World Heavyweight Championship.”

At WrestleMania 40 in April 2024, Zayn defeated GUNTHER to become WWE Intercontinental Champion ending the Austrian’s reign at 666 days.

His fourth reign as WWE Intercontinental Champion would come to an end at SummerSlam in August with a loss to Bron Breakker.

Transcript from Fightful.

"You will always be a close second to my actual favorite. And my all-time favorite is none other than Bill Goldberg!" 😅😳🫢#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/JadM5NkGrp

— WWE (@WWE) September 10, 2024

What will it take for Sami to get his match?!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/aHTv2h7NY0

— WWE (@WWE) September 10, 2024

It was an emotional night on #WWERaw for @SamiZayn.#RAWTalk
▶️ @peacock pic.twitter.com/9hQGFkMJPc

— WWE (@WWE) September 10, 2024

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