Top WWE Star Explains Why He Keeps His Personal Life Private

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A top WWE star has explained why he keeps his personal life private.

Since his rise to the main event scene in WWE, Sami Zayn has become one of the most widely adored stars in all of wrestling.

Ahead of his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match against Roman Reigns at Elimination Chamber, fans learned more about his family with his wife participating in an interview and even making a front-row appearance during the main event bout in Montreal.

Speaking with Ryan Satin on Out of Character, Sami Zayn revealed that he had some apprehension toward exposing his personal life to WWE fans. He said:

“Yeah, I was apprehensive for a very long time. And I still am. I’m still an overall pretty private person. I don’t know, something about it feels wrong to me. I guess this is a layered question…”

“First and foremost, my wife, my child, any family member I have, they didn’t sign up for this, I did. So over the last 20 years, I built a certain armor to where you could hear certain negative comments and you can kind of deflect.”

“They bounce right off you. And even then, every now and then, you’ll come across something where it gets to you.”

Zayn continued on to note that he doesn’t want to have his popularity based on how much of his personal life he reveals to fans, saying:

“There’s the other aspect. Not everything needs to be commodified in a way that I’m sort of using it to leverage for popularity.”

“Like, ‘Oh, here, let me give you a window into my personal life so that you can like me more, so you can connect with me more.’”

“I don’t know, I’m a bit old school in that. ‘Here’s the performance. Here’s what I’m presenting to you, and that’s what you get.'”

“Whether you like or dislike me will hopefully be based by and large on what I’m presenting or anything else.”

After suffering the loss to Roman Reigns at WWE Elimination Chamber, Sami Zayn went on to team up with Kevin Owens to defeat The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 39.

Transcription via WrestleZone

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