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Sami Zayn Greatest Royal Rumble Update

WWE’s first-ever Greatest Royal Rumble event might be a week old today, but that doesn’t mean the depressing stories surrounding the controversial event are going to stop anytime soon.

Despite cutting a promo on how him and Kevin Owens were going to win the 50-man Royal Rumble match on the go-home episode of Raw last week, Sami Zayn ended up not being on the show at all – posting on Twitter “Je suis chez moi” which is Google Translate for “I am at home”.

Je suis chez moi.

— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) April 30, 2018

WrestlingNews.co first reported that WWE gave its wrestlers the option to miss the event if they felt uncomfortable performing in Saudi Arabia. And with Sami being of Syrian descent, and fronting the Sami for Syria relief fund campaign for anyone affected by the Syrian War, it was presumed Zayn might’ve been one of those to decline the Greatest Royal Rumble invitation because of Saudi’s tension with Syria.

Pro Wrestling Sheet, however, followed this up reporting:

“it was NOT due to his own request… Sami Zayn was not booked to compete on the show to respect the local culture in Saudi Arabia.”

And now the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter has given more details on the situation:

“He was not told why he wasn’t on the show. To the best of our knowledge and based on what he’s said to others privately, he still hasn’t been told and has claimed he has no explanation.”

Dave Meltzer notes that Zayn actually wrestled in Saudi Arabia for three consecutive nights in April 2014, back when WWE was trying to push him as a Middle Eastern star because of his Syrian heritage. And despite all those claims on commentary for the “progressive, beautiful resort city of Jeddah” – my God, it’s just so beautiful – Sami not wrestling just four years later is the very definition of regression.

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