Sami Zayn Wants To Face ‘Lunatic’ Top Free Agent One More Time

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WWE’s Sami Zayn has named a top free agent of the wrestling world as a “dream opponent”, hoping to face him again one day.

Zayn was responding to a video shared on Twitter of Kota Ibushi shooting himself with fireworks in East London while standing on top of a parked car and surrounded by fans.

The clip was from March 2017 in Bethnal Green where Ibushi was appearing for WXA when Ibushi teamed with Gota Ihashi.

With the clip resurfacing thanks to Dark Puroresu Flowsion, Zayn commented:

“This man is a lunatic and a gift to pro wrestling, and I need to wrestle him once more before my career is done.”

Zayn and Ibushi crossed paths between 2008 and 2012 when Zayn performed as El Generico.

The pair would face each other at DDT in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan as well as for CHIKARA and ROH.

Zayn would sign a WWE contract in January 2013 and has been a fixture on their programming since.

Kota Ibushi left New Japan Pro-Wrestling in February 2023 after his contract expired.

Since then, he has spoken about his future plans, indicating that one of his goals is to wrestle for AEW.

Sami Zayn is one half of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions with Kevin Owens, both of whom were on the recent episode of WWE Raw.

Here’s a recap of what happened on the May 8 episode of WWE Raw:

Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins def. Damian Priest, Shinsuke Nakamura in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

Mustafa Ali def. Otis when Chad Gable and Maxxine Dupri argued and distracted Otis

Finn Balor def. Cody Rhodes, The Miz in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

Brock Lesnar, who had cost Cody Rhodes the aforementioned three-way, attacked Rhodes and demanded a rematch from Backlash at Night of Champions, which Rhodes later accepted

Rhea Ripley def. Dana Brooke and was then confronted by Natalya

Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn def. Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser

Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis reunited The Way backstage, and Gargano hinted at someone else returning soon which could be Tommaso Ciampa

Zoey Stark def. Nikki Cross

Becky Lynch returned and confronted Trish Stratus

Dominik Mysterio def. Xavier Woods

Seth Rollins def. Finn Balor in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

This man is a lunatic and a gift to pro wrestling, and I need to wrestle him once more before my career is done. https://t.co/ON4PFAfyN9

— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) May 11, 2023

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