To be perfectly honest, Sami Zayn deserves to have both the should and will sections dedicated to him because it almost feels too perfect of a situation not to have him end the month of January as the Undisputed WWE Champion. However, the company has proven time and time again that it has a real talent for missing the boat on this sort of thing, which is why Zayn lands himself in this section as the man who should dethrone McIntyre, rather than being the man who most likely will.

Saturday Night’s Main Event takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on January 24, and the Royal Rumble takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 31. That’s it. That’s the reason. You can’t get two major events back-to-back that fit a feel good win for one of the most beloved babyfaces in the entire company than that even if you tried. Zayn earns the shot at McIntyre in his hometown, before moving on to Saudi Arabia to become the first Muslim WWE Champion since The Iron Sheik. It’s literally the perfect lay-up that the higher-ups in WWE would be foolish not to slam dunk into the basket for one of the biggest feel good moments of the past few years.

Taking Zayn’s religion out of things, he really is one of the last great in-ring talents to have never held a world championship in WWE. Even before he got to WWE, Zayn was always touted as someone who would be able to break through and reach that main event scene despite not being as large or chiselled as what the regular WWE fan would want. He can always be relied on to be excellent in the ring, just look at his most recent run with the WWE United States Championship, every defense he had was not only must-see, but ended up being the highlight of “WWE SmackDown.”

Obviously, WWE could hold off and wait for an event like WrestleMania 43 (also in Saudi Arabia) to have Zayn win the title, but wrestling is all about striking while the iron is hot and Zayn is hot right now. He’s a guy that has been deserving of this sort of a spot for so long, has done so much in his WWE career (The Bloodline saga wouldn’t have been as big as it was without him), and in all honesty, what have WWE got to lose? Nothing. Give Zayn the belt at the Royal Rumble because at the end of the day, it’s the right thing to do.