While the world is celebrating Ilja Dragunov’s incredible victory over Sami Zayn for the United States Championship, the former titleholder is taking a step back to appreciate his eight-week run with “WWE SmackDown’s” workhorse title. Zayn took to social media ahead of Friday’s episode of “SmackDown” to reflect on his United States title run, which was, according to the man himself, just as memorable as it was great.It’s hard to do something great. In the age of content, it’s even harder to do something memorable. It felt like this was both. Grateful. pic.twitter.com/l3pg9ju4DA

— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) October 30, 2025

“8 weeks, 8 every different opponents, 8 bangers in a row,” Zayn continued. “It’s hard to do something great. In the age of content, it’s even harder to do something memorable. It felt like this was both.”

As of publishing, Zayn’s post has garnered over 15,000 likes and 340,000 views. Most netizen replies underneath Zayn’s post have been largely positive, with many WWE fans acknowledging Zayn’s hard work as, as one fan put it, “consistently the best part of “SmackDown.”” Other fans encouraged Zayn to begin a world title campaign following the incredible performances he put on during his eight weeks as United States Champion.

“Grateful,” Zayn concluded.