Sami Zayn has the deck stacked against him at WWE King and Queen Of The Ring on Saturday. Not only does he have the obsessed Chad Gable to deal with but also the massive Bronson Reed, and as is the case with Triple Threat Matches, he doesn’t even need to be pinned. However, 78% of the Wrestling Inc. staff believe in Sami Zayn, and who can blame them?

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Zayn has been on a wildly unpredictable path over the last five or so years. He’s come a long way from teasing a departure for AEW during the briefly-rebranded third hour of “Raw.” Zayn is still riding the momentum of 2023, when he offered up his innocence to The Bloodline and was repaid in scorn, turning him into the people’s underdog. Zayn stood up to “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns, coming within inches of beating him at Elimination Chamber, and ended the interminable reign of The Usos as Undisputed Tag Team Champions to close Night 1 of WrestleMania 39. Now Zayn has ridden that momentum to the red brand’s No. 2 title, besting the longest-reigning champion in history; quite simply, everyone’s favorite Syrian wrestler looks unstoppable. 

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Bronson Reed, while a massive man who beat Kazuchika Okada in NJPW, has simply not been a substantial figure since his return to WWE. Chad Gable, while a likely contender, is on his last gasp in his feud with Zayn. If anyone could best the IC Champ, it’s Gable, but as hope dwindles for the former 24/7 Champion, it’s hard to see him standing tall in Jeddah, and thus the staff have sided with Zayn.

Written by Ross Berman