Reason Behind WWE Swapping LA Knight and Sami Zayn Between Brands Revealed
The creative reasoning behind LA Knight’s move to Raw and Sami Zayn’s to SmackDown has been revealed as an intentional, unofficial superstar trade.
Rami Sebei (Arabic: رامي السباعي; born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since January 2013, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sami Zayn.
Sebei made his professional wrestling debut in 2002 under the ring name Stevie McFly. Prior to joining WWE, he competed for Montreal-based promotion International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS), where he became a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion, and achieved breakout success in the United States with Los Angeles-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and then-Philadelphia-based promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), all under the ring name El Generico, using the character of a luchador from Mexico with the catchphrase "Olé!". He wrestled while masked from 2002 to 2013. During his time in PWG, Sebei became a two-time PWG World Champion and five-time PWG World Tag Team Champion. He is the only person to have won both of PWG's annual tournaments, the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament in 2010 and the Battle of Los Angeles in 2011. In ROH, he held the ROH World Television Championship and the ROH World Tag Team Championship as part of a team with Kevin Steen, with…
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The creative reasoning behind LA Knight’s move to Raw and Sami Zayn’s to SmackDown has been revealed as an intentional, unofficial superstar trade.
Sami Zayn has joined the SmackDown roster, challenging Solo Sikoa for the United States Championship on his first night.
