Despite its obvious success now, some within WWE did not think Sami Zayn within The Bloodline was a good idea.
Sami Zayn joined The Bloodline last year as “The Honorary Uce”, bringing another layer to the factions story. Sami would be an integral part of The Bloodline up until the 2023 Royal Rumble, where he would turn on Roman Reigns and the rest of the faction.
While speaking on the After The Bell podcast, Sami Zayn claimed that there were people in WWE who had doubts about his run within The Bloodline.
“Yeah, there were and I can’t mention names (he laughs). There were doubts as to whether it should even happen I think, even in its early infancy stage of it all.
So for me, actually going back to a question you asked earlier about impatience, there was a point when I was actually very impatient with the storyline and I was almost ready to abandon ship and just say, ‘Okay, we need to start moving on in a different direction if this isn’t gonna go where it needs to go’, because for me, the whole thing, it all hinged on me and Roman getting together finally and the swerve being like, ‘Oh, Roman likes this guy.’
You expect him to not like him, but then he meets him and he likes him. That’s the money of the whole thing is that he buys in. Roman drives the whole story. It works very well even if he’s not there, but because he’s the main antagonist, his decision at the next point in the story is going to drive and propel the story in whatever direction it’s going, so you need him involved.”
Sami Zayn
We will have to wait and see if Zayn will continue to be a thorn in the side of The Bloodline, as the faction continues to implode. On Friday’s SmackDown, Solo Sikoa turned on his brothers, laying out Jimmy Uso with a Samoan Spike.
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