Sami Zayn was recently interviewed by Catch Newz. during the interview he touches on not going to Saudi Arabia with WWE, and whether or not he regrets mentioning AEW on Raw earlier this year.
Below are the highlights:
On not going to Saudi Arabia:
I did a show a few years ago there. But with the new WWE partnership, I have not had a chance to perform. It’s a complicated thing, difficult to explain. But for the moment, I can not say much and that in favor of any side. Maybe it will change, but for now no change. It’s a complicated answer and I do not know how to explain it.
On if he regrets his AEW callout on Raw:
It really was not a big story besides what was on the internet. Basically, it was a small new segment that we were trying for people, an unscripted thing. I knew that if we said AEW, people would talk about it. That’s exactly what happened. As you see, nothing really happened after I said that. It was done once, and nothing happened. [There was] much more controversy on the internet on the subject. But it’s important to have people talking about it.