Sami Zayn
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Sami Zayn?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Rami Sebei (Arabic: رامي سباعي; born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since January 2013[update] where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Sami Zayn. He is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion in his fourth reign.
Sami Zayn | |
---|---|
Birth name | Rami Sebei |
Born | (1984-07-12) July 12, 1984 (age 39) Laval, Quebec, Canada |
Spouse(s) |
Khadijah Sebei (m. 2018) |
Children | 1 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Big Larry[2] El Generico[3] Rami Sebei[4] Sami Zayn[5] Stevie McFly[4] |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[5] |
Billed weight | 212 lb (96 kg)[5] |
Billed from | Montreal, Quebec, Canada[5] Tijuana, Mexico[3] |
Trained by | Jerry Tuite[6] Savio Vega[6] |
Debut | March 1, 2002[7] |
Prior to joining WWE, Sebei wrestled for Ring of Honor under the ring name El Generico, using the character of a luchador from Mexico with the catchphrase "Olé!"[8] He wrestled while masked from his debut in 2002 until 2013. Upon signing with WWE and taking on the ring name Sami Zayn, he began wrestling without a mask in WWE's developmental brand NXT, eventually winning the NXT Championship. After being promoted to the main roster, he would become a four-time Intercontinental Champion. Starting in 2022, Zayn's popularity with fans would begin to skyrocket thanks to his critically acclaimed work with The Bloodline faction.[9] In addition to his WWE accomplishments, Zayn also wrestled in the main event of several pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania 39, where he became one half of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions (the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships) alongside longtime best friend Kevin Owens.
Sebei achieved much success in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) as a two-time PWG World Champion and five-time 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. He has also held the ROH World Television Championship and the ROH World Tag Team Championship as part of a team with Kevin Steen, with whom he later earned the 2010 Feud of the Year award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He is also a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion for the Montreal-based International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS). Having wrestled internationally, he won the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship in Germany and DDT Pro-Wrestling's KO-D Openweight Championship in Japan.