Sami Zayn on Money in the Bank, Shinsuke Nakamura and More

Ole! Sami Zayn is one of the most popular acts that WWE has put together in a long time as he’s just easy to like. There’s something about him that makes you want to cheer him and that makes for a fun performer to watch. This coming Sunday he has a chance to win the Money in the Bank briefcase and that means people want to talk to him.

Zayn was recently interviewed by Foxsports.com on his WWE career and what all of the losses mean to him. He also discusses the upcoming Money in the Bank ladder match, which will be the first of his career. The interview is rather lengthy but here are a few highlights.

On His “Takeover: Dallas” Match with Shinsuke Nakamura

“It was a pretty special match, and I think when we were going into it I knew it would be good, but… I don’t know if it didn’t really hit me how big it is that this is his first match, and it’s my last match. I don’t know, I feel like the stars just kind of aligned that night and created something that’s really special.

“And the way that I know it’s special is that it’s still talked about now. It’s been a year and a half or something and I still get messages about it almost daily. Something very special occured that night, and it was really cool. And now to see Shinsuke’s success since then is really interesting. And I’ll get to finally cross paths with him again in the Money In The Bank match. It’s been interesting to watch his trajectory since that night.”

On His First Ever Ladder Match

“I think it was in a gymnasium in the town that I lived in, in front of about 80 people. I want to say it was in… late 2002. It was a three-way ladder match. Definitely did some things I probably shouldn’t have done that night, you know, just taking really unnecessary risks. When I think back on it now, think about the 15-year toll I put on my body, I think about some of those early nights when I did way, way more than I should have. Took way bigger risks than I should have. But I feel like that, having that missing screw loose, I feel like that almost goes hand-in-hand with having the passion to make it this far.

“And if you almost don’t go through with that… I can’t say that for sure, because certainly other people haven’t done that kind of stuff to still make it far, but I feel like, again, that just goes with my trajectory. I have to take those crazy risks and and do the crazy, stupid things to kind of learn to understand when to do them and when to not do them, and eventually get smarter and better at what I’m doing. Good enough to line myself up here, which is where I’m at now, so I guess I wouldn’t change any of it.”

And on the First Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match

“Well it’s a pretty huge deal, if you think about it. Every time I think that we’ve kind of come as far as we’re going to go as far as the women’s revolution… it really has been a revolution, and it’s not something you would have seen 10 years ago, five years ago, 20 years ago, really ever. So it’s really, really cool to see, I’m as curious as any of our fans to see how it goes down.”

You can read the full interview here.

Opinion: It’s almost hard to believe that Zayn has been doing this for fifteen years now. Zayn is one of the best underdogs I’ve ever seen and it’s so easy to cheer for him. He’s one of the best sellers I’ve ever seen and he makes me believe he’s completely done in almost every single one of his matches. I’d love to see him get a big win this Sunday, or any time for that matter.