Let’s Book: Sami Zayn Returning
Sami Zayn is coming back!
To NXT. But hey, he’s still coming back!
But what to do with him with a giant NXT roster and a thin WWE roster? When should Zayn really make his debut on Raw? Should he stay in NXT for a while? The answers are simple, and it can complete the story he’s been telling since losing the NXT Championship.
So let’s start at when he comes back, probably at NXT London. He shouldn’t wrestle; but cut a promo talking about how he needs to rise again - NXT isn’t the same beast as it was when he left, and he has to start again from the bottom. That brings out “the bottom” Tye Dillenger. Tye tries to cut a promo, calls Zayn a zero, and Tye the perfect ten he thinks he is. Sami Helluva Kicks Tye, and his comeback has begun.
Every week, Sami faces someone and wins. Zayn beats the likes of Blake, Murphy, Marcus Louis, Mojo Rawley, Aiden English, Rhyno, and Scott Dawson. The last three are all 5 star matches, against Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin, and a returning Hideo Itami. Sami is back to the top of his game, and he challenges Samoa Joe - not for the championship but for respect. Zayn wins, and gets a shot at the NXT Chamionship. However, Zayn turns it down.
Zayn wants nothing to do with the NXT Championship anymore. He got a taste of Raw, and it needs to be quenched. He gives his farewell address to NXT, and gives one last match against Finn Balor. Finn wins, but it doesn’t matter, because we all know he’s off to bigger and better things.
It’s Wrestlemania season (yep, we’re there), and it’s set up that Kevin Owens as the Intercontinental Championship facing a surging Neville. The Raw before ‘Mania is going on, and Neville is facing Stardust for the last time. Owens comes out and Powerbombs Neville everywhere - on the mats, on the apron, through a table, through chairs, and it basically breaks Neville.
At Mania, Owens comes out happy as ever, because he knows he’ll be facing a broken Neville. Neville comes out, bandaged and in street clothes. Owens starts laughing in the ring, asking what he is actually doing? Neville comes out, talks about how he can’t compete that night, but he knows someone who can. Out comes Zayn.
At Wrestlemania 32, it’s Zayn vs. Owens for the Intercontinental Championship. It’s a good match, even great. But it ends/reignites the story between the two of them. It gives them both something to do after Mania. Each match after the first will get better AND SHOULD propel both men into main event players; Zayn is the underdog that isn’t, and Owens is the next great main event heel.
So how does this sound? How would you book Zayn coming back?
