Sami Zayn has opened up about how his relationship with WWE creative has changed over the years, from Vince McMahon in charge to Triple H. In recent years, Zayn has elevated himself up the card and become a top player with big storylines.
In a recent interview with Flamesnation, Zayn was asked if he ever rejects creative ideas. He clarified that while he doesn’t outright say “no.”
“I don’t think they hear no, but they hear ideas, that’s for sure. They hear a lot of them. I think I’ve been pretty fortunate over the years to have a pretty decent success rate to where it’s given me a certain amount of equity with them that my ideas will be heard. And again, I’ll also give a little bit of credit to the sort of change in creative and the creative shift over the years. Last couple of years under Triple H, but even a little bit prior to that, just with my relationship with the creative team to where just my voice feels heard. They’re not gonna do everything I suggest, but you know they don’t look at it like, ‘Gosh, these wrestlers giving us these ideas.’ Some wrestlers might give bad ideas. I hope I’m not throwing anything bad out there.”
Zayn continued, “So I’ll throw a lot out there, and I really appreciate having a voice that’s heard and being met, or if an idea doesn’t work, they kind of explain why and ‘Hey, we want to do this idea instead,’ or whatever, and you just go with it. But even that’s sort of like a privilege that’s earned over time. Because they don’t write everybody into stories all the time. I feel like over the last 4-5 years, I’ve been consistently written into a story at all times. Then it’s incumbent on me to just make it work. So that I don’t know, that’s not lost on me.”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit Flamesnation with an h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
