Sami Zayn is a Canadian professional wrestler who is currently signed to the WWE, find out more about his personal life and career, through his brief bio and win and loss record
Aside from working with the WWE, Sami has also previously achieved great success on the independent scene.
Sami Zayn bio, age, height, wife, win and loss record, religion and net worth
Lost the battle, won the war. pic.twitter.com/Bkv0vZpCcq
— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) May 29, 2023
This is what Sami Zayn said in Arabic last night: "Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Pray to the prophet. We're in an Arab country. We have an Arab champion. We're gonna do this in Arabic.”
Man was crazy over. pic.twitter.com/aw9smZn3pN
— Wrestlelamia.co.uk (@wrestlelamia) May 28, 2023
Prior TO joining the WWE, Sami won the PWG World Champion twice and the World Tag Team Champion five times.
Moreover, he is the only wrestler 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.
Sami Zayn brief bio
Sami Zayn, real name Rami Sebei was born on July 12, 1984 in Laval, Quebec, Canada. He is currently 37 years old. Rami is more popularly known under his in-ring name Sami Zayn. He also previously went under the name El Generico when he wrestled for Ring of Honor prior to joining WWE. He used the character of a luchador from Mexico. Zayn was born to Syrian parents who immigrated to Canada from Homs in the 1970s.
Sami Zayn the Canadian professional wrestler was born in Laval, Canada and it is known that Sami Zayn is a Muslim.
Sami Zayn has been part of 7 matches at WrestleMania so far and has just 2 wins and when it comes to singles matches, Sami has 1 win in 3 matches.
Net Worth: $2 Million
Residence: Florida, US
Salary: $500k
Age: 39 Years
Height and weight
Zayn currently stands at a height of 185 cm and weighs 96 kg
Sami Zayn WWE career
Sami Zayn made his WWE debut on NXT back in February 13 2013. His first wrestling match was on March 7, 2013, where he wrestled unmasked and used his real name Rami Sebei. The match was a tag team match at a live event in Tampa, Florida. Eventually, Sami later adopted the ring name Sami Zayn.
Sami received the NXT Superstar of the Year award back at the 2014 Slammy Awards. The 37-year-old wrestler took part in a title vs career match for the NXT Championship on December 11, 2014. Sami managed to beat the defending champion, Adrian Neville. Sami eventually got drafted to RAW on July 19, 2016, before eventually getting traded to SmackDown on April 11, 2017, during the Superstar Shake-up.
Since joining SmackDown, Sami has had quite the career, winning the Intercontinental Championship thrice and having feuds with famous celebrities like Logan Paul and Johnny Knoxville. Zayn even became a brief associate of The Bloodline, and was dubbed an “Honorary Uce”. However, he had tensions with Jey Uso, another member of The Bloodline, and eventually had a falling-out with The Bloodline.
Following the events with The Bloodline, Zayn, reconciled with his old friend Kevin Owens thanks to Cody Rhodes. All these developments eventually led to the WrestleMania 39 bout between The Usos, Zayn, and Owens.
Sami Zayn achievements
Throughout his career, in both Independent wrestling and with the WWE, Sami has won various achievements:
- Two-time PWG World Champion
- Five-time World Tag Team Champion
- ROH World Television Championship
- ROH World Tag Team Championship with Kevin Steen
- 2010 Feud of the Year award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion
- wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship
- DDT Pro-Wrestling’s KO-D Openweight Championship
- NXT Championship (1 time)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (3 times)
- Slammy Award (1 time)
- NXT Superstar of the Year (2014)
Sami Zayn wife and children
Sami Zayn is currently married to Khadijah Sebei and the pair has one child together. Khadijah first introduced herself to the world before the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view in 2023 where Zayn fought with Roman Reigns. She sat in the front row, throughout the bout and Zayn even planted a kiss on his wife during the fight.