The tournament will begin on this week’s episode of SmackDown and it puts into question the events that led to WWE making the decision to take the title off of Sami Zayn.
Sportskeeda’s Tom Colohue and host Korey Gunz discussed the IC title situation and Sami Zayn’s status on the most recent edition of the Dropkick DiSKussions podcast.
Tom stated that the WWE asked Sami Zayn a few times whether he was ready to return to action before stripping him of the title. Sami, however, was not certain about his future and it was speculated that he made a decision about his future after working the WrestleMania 36 PPV, where he defended the title against Daniel Bryan.
The WWE officials realized that Sami Zayn won’t be able to return for the foreseeable future and wasted no time in declaring the title as vacant and announcing a tournament to get a new titleholder.
The storylines had to be rewritten and the tournament seemed like the most logical call given the circumstances.
Tom revealed the following:
When will Sami Zayn return?
Sami Zayn has not appeared on WWE TV of late due to the health concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and there are is no known timeframe with regards to his return.
WWE will be moving forward without the leader of ‘The Artist Collective’ and a new IC Champion will be crowned soon, irrespective of Zayn voicing his displeasure on social media.
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