(1984-07-12) July 12, 1984 (age 39) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Spouse(s)
Khadijah Sebei
(m. 2018)
[1]
Children
1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Big Larry[2] El Generico[3] Rami Sebei[4] Sami Zayn[5] Stevie McFly[4]
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[5]
Billed weight
212 lb (96 kg)[5]
Billed from
Montreal, Quebec, Canada[5] Tijuana, Mexico[3]
Trained by
Jerry Tuite[6] Savio Vega[6]
Debut
March 1, 2002[7]
Rami Sebei (Arabic: رامي سباعي; born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Sami Zayn, and is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion in his fourth reign.
Prior to joining WWE, Sebei wrestled for Ring of Honor under the ring name El Generico, using the character of a luchador from Mexico with the catchphrase "Olé!"[8] He wrestled while masked from his debut in 2002 until 2013. Upon signing with WWE and taking on the ring name Sami Zayn, he began wrestling without a mask in WWE's developmental brand NXT, eventually winning the NXT Championship. After being promoted to the main roster, he would become a four-time Intercontinental Champion. Starting in 2022, Zayn's popularity with fans would begin to skyrocket thanks to his critically acclaimed work with The Bloodline faction.[9] In addition to his WWE accomplishments, Zayn also wrestled in the main event of several pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania 39, where he became one half of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions (the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships) alongside longtime best friend Kevin Owens.
Sebei achieved much success in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) as a two-time PWG World Champion and five-time World Tag Team Champion. He is the only person 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. He has also held the ROH World Television Championship and the ROH World Tag Team Championship as part of a team with Kevin Steen, with whom he later earned the 2010 Feud of the Year award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He is also a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion for the Montreal-based International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS). Having wrestled internationally, he won the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship in Germany and DDT Pro-Wrestling's KO-D Openweight Championship in Japan.
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^"Sami Zayn Betraying Roman Reigns, Bloodline Is WWE's Greatest Storyline Ever". Bleacher Report. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
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Championship (the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships) once with SamiZayn. With the tag team championships win, Owens became the 23rd overall Grand...
Solo Sikoa and SamiZayn) defeated The Brawling Brutes, Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens in a WarGames match. Tensions between The Usos and Zayn resurfaced in...
to defeat Cesaro, Nakamura, King Corbin, and Intercontinental Champion SamiZayn in an eight-man tag team match. On the February 19, 2021 episode of SmackDown...
match on Night 2 a Bloodline Rules match. In other prominent matches, SamiZayn defeated Gunther to win Raw's Intercontinental Championship, ending the...
Champion. In other prominent matches, Jackass's Johnny Knoxville defeated SamiZayn in an Anything Goes match and Edge defeated AJ Styles. Night 2 also featured...
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to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship from Kevin Owens and SamiZayn. The next night on NXT, Dominik claimed his first singles title when he...
match, while Bryan teamed with Shane McMahon to defeat Kevin Owens and SamiZayn. Also, The Undertaker defeated John Cena in an impromptu match. Also on...
Priest, Women's World Champion Becky Lynch, Intercontinental Champion SamiZayn, and World Tag Team Champions Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) for...
Solo Sikoa and SamiZayn) defeated The Brawling Brutes, Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens in a WarGames match. Tensions between The Usos and Zayn resurfaced in...
after being saved by SamiZayn from McMahon's Leap of Faith from the top of the cell to the announcer's table, was dragged by Zayn to pin McMahon. On the...
against Kevin Owens and SamiZayn. Following Backlash, Lashley entered into a feud with SamiZayn, culminating with Lashley facing Zayn in a victorious effort...
SmackDown, Reigns successfully defended his title against SamiZayn after Lesnar attacked Zayn. On the December 17 episode of SmackDown, Reigns fired Heyman...
Solo Sikoa and SamiZayn) defeated The Brawling Brutes, Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens in a WarGames match. Tensions between The Usos and Zayn resurfaced in...
March 8, SamiZayn, along with Nakamura and Cesaro, defeated Braun Strowman in 3-on-1 handicap match for the Intercontinental Championship; Zayn won by...
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