Posted on 6/28/126 by Colin Vassallo
Tenth time was the charm for Sami Zayn, who last night at
Night of Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, won the WWE
championship in a triple threat match against Cody Rhodes
and Gunther.
The ending of the match came when Rhodes hit a double Cross
Rhodes on Zayn and Gunther at the same time, but Rhodes went
for another one on Zayn, who he held on to, but the Canadian
went for a cradle and pinned the champion, sending the crowd
and the commentary team bananas.
It was a full circle moment for Zayn, who when WWE started
going to Saudi, was not even allowed to participate due to
him being born to Syrian parents. Today, he was the mega
face in the match, with the Saudi crowd clearly behind him.
A very emotional Zayn received the WWE title from the
referee in the middle of the ring, and then celebrated by
jumping in the crowd with the fans.
“Ten years I’ve been in WWE,” Sami said. “They’d said I
would never do it. I would never win it, well here it is!”
Congratulations to the new champion!