As Sportskeeda’s Tom Colohue mentioned on this week’s episode of the Dropkick DiSKussions podcast (28:00 mark of the video below), Zayn will not be competing in WWE for the foreseeable future due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sami Zayn stripped of the IC title
Paul Davis noted that top Superstars’ positions in WWE are safe if they choose not to work during the pandemic.
However, following the decision to strip Sami Zayn of the Intercontinental Championship, there is a feeling internally in WWE that Superstars further down the card will lose their spots if they do not perform.
Friday’s episode of SmackDown saw Elias defeat King Corbin and Daniel Bryan defeat Drew Gulak to advance in an eight-man tournament to crown the new Intercontinental Champion.
Meanwhile, in NXT, a tournament is taking place to determine an Interim Cruiserweight Champion, as the title’s current holder, Jordan Devlin is unable to make the trip from Ireland to the US due to travel restrictions.
Davis added that Vince McMahon could have taken a similar approach with the Intercontinental Championship, and the contrasting title situations with Sami Zayn and Jordan Devlin have “not gone unnoticed” backstage.
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