10 Wrestlers Who Suffered The Most From WrestleMania 34

5. Sami Zayn

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From a kayfabe standpoint, Sami Zayn is one of WWE's biggest losers at the moment.

He and Kevin Owens have been a plague on SmackDown's authority figures and main event scene. They've spent months agitating those in power, and took things way too far a few weeks ago, when they brutally assaulted Daniel Bryan the same night he'd announced his in-ring comeback. This prompted the General Manager to give the duo a chance to win their jobs back at WrestleMania 34, thus undoing the bulls***tery that saw them punted in the first place. It was a battle they'd never win, and predictably, Zayn and Owens fell.

Sami was largely responsible for this. It was him who talked smack to Bryan before the end, prompting his former boss to fire up, beat the tar out of him, then put him away with the Yes! Lock. A crippling loss for a man with a huge point to prove, and one that keeps him and KO stuck in free agency.

It's an interesting storyline, and Zayn and Owens had to lose in New Orleans, but Sami looked like a mug.

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