4 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb 19 - Results & Review)

2. Making Believers Of Us All

Only Sami Zayn could take a losing streak and turn it into a believable quest to win a World Title at WrestleMania.

Zayn once again was on the losing end last week, and once again, he conducted an interview where he talked about his window to WrestleMania 40 closing and that ne needs to get back on track. Monday, he spoke about hitting “the pause button” on his rivalry with Drew McIntyre because he knew how “stuck” he can get on things and people, and he needed to focus because it’s WrestleMania season.

That’s when Sami reiterated that there still is a path to 'Mania that is going to present itself, and that he didn’t get this far without trusting his gut. He opined that he can do something historic, pledging that he will be a champion.

In anyone else’s hands and mouths, this material would ring hollow. But Zayn just makes you believe in him. He has the innate ability to channel people’s optimism and hope and direct it at him. And next week, he gets his rematch against Shinsuke Nakamura, which would be the perfect way to start working his way back into the WrestleMania picture.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.