The One Thing EVERYONE Is Getting Wrong About Sami Zayn

WWE WrestleMania season belongs to Sami Zayn. The evidence is there...

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Triple H wasn't the best wrestling booker of 2022, despite what many inevitably furious replies underneath the Wrestling Observer awards tweets when they dropped last week.

Nor, in the coldest reality, though, was winner Tony Khan. Rossy Ogawa has earned raves for his work with Stardom, with the promotion earning the most acclaim of any in Japan after a hot streak that's lasted years. Impact - led by company stalwart Scott D'Amore - similarly has delighted its core audience for well over a year now, with most of the big matches disproving the idea that it's been a zombie promotion since Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff first killed it. And then, bizarrely, there's Shawn Michaels - a man that's masterminded a growth in business for an NXT brand that's either despised or dismissed out-of-hand depending on how your timeline's curated.

‘The Game’s not nailed everything, but he’s done some really good things since his Father-In-Law resigned in disgrace in July 2022. The Intercontinental Championship is in rude health, as is the WWE career of Gunther as a result. The Judgment Day's four members will have three singles matches at WrestleMania, which is two more than Dolph Ziggler has ever had. And if The Bloodline wasn't all his own work, he deserves credit for letting the players play and ensuring that the plot has thickened at the right time.

It won't have escaped your attention that it's WrestleMania season, and the plot is now so thick that it can be dished out across Mondays and Fridays with equal and fascinating consequence.

This is categorically the right time. Why then, are some arguing things have gone wrong?

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett