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“Gimmick Change Coming Soon” – Sami Zayn Announces Amid WWE Absence

By Monika Thapa • Published Dec 10, 2025 08:39 EST
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Sami Zayn hasn’t appeared on WWE TV for a while.

The last Zayn had a match in WWE was on the November 21 edition of Friday Night SmackDown.

He teamed up with The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), Rey Fenix, and Shinsuke Nakamura to take on MFT (JC Mateo, Solo Sikoa, Talla Tonga, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) in a Survivor Series Style Elimination match.

Zayn held the United States Championship for two months earlier this year. He lost the title during an open challenge to Ilja Dragunov, who made his return after almost a year of absence.

Ever since he lost the title, Zayn’s current gimmick has experienced stagnation. WWE hasn’t found something useful for him, but that’s about to change soon.

While responding to a fan tweet on X/Twitter, Zayn revealed he is going to adopt a new gimmick in WWE soon.

Sam Roberts Predicts A Big Change For WWE Star Sami Zayn

On the new episode of his Notsam Wrestling podcast, WWE analyst Sam Roberts predicted a look change for Sami Zayn.

He made this prediction after many fans on Twitter speculated that Zayn is the mystery man in WWE who attacked CM Punk at Survivor Series.

Sami Zayn is a name that’s been thrown around. And there are people going, ‘I don’t know about that Sami Zayn,’ because I think people are waiting for a refresh on Sami Zayn. I think it’s time for a refresh on Sami Zayn.

But what if Sami Zayn wasn’t so lovable? What if Sami Zayn wasn’t so everyman? What if Sami Zayn wasn’t that guy that just worked hard and, ‘Gee golly, I’m gonna get it done?’

What if Sami Zayn shaved his head? What if Sami Zayn shaved his head and cut his beard short? He can cut his beard all the way off, but cut his beard short and shaved his head.

And he just became somebody that was actually using what he’s got in the ring, using the tools that he’s got, to be brutal.

What if it was no more ‘Mr Nice Guy’ Sami Zayn? I think there’s a version of this where Sami Zayn becomes very compelling, and I think that a refresh on Sami Zayn would be good for Sami Zayn.

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