History YMMV / SamiZayn

** Feelin’ Ucey.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After Jey Uso accidentally shouts that he doesn't care what Roman thinks, Zayn quickly covers up Jey's FreudianSlip by telling Roman that hasn't been feeling "very usey" lately. It's notable that this caused the Bloodline to start corpsing with Reigns stating in disbelief that Jey has lost his "inner Ucey".[[/labelnote]]

** In a meeting with the Bloodline, Sami covers for Jey's bluff on "Not giving a damn on what the Tribal Chief thinks" by stating he hasn't been feeling "very ucey". This was notable for having nearly everyone in the ring corpsing, particularly Roman Reigns.

** Much in the vein of "[[Videogame/StreetFighter Guile's]] Theme Goes With Everything", now we have "Sami Zayn Theme Goes With Every Anime Opening" on Website/YouTube.

* SignatureScene: In a recreation of Seth Rollins' infamous "There's always a Plan B", Sami strikes Roman Reigns from the back with a steel chair at the end of ''Royal Rumble 2023''.

** Feelin’ Ucey.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After Jey Uso accidentally shouts that he doesn't care what Roman thinks, Zayn quickly covers up Jey's confession by telling Roman that he's lost his "inner Ucey", to which Roman states that Jey isn't "Feelin' Ucey". It's notable that this caused the Bloodline to start corpsing.[[/labelnote]]

** "MY DAWG!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Painfully un-hip Sami trying to mimic the Usos slang, it comes off as the living embodiment of that Steve Buscemi "how do you do fellow kids" meme.[[/labelnote]]

* SignatureScene: In a recreation of Seth Rollins' infamous "There's always a Plan B", he strikes Roman Reigns from the back with a steel chair at the end of ''Royal Rumble 2023''.

** Wrestling/StephanieMcmahon has confessed onscreen that she can't stand him. She finds [[EvilCannotComprehendGood his positive "underdog" persona]] cloying. Now, given that Sami hasn't gotten a huge push yet, this seems sort of random... until you realize that he probably reminds Stephanie ''a lot'' of [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson another underdog former indy wrestler she didn't like...]]

* SignatureScene: In a recreation of Triple H's infamous "There's always a Plan B", he strikes Roman Reigns from the back with a steel chair at the end of ''Royal Rumble 2023''.

** Feelin’ Ucey.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After Jey Uso accidentally shouts that he doesn't care what Roman thinks, Zayn quickly covers up Jey's confession by telling Roman that he's lost his "inner Ucey", to which Roman states that Jey isn't "Feelin' Ucey". It's notable that this caused the Bloodline to start copsing.[[/labelnote]]

** Feelin’ Ucey.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After Jey Uso accidentally shouts that he doesn't care what Roman thinks, Zayn quickly covers up Jey's confession by telling Reigns that he's not "feeling Ucey".[[/labelnote]]

* SignatureScene: In a recreation of Triple H's infamous "There's always a Plan B", he strikes Roman Reigns from the back with a steel chair at the end of ''Royal Rumble 2022''.

** Feelin’ Ucey.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After Jey Uso accidentally shouts that he doesn't care what Roman thinks, Zayn quickly covers up Jey's confession by telling Reigns that he's not "feeling Ucey".[[/note]]

** Feelin’ Ucey.

* AwardSnub: Despite his accolades in other promotions, his stellar NXT and main-roster work, and the fact that he's one of the very few wrestlers smarks and marks alike seem to love, it took him until March 2020 - a full five years since his NXT title win -- to win a single title in WWE's main roster, winning the Intercontinental Title at ''Elimination Chamber''.

* AwardSnub: Despite his accolades in other promotions, his stellar NXT and main-roster work, and the fact that he's one of the very few wrestlers smarks and marks alike seem to love, Sami Zayn has never won a ''single'' main-roster title in WWE.
** It took him until March 2020 - a full five years since his NXT title win - to snap the streak, winning the Intercontinental Title at ''Elimination Chamber''.

** Sami’s goodwill with the crowd is so all-encompassing that Wrestling/RomanReigns is getting face pops as a heel bigger than he did as a face simply for taking Sami’s side in the one-sided feud inside the Bloodline between Sami and Jey.

* ToughActToFollow: Sami has a tendency to outright steal the show when given the right opponent.

** Sami’s goodwill with the crowd is so all-encompassing that RomanReigns is getting face pops as a heel bigger than he did as a face simply for taking Sami’s side in the one-sided feud inside the Bloodline between Sami and Jey.

* HoYay: With [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Owens]]. It dates all the way back to their days teaming together in the indies as Kevin Steen and El Generico. After the betrayal that started what many considered to be the greatest feud in Wrestling/RingOfHonor history, it turned into FoeYay and it became very clear that they, as Steen put it, were "destined to do this ''forever''." It was ''months'' before El Generico finally found it in himself to hit Kevin Steen, and that was only after the encouragement of Wrestling/ColtCabana and Steen's constant abuse. To say nothing of the mind games, the heated stares, Steen's fixation with Generico's mask... upon rewatching the entire feud, the HomoeroticSubtext of their rivalry (which was possibly acknowledged at ''Final Battle 2010'' when Steen ''kissed Generico on the lips'') becomes much more evident. Thus, it should come as no surprise that the feud continued in NXT, and then again on the WWE main roster. It comes off as a very bitter breakup at times, or a love/hate MasochismTango that has them intertwined for eternity, which both have {{lampshaded}}: