3-time WWE champion suddenly ambushes Sami Zayn on SmackDown

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The main event of the night saw Sami Zayn defeat his United States Championship successor, Dragunov, to qualify for the Fatal Four-Way match. That was when Williams blindsided Zayn and flattened him with his finisher, Trick Shot.

Thus, Williams’ attack on the OG Bloodline member signals that he is already trying to weaken the competition. He also fired shots at Randy Orton and Damian Priest after his win over Cardona in a backstage interview with Cathy Kelley.

However, this led The Punisher to challenge Williams to a match on next week’s episode of SmackDown. Since the match will take place just a day ahead of the Fatal Four-Way match at Saturday Night’s Main Event, Willy now risks exhaustion ahead of the big fight.

Sami Zayn sent a direct challenge to Drew McIntyre

Before facing Ilja Dragunov, Sami Zayn was in a backstage segment with Drew McIntyre. The former four-time Intercontinental Champion said he would see The Scottish Warrior at Royal Rumble, with the Undisputed Title on the line.

In response, McIntyre said Zayn wouldn’t be able to defeat him even if he made it to the Rumble, since he had never been able to do it before. Notably, The Scotsman has an 11-0 record against the Canadian wrestler.

Sami Zayn had said that he had a feeling that McIntyre would walk out as the winner of the Three Stages of Hell match on last week’s episode of SmackDown. It would be interesting to see if Zayn and McIntyre face each other at the 2026 Royal Rumble.