Potential real-life reason why Sami Zayn missed WWE SmackDown

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To add to the rough week, it’s Sami Zayn’s 42nd birthday, which means that WWE had the option of allowing him to hold the title until his birthday but chose not to. Not only that, but Sami wasn’t even on SmackDown last night, so he was unable to exact any revenge.

Sami would have been expected to be on WWE SmackDown this week, not only to address CM Punk following his loss, but to accept the match at Saturday Night’s Main Event or even be part of a promo segment.

Instead, Zayn missed the show, and it became all about Punk, Rhodes, and Gunther instead.

Sami Zayn couldn’t even react to being teamed with Gunther

Sami Zayn announced that he was having a mental health break after losing his title and that was WWE’s cover for the fact that he wouldn’t be on SmackDown this week.

Interestingly, it seems that it will be a very short break, since he will be at Saturday Night’s Main Event in a week. It appears that WWE just needed to write Zayn off the show so that he could have his Birthday week off.

It will be interesting to see if he’s on SmackDown next week and he’s able to address the fact that he’s now Gunther’s tag team partner at Saturday Night’s Main Event, after the two men were opponents at Night of Champions.

Zayn was also the man who defeated Gunther to end his Intercontinental Championship reign back at WrestleMania 40. The two men have a storied history, but they could co-exist if it means that both men will be able to get some revenge on Rhodes and Punk, but it still means that Zayn has been screwed out of his rematch.