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A fan favorite WWE star could be in position for a big push, or at least was.

Over the last couple of weeks, it’s been reported that WWE creative has heavily changed heading towards WrestleMania. We heard about some of those creative ideas ahead of that, though.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp heard throughout the week on the WWE European tour that Sami Zayn had been discussed and even tentatively planned for a world championship match ahead of WrestleMania.

Zayn was factored in to the qualifier matches for top contendership on the European tour and made it to the finals. The Royal Rumble was an event thrown our way as a possibility, before it being reiterated that it was “likely before WrestleMania.”

We aren’t sure if that has changed in light of creative pivots.

One source near WWE creative said that this has been a story beat many on the team were hoping to get to since the Sami Zayn and Karrion Kross storyline that happened throughout 2025.