Sami Zayn vs. AJ Styles?
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 11:54 am
SAMI ZAYN
Hey listen…I uh…I need one of you to go back there…find me the head booking agent…and have him visit…visit me as soon as possible.
MEDIC
Okay Sami not a problem, you just keep your head down and try not to talk, you’re in some pain.
Sami put his head back down as he looked up in the air not believing his luck, heading to hospital again. The medics shut the door of the ambulance as two medics got inside the ambulance, whilst the arena medical staff stayed behind with the sirens reflecting on the cars as it drove Sami Zayn to the hospital after the vicious attack from Ted DiBiase.
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The next day we’re at the hospital, Sami Zayn was checked overnight but looked a lot better today. Waking up he saw that his abdomen was bandaged up and still winced in a little pain as he touched it. He sat up on his bed and turned on the TV and started to switch the channels back and forth before throwing the remote on to his bed out of frustration. He put his face in his hands as he heard the knock on the door, looking up he answered.
SAMI ZAYN
Yeah, come in.
The booking agent we usually see on EBWF TV walked in with a couple of files and some fruit for Sami, before shaking his hand and pulling up a chair beside the bed.
BOOKING AGENT
Hi Sami, you’re looking a lot better than yesterday, how do you fee…
SAMI ZAYN
Yeah but I wouldn’t have to be feeling better than yesterday if somebody told me what the hell was going to go down! I’d have been prepared or something but the next thing I know Ted decides to attack me without warning? This is on you guys.
BOOKING AGENT
Look Sami, I understand your frustration and I assure you this wasn’t planned and I had no idea about this, you have to believe that but the doctors have told me you should be ready to compete next week, so if you give me the heads up right now I’ll put you in the match.
SAMI ZAYN
Y’know there’s only one person behind this attack, the so called mastermind, he couldn’t handle the fact that I’ll be getting the Intercontinental Championship match before his buddy The Miz, and he was probably a broken man when he saw that I defeated the breadwinner in that group Ted DiBiase last night. I’m ready to compete but you’re going to give me exactly what I want…when I want it before a lawyer gets involved.
BOOKING AGENT
You’re really hanging me out to dry Sami, just tell me what it is you want and I’ll work on it and I’ll let you know tomorrow evening at the latest.
SAMI ZAYN
Well you’ve got three options in my eyes, you either give me a main event match for my rightful Intercontinental Championship shot…you either give me a main event match against The Miz so I can defeat him too…or you give me the man himself in the main event, you get me AJ Styles one on one in the middle of that ring and I defeat him, I expose just what a petty, old and weak man he has become.
BOOKING AGENT
Hmm, I don’t think the Intercontinental Championship match against Syxx will be approved just yet, but I’ll go talk to the board and see what they believe is the best match or direction to go on, you’ll get your main event match Sami, just give me some time to figure out all of the details and I’ll get back to you, hope you’re back on your feet soon. Oh one more thing, I know it may seem a little out there at this point, but whoever you get a match against, on Thursday you’re going to be in a sit-down interview with Michael Cole for the website…talking about the attack and whatnot.
Sami Zayn nodded his head in agreement and looked quite angry at the current situation, the agent walked out as Sami closed his eyes in order to get some rest, in the hope he gets one of the matches he desires next week on Warfare.
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The following day keys are rattling in the lock to Sami Zayn’s apartment, the door slowly swings open as Sami pops his head in and puts the key into his blazer pocket which he is wearing, he takes off his flat cap before throwing it over to his couch and dragging in his briefcase by the handle, holding his abdomen in a little bit of pain. He shuts the door behind him and just drops himself on the couch, very tired. He is about to fall asleep but stops himself and heads over to the kitchen, opening his refrigerator and taking out some milk as he drinks it straight from the carton. He walks over to the telephone and presses a button, signalling he has one new message on his answering machine and it is in fact from the booking agent who visited Sami yesterday at the hospital.
BOOKING AGENT
Hey Sami, looks like you’re not home yet, just wanted to wish you a speedy recovery and get some rest because you have that sit-down interview with Michael Cole tomorrow so please prepare for that the best you can. And as promised I spoke to my superiors and they have given the green light for a main event match for you, your first main event match in this company so cherish it…and it’s not easy as you’ll be going up against AJ Styles. Prepare well, get some rest and I look forward to seeing the interview and your match next week. Bye.
Sami took another gulp of the milk before putting it down and turning off the answering machine. He jumped in the air with a first in excitement that he gets a huge match in the main event against AJ Styles as things seem to be looking up for him. He heads to the bathroom and has a shower before getting changed and walking towards his computer, he moves the mouse around and begins to type on a web browser as he scratches his beard.
SAMI ZAYN
Okay, AJ Styles. Let’s see what we can dig up.
He opens up a number of tabs with different stories regarding his opponent AJ Styles before reading every single article. As he does that, he begins to check on his printer before printing out a number of pages of what he has found, he walked over to the couch and turned on his television before sitting back up and reading through the articles he managed to find.
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It’s Thursday August 7 2014 and we’re in the media department of the EBWF Headquarters where Michael Cole will be sitting down with Sami Zayn in an exclusive one on one interview which will be available on the website the following day. Michael Cole is already sitting on one of the seats looking through some papers as the cameramen and other workers continue what they’re doing. Sami Zayn walks in and goes to greet Michael Cole.
MICHAEL COLE
Hey Sami, good to see you buddy, you excited?
SAMI ZAYN
Yeah Michael, first interview with you so a little nervous but definitely more excited.
MICHAEL COLE
Nothing to be nervous about, just pretend we’re live and surprisingly that works out a lot better.
CAMERAMAN
Guys we’re starting recording in two minutes.
MICHAEL COLE
Take a seat Sami, so I am guessing they’ve gone over the details, what needs to be asked and such.
SAMI ZAYN
Yeah I got told it’s about last week, about next week and the Intercontinental Championship match also so yeah I’m ready.
MICHAEL COLE
That’s perfect, come on guys let’s do this! … Ladies and gentlemen my name is Michael Cole in this weekly sit-down interview segment for EBWF.net, my guest this week is none other than the number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship…Sami Zayn. Sami, great to have you here.
SAMI ZAYN
Thank you for having me Michael.
MICHAEL COLE
Well, the first thing we’d like to talk about is your life as number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship, when d’you plan on activating this title clause? And what should we expect from yourself and match against the champion, Syxx.
SAMI ZAYN
Look for me life is pretty much the same, I still keep my head down, I don’t get into all the media garbage like some superstars do so I am focused on that, regardless of what happened last week and what will continue to happen; the ultimate goal for me here in this company is to become the World Champion, now as a wrestling guy through and through I want the toughest opponent for the World Title so for me I would like y’know a CM Punk, or a Seth Rollins, these tough, gritty wrestling guys like myself and I know to get all of that, I need to use this Intercontinental Championship match…as a platform. Now no disrespect I will be ecstatic if I become champion because this belt is so prestigious, some great champions have held it and I want to be the next. But I know a victory here will put me on the map or the radar for the big one and I believe the way I am going now…I should achieve that dream.
MICHAEL COLE
And what about expectations from yourself, as well as the match against Syxx, what are you expecting?
SAMI ZAYN
Well my expectations of myself are always the same regardless of the match, I expect to win. This company wouldn’t have signed me if I wasn’t a winner, I am an underdog and everyone loves it when an underdog comes out on top. This underdog just happens to be on the rise and certain people in this company won’t be able to stomach that, that drives me on to succeed and I want to do just that against…a great champion in Syxx. He is champion for a reason, so I thought you guys should expect one hell of a match when that match takes place of course, right now we’re focusing on the present.
MICHAEL COLE
Well, let’s go to the past rather than the future or the present Sami…last week, Warfare you defeated Ted DiBiase in a surprising outcome so congratulations on that. But the attack by Ted last week sparked outrage from the EBWF fans, a lot of backstage politics, our social media accounts were blowing up and we understand you were in hospital from that attack as well, what do you have to say about that?
SAMI ZAYN
Well, I AM safe here aren’t I Michael? Ha, I’d hate to see the three creeping up on me again, no I mean it’s what a loser does. I have lost a number of matches I thought I should’ve won, but I haven’t reacted like that. The negative was as you said, hospital, the bandages are still on, still in pain but the positive from this is…I got under the skin of The Trilogy, I showed the world just how weak Ted DiBiase is, Syxx did is last week at Sacrifice when he defeated The Miz, that’s already two of the three down, there’s one left and he will fall like those before him.
MICHAEL COLE
Well Sami, why do you think The Trilogy do what they do?
SAMI ZAYN
That’s not a question you should be asking me really, ask them why they feel the need to do what they want. They’re bored? They need some excitement in their lives? Hanging on to the little bit of relevance they have left? I mean I understand that their careers are probably not where they want them to be, but ruining it for the rest of us that are going somewhere? That’s not good, especially on AJ’s part who I will need to make I keep at bay on Monday.
MICHAEL COLE
So you believe you will defeat AJ Styles at Warfare?
SAMI ZAYN
Yes, I do believe I will defeat him. He isn’t the same is he? I have dirt on him, which highlights not only his incompetence to be a decent competitor in a wrestling business, but also what this business lacks is the balls to drop someone who isn’t worthy of being here anymore. Ten years ago? Sure, I worshipped AJ Styles, everything he stood for, a fantastic wrestler, a likeable guy, doesn’t need help from anyone, he was a role model to guys like me. But to see what one of my role models has become only fuels me to not follow that same path, I won’t need help, I won’t hire two phonies who pose as a threat, when I am done I will leave into the sunset, I won’t hang around like AJ is doing, that final thread of his legacy is all he has left. No more championships for AJ now that I am around, and on Monday I’ll continue to expose those cracks that AJ Styles…is done.
MICHAEL COLE
Erm, what do you have on AJ Styles that you mentioned just a moment ago?
SAMI ZAYN
Well surely you wouldn’t want me revealing it all on here Michael? I am sure you want the viewers to be on the edge of their seats, and tune in on Monday to see what I have to say. That’s all I have got, The Miz has shown he can’t hang at the top, I’ve defeated Ted DiBiase…two down, one to go.
MICHAEL COLE
Thanks for your time Sami.
Sami Zayn stared at Michael Cole with a straight face for a short while as the cameramen waited for an added second before shutting of the cameras.
MICHAEL COLE
Phew, good job Sami; good luck on Monday.
SAMI ZAYN
Thanks Cole.
Sami Zayn walked off straightening his blazer out before leaving the building as the interview airs the following day on the website with some good answers from Sami Zayn.
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August 9 2014, Sami Zayn is in his apartment sitting on his couch until he receives a text message; he opens it up and all it is, is a link to a website. Sami looks at it for a second before contemplating whether to click on it or not. He picks up his iPad from his coffee table and types every single character of the link on the web browser, which leads him to an article on the EBWF website. He stares for a little while reading through it and sighs heavily.
SAMI ZAYN
You cannot be serious.
Sami then picked up his phone and dialled the booking agent who booked him in the match against AJ Styles for Warfare in a couple of days, within seconds he answered.
SAMI ZAYN
What the hell is this?
BOOKING AGENT
Erm, I am going to need a little more context there Sami, we’ve just got out of a meeting.
SAMI ZAYN
Yeah, I know exactly which meeting you have all come out from. You’re suspending AJ Styles? MY opponent for Warfare? You couldn’t suspend him after my match?!
BOOKING AGENT
Look, you know I don’t get a say in it but I had to be there, his actions were unacceptable and the board decided the best course of action to take would be to suspend him immediately, we’ll try arranging something for…
SAMI ZAYN
No, I don’t accept that. YOU are not taking this away from me, I want AJ Styles in the ring on Monday, and I won’t leave that ring until I get him or someone as good for me to defeat, you can’t take this away from me!
BOOKING AGENT
Look, Sami…Sami….calm down I…I understand but you have to look at what happened, he needs to be suspended. That’s all I can say Sami, have a good evening.
The agent hung up on Sami Zayn as he threw his phone back on to the table and sat back like a grumpy kid, he shook his head in disagreement and now it remains to be seen what happens with Sami Zayn at Warfare in Texas
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It’s now Monday August 11 2014, we’re inside the Toyota Center in Houston Texas where Monday Night Warfare is taking place this week. We have seen the opening two matches thus far as the cameras go backstage where Renee Young is standing with her guest.
RENEE YOUNG
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest at this time…Sami Zayn, Sami it’s great to see you’re able to compete tonight, do you think you’ll have an opponent?
SAMI ZAYN
Thanks Renee, as you can see I’m still not fully healed with this bandage on but I’m ready to compete, ready to win. I hope I have an opponent, I haven’t heard anything yet so I’m guessing they’re either surprising me because we love each other so much…or the obvious and they just don’t care about me, or the state of wrestling. Either way, I’m still holding out for AJ Styles to turn up, it’s not over until it’s over Renee…
Sami Zayn walked off still hoping he would get AJ Styles tonight, which looked unlikely but Sami will still be in the ring before his match in a short while.
Later on in the night, just before the scheduled main event was supposed to begin we hear Worlds Apart blast on the PA System as the fans erupt in cheers and clap along to his music as Sami emerges on the stage with a smile on his face. He jogs down the ramp, high fiving some of the fans and the children before getting into the ring. He walks around and takes a microphone with a huge smile on his face due to the immense reaction he is receiving. Eventually the fans calmed down and Zayn was able to talk.
SAMI ZAYN
Wild crowd tonight in Houston! Great to be back here in front of you guy but let’s be honest you guys want me and AJ Styles ripping each other limb from limb tonight don’t you? Well by the looks of things, that won’t be happening, yeah tell me about it. In fact I have no idea if I am even competing tonight! But what makes me laugh is that AJ Styles comes across as a brash, confident, cocky individual who doesn’t play by the rules. He breaks rules, every single week, he did it last week as well. Yet AJ is letting a suspension keep him away from the arena? Looks like AJ is probably all talk and no action if he doesn’t turn up here tonight. Break one more rule AJ, nobody will hate you even more than they already do for this match, or should I expect one of your cronies to come down here and readjust my ribs or perhaps you’ve given them orders that you need a spine, so they’ll come and try taking mine? Who knows, they answer to you and only you because the three of you are worthless. I did some digging AJ, it hit me WHY you’re still around. No, not just to remain relevant, that ship sailed a long time ago…but because you need money. Simple as that, you changed the way you lived your life, or showed us how you really live your life, you live it on social media, you live it with various women, and you live a lavish lifestyle that most of us would love to have. I did some digging AJ, into your life and it’s certainly…interesting.
Sami reached down and put the microphone on the mat before pulling folded pieces of paper from the sides of his wrestling gear, he unfolded them and laughed at them all as he looked through them. He picked up the microphone once more as he continued.
SAMI ZAYN
I love how the EBWF website allows us to access older stories and records, the archives, awesome…ah what do we have okay let’s start with this…wow, seriously…”Sources claim after splitting from Canadian girlfriend Trish Stratus after almost two years of dating, AJ Styles has reportedly rebounded with someone even further down the fame ladder, Michelle McCool”…Honestly, can any of you guys tell me who AJ Styles is dating right now? Jerry? Any input? No, I think I’ve lost count as well, this, THIS makes the news that AJ Styles is dating somebody new, THIS is what people are reporting? Not real achievements but crap like this this? It sickens me! NOBODY cares who you’re dating because inside this ring it won’t matter who you’re dating to me, you could bed the boss or take three divas at once either way I’m going to kick your ass. Ha, AJ Styles is dating someone new, I mean you refuse to report real achievements, on real current day and relevant wrestlers but you go all TMZ, not good at all. Let’s see, what do we have next. Ah, this was a good one, really made me chuckle a little AJ… “AJ Styles reportedly got into an altercation with a fan at a EBWF house show”…huh would you look at that, in Canada. It seems all of your downfall is coming from my Country…”Styles was heckled by a fan before his match, he grabbed a chair and brought it over to the fan to use, the fan pushed it away and Styles shoved the fan.” Wow, what are you doing in this business if you can’t take some stick from the crowd? What are you, a nine year old girl? You can’t stand it can you, I mean if you’re in the arena or sat at home with, oh breaking news ladies and gentlemen, AJ Styles is sat at home with ANOTHER new girlfriend! I must really be pissing you off if you can’t stand a heckling fan AJ, don’t challenge these fans to a fight, get your balls out of your purse and break one more rule and get your ass into this ring.
Fans cheered as Sami Zayn now walked around a lot more confidently, scrunching up the piece of paper and throwing it pout of the ring and bringing out another.
SAMI ZAYN
These, these are the ones I needed. These papers made me realise what you’re still doing here; you have no money AJ. You’re broke. You have nothing. “AJ Styles has been fined $25,000 for violating the concussion policy where the stunt of using a folded metal chair shot to the head is prohibited.” I bet that hurt, I am standing here AJ, you can bring three chairs for all I care, the fact is you’re past it…so I’ll still kick your ass. What else, oh this was a big one AJ, this one I am surprised you managed to survive… “AJ Styles has been fined $100,000 for a second violation of the concussion policy.” Now I don’t know if you just think you’re a badass and can get away with anything or you’re just plain stupid. $125,000 in fines, wow that is…that is something. That’s more than I earn a year that’s for damn sure. How are you surviving? How are you feeding you and your family? How are you not going to one strip club to another and as you say ‘making it rain’ on the women you love so much? Then again, it hit me. What would I do, if I was an old, aging, fading man in a wrestling business where my legacy is being threatened by people better than me? Why create a faction of course! They can do the hard work whilst I sit back and enjoy the rewards! Oh, would you look at that, I have debt to pay off, I know – let’s bring in a talentless fool like Ted DiBiase who could go to his daddy and ask for an advance on his weekly allowance so he can pay off his friends fines, only for him to repeat the same idiotic mistakes over and over and over again. I suggest you get on the phone to Ted right now AJ, because when I finally get my hands on you I want to make sure your best friend Ted DiBiase puts you up in the finest hospital room in the state. I’m going to make sure you’re not remembered here, I’ll overtake you as a superstar, I’ll be a better World Champion than you, and I’ll make sure I don’t get suspensions either AJ. Come down AJ, isn’t this how you like your opponent? Already weak and on the back foot? Everything is in your favour right now, step up to the plate when it matters so I can expose you for whatever little you have left in you and show that without The Miz or Ted DiBiase, you’re now nothing but a worthless piece of trash.
Sami Zayn dropped the microphone and scrunched the papers up and again and dropped them, he waited in the corner jumping up and down on the spot, waiting for someone, anyone to come down and face Sami Zayn in the main event of Warfare as the fans cheered into a commercial break.[/center]