Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Rami Sebei (رامي السباعي)
- Ring Names
- Sami Zayn ( February 13, 2013 - Present)
- El Generico ( March 3, 2002 - February 12, 2013)
- Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- Weight
- 212 lbs (96 kg)
- Born July 12, 1984 (age 38)
- Birth Place Laval, Quebec, Canada
- Billed From
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Nicknames The Great Liberator; The Underdog from the Underground; The Guardian Angel
Career History
- Roles
- Wrestler ( March 3, 2002 - Present)
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion 
October 14, 2019 Present Promotion April 16, 2018 October 13, 2019 Promotion April 11, 2017 April 15, 2018 Promotion July 19, 2016 April 10, 2017 Promotion March 7, 2016 July 18, 2016 Promotion February 13, 2013 April 1, 2016 Promotion November 13, 2004 January 12, 2013 Promotion ROHFebruary 19, 2005 December 16, 2012 Promotion EVOLVEApril 13, 2012 December 8, 2012 Promotion CHIKARAFebruary 9, 2005 November 11, 2012 Promotion DG USAMarch 31, 2012 November 4, 2012 Promotion DRAGON GATEJuly 15, 2007 October 31, 2009 Promotion March 19, 2005 September 15, 2012 Promotion September 11, 2004 August 12, 2006 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Heel October 8, 2017 Present Face March 3, 2002 October 7, 2017 - Images
May 2022Jan 2022
Feb 2021
Aug 2020
Apr 2018
Mar 2016
Feb 2013
Mar 2002
ROH
EVOLVE
CHIKARA
DG USA
DRAGON GATE
- Finishers
- Helluva Kick - Running Big Boot to a cornered opponent ( February 13, 2013 - Present)
- Reverse STO + Koji Clutch ( February 13, 2013 - April 1, 2016)
- Brainbustah!!!!! - Super Brainbuster onto the top turnbuckle ( March 3, 2002 - February 12, 2013)
- Spike Brainbuster ( March 3, 2002 - February 12, 2013)
- Theme Songs
- Theme Song "This Is It" by def rebel - Single ( October 22, 2021 - Present)
- Theme Song "World's Apart" by CFO$ - Single ( May 30, 2014 - October 21, 2021)
- Theme Song "Lower the Boom" by Fifth Floor - Single ( October 1, 2013 - May 29, 2014)
- Theme Song "3 Minute Record" by The Berettas - Single ( February 13, 2013 - September 30, 2013)
- Theme Song "¡Olé!" by The Bouncing Souls - Single ( March 3, 2002 - February 12, 2013)
Titles & Accomplishments
- Titles Won
World Wrestling Entertainment
- 3 WWE Intercontinental Championship
- 1 NXT Championship
Ring of Honor
- 1 ROH World Tag Team Championship (with Kevin Steen)
- 1 ROH World Television Championship
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
- 2 PWG World Championship
- 5 PWG World Tag Team Championship (2 with Kevin Steen, 1 with Human Tornado, 1 with Quicksilver, 1 with Paul London)
Britannia Wrestling Promotions
- 1 PWI:BWP World Catchweight Championship
DDT Pro-Wrestling / Union Pro Wrestling
- 1 DDT Extreme Division Championship
- 1 KO-D Openweight Championship
GBG Wrestling
- 1 GBG Heavyweight Championship
International Wrestling Syndicate
- 2 IWS Heavyweight Championship
- 1 IWS Tag Team Championship (with Twiggy)
North Shore Pro Wrestling
- 1 NSPW Championship
Pro Wrestling Prestige
- 1 PWP Heavyweight Championship
Puerto Rico Wrestling Association
- 1 PRWA Caribbean Championship
STHLM Wrestling
- 1 STHLM Wrestling Championship
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- 1 wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship
- Other Accomplishments
- WWE Slammy Award - NXT Superstar of the Year (2014)
- WWE Bumpy Award - Social Moment of the Half-Year (2021)
- ROH Match of the Decade (2010s - vs. Kevin Steen at Final Battle 2012)
- PWG Battle of Los Angeles Winner (2011)
- PWG Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament Winner (2010 - with Paul London)
- Chikara Rey de Voladores (2011)
- wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament Winner (2012)
- Association de Lutte Féminine's Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament Winner (2007 - with LuFisto)
- DDT Best Foreigner Award Winner (2012)
- Elite Wrestling Revolution's Elite 8 Tournament Winner (2004)
- 23° in PWI 500 (2015)
- WON Feud of the Year (2010 - vs. Kevin Steen)
- WON Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award (2020 - for running "Sami for Syria")
Relations
- Tag Teams & Stables
- The Bloodline - Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Paul Heyman, Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa ( May 27, 2022 - Present)
- Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn - Kevin Owens ( April 16, 2019 - June 30, 2019)
- The Artist Collective - Cesaro / Claudio Castagnoli, Shinsuke Nakamura ( August 20, 2019 - August 28, 2020)
- Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn - Kevin Owens ( October 8, 2017 - June 17, 2018)
- 3.Ole! - Scott Parker, Shane Matthews ( April 15, 2011 - June 24, 2012)
- Peligro Abejas - Paul London ( May 9, 2010 - January 8, 2011)
- El Generico & Kevin Steen - Kevin Owens ( December 11, 2004 - December 19, 2009)
- Tozawa-juku - Akira Tozawa, Taku Iwasa, Kenichiro Arai, Koji Shishido, Shinobu, Yuki Ono ( July 10, 2008 - September 16, 2008)
- Cape Fear - Quicksilver ( January 7, 2006 - February 10, 2007)
- Two Skinny Black Guys - Human Tornado ( July 9, 2005 - January 21, 2006)
- Team Photosynthesis - Beef Wellington ( January 8, 2005 - September 17, 2005)
