Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Rami Sebei (رامي السباعي)
- Ring Names
- Sami Zayn ( February 13, 2013 - Present )
- El Generico ( July 14, 2002 - February 12, 2013 )
- Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- Weight
- 212 lbs (96 kg)
- Born July 12, 1984 (age 36)
- 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 ( July 14, 2002 - Present )
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion WWE Brand SmackDown
October 14, 2019 Present Promotion WWE Brand Raw
April 16, 2018 October 13, 2019 Promotion WWE Brand SmackDown
April 11, 2017 April 15, 2018 Promotion WWE Brand Raw
July 19, 2016 April 10, 2017 Promotion WWE
March 7, 2016 July 18, 2016 Promotion WWE Brand NXT
February 13, 2013 April 1, 2016 Promotion PWG
November 13, 2004 January 12, 2013 Promotion ROH
February 19, 2005 December 16, 2012 Promotion EVOLVE
April 13, 2012 December 8, 2012 Promotion CHIKARA
February 9, 2005 November 11, 2012 Promotion DG USA
March 31, 2012 November 4, 2012 Promotion DRAGON GATE
July 15, 2007 October 31, 2009 Promotion WXW
March 19, 2005 September 15, 2012 Promotion CZW
September 11, 2004 August 12, 2006 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Heel October 8, 2017 Present Face September 11, 2004 October 7, 2017 - Images Aug 2020Apr 2018Mar 2016Feb 2013Mar 2002
- 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 ( July 14, 2002 - February 12, 2013 )
- Spike Brainbuster ( July 14, 2002 - February 12, 2013 )
- Theme Songs
- Theme Song "World's Apart" by CFO$ - Single ( May 30, 2014 - Present )
- 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 ( July 14, 2002 - February 12, 2013 )
Titles & Accomplishments
- Titles Won
World Wrestling Entertainment
- 2 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)
- 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 the PWI 500 (2015)
Relations
- Tag Teams & Stables
- The Artist Collective - Cesaro, Shinsuke Nakamura ( August 20, 2019 - August 28, 2020 )
- Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn - Kevin Owens ( April 16, 2019 - June 30, 2019 )
- 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 )