Sami Zayn Likes Story With Karrion Kross, Finds It ‘Really Interesting’ How Fans Have Gotten Behind Kross

Insight into Zayn’s mind about the program.

Coming up on night one of the two-night WWE SummerSlam PLE is a singles bout between Sami Zayn and Karrion Kross. The two have been at odds for the greater portion of 2025. They are 1-1 in singles matches this year.

To promote the bout, Zayn was interviewed by the Toronto Sun. He said the program has been a slow burn, and they’ve been tied to one another for most of the year. Zayn wishes there was some ‘recent steam’ on it.

He added that he likes the story that’s been told and said it’s been ‘really interesting’ to see how the fans have rallied behind Kross.

“Well, you know, it’s funny because for as much as a slow burn as it has been, I’ve kind of been loosely attached to him (Karrion Kross) for almost the entire year. I’d have to go back and see when our first interaction is, but, it would probably be, you know, towards the beginning of this year. So it really is something that’s been slowly, slowly simmering for, I don’t know, probably close to six, seven, eight months. I really don’t know but, all this to say, despite that, I kind of wish there was a little bit more recent steam on it. I know things have kind of picked up in the last month with he and I. But to watch the way fans have sort of got behind him in a way recently is really interesting to me. Really interesting because he hasn’t been given a whole lot. It’s just been like, a minute back here, a minute back there, sprinkled over several, several months, and that slow burn, as you put it, has kind of, I don’t know, made people a lot more intrigued and just really wanna see him get more of an opportunity and I’m interested in — I like the story that we’re telling here. I typically like stories about broader issues. Not just you punch me in the face and I punched you in the face. Now, I’m gonna get even with you. These are morality issues and talking about — his worldview as a character is talking about how everyone is sort of corrupted and everyone is evil deep down and I represent sort of the opposite. As someone who tries to do his very best to fight the good fight and is doubling down on being incorruptible, even in the face of temptation and shortcoming. This thing about the World Title being the backdrop for all of it, about being unable to achieve this big goal, and the issue being that perhaps I’m too good to do what needs to be done. This life lesson that’s kind of being taught like, oh, well, you gotta get your hands dirty if you wanna get ahead and the character kind of rejects that so I think it plays to much deeper issues and those are the kind of stories I like to tell. I wish we had a bit more time to lean into that really. But as I said, it has been a slow burn but I wish we could really, you know, get our hands in the dough on that one. Because I think that’s kind of been the subtle — that’s the undertone and what’s kind of underpinning the whole story but, I wish it was a little bit more at the front of it all, you know?”

Fightful Select reported that Kross and Scarlett’s WWE contracts expire in August. Kross commented on the conversations about their statuses, and to read that, click here.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit Toronto Sun with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.