WWE SmackDown predictions: Long live The Big Dog

2. Sami Zayn Defeats The Miz

Sami Zayn, one of the most impeccable competitors in the WWE today, has been losing consistently since returning to in-ring action on the Raw after WrestleMania 35. Due to these losses, Zayn snapped, and he finally had an epiphany.

Zayn feels that he has fallen into WWE’s traps of greed and selfishness. He feels that he has been trying too hard to win for himself when he should really be trying to win for something larger than himself.

All his life, Zayn has fought for what is right. When he was El Generico in storyline, he helped orphans in Mexico. Now, in his free time, Zayn continuously aims to save lives in Syria.

Due to his way of life, Zayn feels that his path to redemption is through altruism. He conveyed this epiphany to The Miz on Miz TV last week on SmackDown Live, and it seems that Zayn will be executing this altruism with the current Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura.

Considering that Nakamura has trouble speaking fluent English, Zayn is willing to help Nakamura by becoming his spokesperson.

This may seem like a random partnership, but Nakamura’s first match in the WWE was against Zayn at NXT Takeover Dallas in 2016. Not to mention, that match was 5-star material and they showed immense respect to each other after the match.

Since Zayn and Nakamura attacked The Miz and ruined his show, expect some in-ring action to occur between The Miz and either Zayn or Nakamura this week on SmackDown Live.

On behalf of Nakamura, Zayn should defeat The Miz to show that his new altruistic outlook was the key to his redemption all along.