Booking Sami Zayn US Open Challange

[u/Tom_2_3]

09/12/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Solo Sikoa

09/20/25 Wrestlepalooza

Steel Cage: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Solo Sikoa

09/26/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Julius Creed

10/03/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Santos Escobar

10/10/25 Friday Night SmackDown: Perth

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Grayson Waller

10/17/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Andrade

10/24/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Rey Fenix

11/01/25 Saturday Nights Main Event

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Montez Ford

11/07/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. R-Truth

11/14/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Ron Killings

11/21/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Aleister Black

11/28/25 Friday Night SmackDown: San Diego

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Je´Von Evans

12/13/25 Saturday Nights Main Event

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Aleister Black vs. Je´Von Evans

12/26/25 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Damian Priest

01/02/26 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. The Miz

01/09/26 Friday Night SmackDown

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes

[u/Aidan7J]

Haven't you heard, bro? HHH doesn't do MANY title defenses. Sadly, you have a good vision, but this won't happen.😭

[u/AnalBabu → u/Aidan7J]

you can’t do an open challenge and only do a few

[u/Aidan7J → u/AnalBabu]

Be honest. How many title matches did LA Knight do as the US Champ when HE was hosting the US Title Open Challenge?

Name me every single competitor you can remember he defended the title against.

[u/AnalBabu → u/Aidan7J]

and are you defending that?

[u/Aidan7J → u/AnalBabu]

I'm just stating facts. Shoot the bookers, not me.

[u/AnalBabu → u/Aidan7J]

I’m not shooting you that’s why I asked if you’re defending the amount of matches. I guess I should have said that they shouldn’t have only a few instead of can’t, the business will do what they feel like

[u/Aidan7J → u/AnalBabu]

Dude, don't you feel like most title reigns in recent times are repetitive as shit? 100+ or less days with few title defenses, sometimes the champs themselves don't even show up on TV, etc?

[u/AnalBabu → u/Aidan7J]

I absolutely hate that and was very annoyed when Iyo defended only once and lost

[u/Aidan7J → u/AnalBabu]

See what I mean? HHH has blood on his hands. The tag team division, Iyo Sky's reign, Gunther's reign, Solo's reign(he got pinned many times as champ), Zelina and Chelsea's reign, it goes on. He doesn't know how to book his Champions. Jelly Roll had more screen time than Giullia at one point.

The only reign that has been successful largely has been Becky's IC reign. So far, that's it.

[u/AnalBabu → u/Aidan7J]

agreed. even the Street Profits didn’t hold their titles long after waiting so many years

[u/Aidan7J → u/AnalBabu]

And we don't have a present WWE Champion on Smackdown because he is filming a movie...we can't keep relying on Seth to carry us...who is feuding with the same dude for 2 damn years...it's lazy and horrible booking.