{"id":360844,"date":"2026-07-04T12:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T07:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=360844"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T07:01:19","slug":"sami-zayn-set-to-defend-wwe-title-on-raw-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/sami-zayn-set-to-defend-wwe-title-on-raw-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Sami Zayn Set To Defend WWE Title On Raw In Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sami Zayn will defend the WWE Championship against Cody Rhodes on “WWE Raw” in Chicago on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zayn opened “WWE SmackDown” for the primary time since his surprise win over Rhodes and Gunther at Night of Champions, becoming WWE Champion for the primary time after pinning Rhodes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said that nobody would ever give you the option to remove the actual fact he’s a WWE Champion, Grand Slam Champion, and WrestleMania major eventer away from him. But then Rhodes made his entrance to interrupt him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At first, Rhodes congratulated Zayn before being asked what he actually wanted. Before he could answer, Jey Uso made his entrance and called his shot on the title, saying he needed to bring it back to the Bloodline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rhodes said they were here to debate\u00a0his\u00a0<\/em>rematch and couldn’t imagine Uso was running errands for Roman Reigns again. But then Zayn shut them each down and told them to keep away from him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Acting General Manager Adam Pearce then got here out to announce that Zayn had no say within the matter, and there could be a Number One Contendership match between Rhodes and Uso within the major event. The winner of which can go on to challenge Zayn on Monday.<\/p>\n

Within the major event, Rhodes went on to beat Uso and claim his one-on-one rematch, establishing what may very well be his fourth WWE Championship win in only three days time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n

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WWE Sami Zayn will defend the WWE Championship against Cody Rhodes on “WWE Raw” in Chicago on Monday.\u00a0 Zayn opened “WWE SmackDown” for the primary time since his surprise win over Rhodes and Gunther at Night of Champions, becoming WWE Champion for the primary time after pinning Rhodes.\u00a0 He said that nobody would ever give […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[9472,6747,7476,25645,1083,1148,6221,17576],"class_list":["post-360844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-chicago","tag-defend","tag-raw","tag-sami","tag-set","tag-title","tag-wwe","tag-zayn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t