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Sami Zayn And Kevin Owens To Compete In An Unsanctioned Match At WWE Elimination Chamber

Zack Heydorn

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Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens is official for WWE Elimination Chamber, but the company won't be responsible for what happens because the match will be unsanctioned.

On this week's episode of Raw, Zayn started the show with an in-ring promo and talked about his history with Owens. He said their fates in wrestling have been intertwined since the beginning of their careers and that they've forgiven and forgot a lot along the way. Zayn says that this time, he won't be forgiving Owens because Owens tried to end his career.

Zayn then demanded a match with Owens at Elimination Chamber. The audience popped big for that announcement, but the cheers turned to boos once Adam Pearce walked to the entrance ramp.

Pearce told Zayn that himself, Nick Aldis, the board of directors, and WWE medical have told Zayn that he cannot have the match due to his health.

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In response, Zayn begged Pearce, but continued to get the answer of "no." Finally, Pearce said that he couldn't sanction a bout between the two, but that the match would be official as long as Zayn agrees to unsanctioned stipulations that mean anything is allowed.

Zayn agreed and the match was official.

Zayn and Owens have wrestled numerous times, including a WrestleMania 37 match. At WrestleMania 39, they competed together as a tag team in the night one main event and defeated The Usos to win the WWE Tag Team Championships.

Owens attacked Zayn after his Elimination Chamber qualifying loss to CM Punk on Raw. He hit him with a Package Piledriver, which left Zayn laying in the ring until he was stretchered out of the arena.

WWE Elimination Chamber airs live on Peacock from Toronto on Saturday March 1.

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Zack Heydorn
ZACK HEYDORN

Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for nine years. He's a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on

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