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Rami Sebei
Acting
Biography
Rami Sebei (Arabic: رامي سبعي) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sami Zayn. Prior to joining WWE, Sebei wrestled for Ring of Honor under the ring name El Generico, using the character of a luchador from Mexico with the catchphrase "Olé!" He wrestled while masked from his debut in 2002 until 2013. Upon signing with WWE, he began wrestling without a mask and became a one-time world champion in the company by winning the NXT Championship. Sebei achieved much success in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) as a two-time PWG World Champion and five-time World Tag Team Champion. He is the only person to have won both of PWG's annual tournaments, the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament in 2010 and the Battle of Los Angeles in 2011. He has also held the ROH World Television Championship and the ROH World Tag Team Championship as part of a team with Kevin Steen, with whom he later earned the 2010 Feud of the Year award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He is also a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion for the Montreal-based International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS). Having wrestled internationally, he won the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship in Germany and DDT Pro-Wrestling's KO-D Openweight Championship in Japan.
Filmography Movies
Acting
ROH: Proving Ground
Proving Ground was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on January 11, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts. Match list: 01. The YRR (w/Sal Rinauro, Chasyn Rance & Random Chicks) vs. Eddie Edwards & Pelle Primeau. 02. Daizee Haze vs. Alexa Thatcher. 03. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Ruckus (w/Mercedes Martinez). 04. Daniel Puder (w/Sweet ‘n’ Sour Inc.) vs. Mike Bennett. 05. Bryan Danielson vs. Brent Albright. 06. Street Fight: Kevin Steen vs. Necro Butcher (w/Jimmy Jacobs & Lacey). 07. Delirious vs. Sal Rinauro (w/The YRR). 08. Roderick Strong vs. El Generico. 09. FIP World Heavyweight Title: Erick Stevens vs. Austin Aries. 10. ROH World Tag Team Titles: The Age of the Fall (w/Lacey) vs. The Hangman 3 (w/Shane Hagadorn) vs. The Briscoes vs. The Vulture Squad (w/Mercedes Martinez).
ROH: Eye of The Storm
ROH Eye of the Storm was a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on February 22, 2008, at the Deer Park Community Center in Deer Park, New York. Rocky Romero, Bryan Danielson. Kevin Steen, Delirious, El Generico, and Austin Aries compete in The Eye Of The Storm #1 Contendership Tournament and more.
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2011
Survival of the Fittest 2011 was the seventh annual Survival of the Fittest tournament held by Ring of Honor. The show took place on November 18, 2011 in Dayton, Ohio.
ROH: Driven
Driven (2008) was the second annual Driven professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor. It aired on pay-per-view on November 14, 2008 and took place at Boston University's Case Gym in Boston, Massachusetts. Kevin Steen and El Generico fight The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) for the Tag Championship and more.
ROH: From The Ashes
From the Ashes was a professional wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on March 26, 2010 at Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona. Ring of Honor's debut in Arizona, it was the first night of ROH's annual WrestleMania weekend shows. Taking place a week before the internet pay-per-view The Big Bang, the From the Ashes featured ROH World Champion Tyler Black taking on Roderick Strong and former champion Austin Aries, his challengers at The Big Bang, in back-to-back matches as part of a personal gauntlet match.
ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II
Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies 2 was a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on April 24, 2010 at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. Colt Cabana & El Generico face Kevin Steen & Steve Corino in a Chicago Street Fight and more!
ROH Bound By Hate
Bound by Hate was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on November 8, 2008 at Markham Fair in Markham, Ontario, Canada.
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
Thirty men and 30 women compete in two huge Royal Rumble Matches as The Road to WrestleMania officially begins at the Alamodome. Bray Wyatt returns to take on LA Knight in a Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match.
ROH: Hate - Chapter II
ROH Hate: Chapter II took place on July 23, 2010 in Collinsville, Illinois at the Gateway Center. This is the second show in a three-night series of shows after Death Before Dishonor VII. Kevin Steen is one night removed from facing ROH World Champion Tyler Black in one of the marquee title matches of the year. But before he can do that, he has to have a rematch with former partner and now bitter rival El Generico. Meanwhile, the ongoing feud between The Kings of Wrestling and The Briscoe Brothers continues with a twist and more.
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023
The 13th professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE, known as the 2023 Elimination Chamber (No Escape in Germany), is set to take place on February 18, 2023. Wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions will compete at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Austin Theory (c) vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Montez Ford - Elimination Chamber match for the WWE United States Championship Asuka vs. Liv Morgan vs. Nikki Cross vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Natalya vs. Carmella - Elimination Chamber match for a WWE Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 39 Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Sami Zayn - Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Edge and Beth Phoenix vs. The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Rhea Ripley) (with Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio) - Mixed tag team match Bobby Lashley vs. Brock Lesnar - Singles match
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