Vince Russo buries Triple H for his booking of current WWE champion (Exclusive)

There are a lot of champions in WWE currently, with both the men's and women's divisions having a world champion, a mid-card champion, and a tag team champion. Former writer Vince Russo recently criticized the booking of one of the newest titleholders in the company.

Triple H recently gave European fans a title change on Friday Night SmackDown in Lyon, France. Sami Zayn beat Solo Sikoa to win the WWE United States Championship for the first time in his career, adding another accolade to his impressive resume. However, Zayn's recent booking was criticized by Russo.

On Legion of RAW on Sportskeeda WrestleBinge, Russo expressed his disappointment over Sami's booking on last week's WWE SmackDown. Zayn was attacked by Brock Lesnar two weeks ago on the blue brand, but the United States Champion didn't mention the assault on the most recent episode of SmackDown, and that left Russo puzzled.

"We can clearly see they're pushing Sami Zayn. Clear as day, you're seeing it. He won the US Title. Trips [Triple H] is back there pointing to him. They're pushing Sami Zayn. Okay, so Chris [Featherstone], two weeks ago on SmackDown, Sami Zayn's wrestling Cena, Brock Lesnar comes out, F-5s Sami Zayn, and just kicks him out of the ring," Russo said.

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Russo continued:

"The following week, we have an interview with Sami Zayn right off the top of the show. Keep in mind, bro, he's one of their biggest babyfaces. No mention whatsoever of what Brock did to him. Brock's in the building, too. Brock already went out there. Brock already was [sic] in the ring. No Sami. No mention of it, bro. That's how you protect the babyface, Chris?"

Sami Zayn is currently in his first run as the United States Champion and is determined to be a fighting champion. He has had two open challenges on SmackDown for the gold till now, with the first one being against John Cena, where Brock Lesnar interrupted the match, attacking them both to set up a WWE Wrestlepalooza showdown with Cena. The second was against Rey Fenix.

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Faiz has six years of work experience across four companies. He started his career with Zomato and then moved to Amazon. He shifted to becoming a football writer at TV9 Digital and is now with Sportskeeda. He covered the Wrestling Xtreme Mania event in Gurgaon in 2025, where he had the opportunity to interview Raj The Maharaja, fka Jinder Mahal. At the same event, he also got quick interviews with former WWE Superstar Dijak and Japanese Joshi legend Emi Sakura.

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