WWE Roadblock 2016: Biggest winners and losers

Winner #4: Sami Zayn

Sami Zayn got beaten black and blue but still managed to hold his own

Sami Zayn had one of the matches of the year at WWE Battleground against Kevin Owens but WWE failed to capitalize on his momentum after the match and let him fade back into the background. For most of his current feud with Braun Strowman, he’d been portrayed as not having the ability to compete against a monster like Strowman with Raw GM Mick Foley specifically pointing it out and even threatening to trade Zayn to SmackDown.

However, Zayn finally managed to convince Foley to put him in the ring against Strowman last week on Raw and he gave a good account of himself at Roadblock. He took a beating from Strowman but kept getting back up and hitting back with whatever he could. The 10-minute time limit match ended as a draw but just as Sami was beginning to get the upper hand, having just hit Strowman with a Helluva Kick right before time ran out.