El Generico is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sami Zayn, and is a member of The Bloodline.
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51 Facts About El Generico
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El Generico 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.
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El Generico has 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.
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El Generico is a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion for the Montreal-based International Wrestling Syndicate.
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On July 14,2002, as El Generico, he made his International Wrestling Syndicate debut at the Scarred For Life event in a count out victory.
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On October 18,2003 at Blood, Sweat and Beers, Generico lost to Carl Ouellet in a three-way match involving Kevin Steen.
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IWS held its fifth-anniversary show "V" on June 15,2004 at Le SPAG, where El Generico defeated PCO in an IWS title match for his first IWS World Heavyweight Championship, only to have Kevin Steen reclaim his number one contendership won earlier in the night against Excess 69.
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El Generico lost to Steen for the IWS World Heavyweight Championship.
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On February 16,2008, El Generico defeated Kevin Steen for the IWS World Heavyweight Championship at Violent Valentine.
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El Generico is the only participant to consecutively appear in the first eight Battle of Los Angeles tournaments from 2005.
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On February 24,2007, El Generico defeated former partner Tornado to win the PWG World Championship during his title run with Cape Fear.
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Later that year, while El Generico was still World Champion, he and Steen defeated PAC and Roderick Strong for the belts, making El Generico the only man in PWG history to hold both the World and World Tag Team titles not once, but twice at the same time.
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In mid-2009, El Generico entered a lengthy feud with the tag team Men of Low Moral Fiber, consisting of Kenny Omega and Chuck Taylor, recruiting Colt Cabana, referee Rick Knox, and former partner Human Tornado to stand by his side.
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El Generico received his shot at the PWG World Championship on January 29,2011, during the WrestleReunion 5 weekend, but was defeated by Castagnoli.
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Later that same night, El Generico defeated old rival Kevin Steen in the finals to win the tournament, becoming the first person to have won the PWG World and World Tag Team championships as well as the DDT4 and Battle of Los Angeles tournaments.
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On February 19,2005, El Generico made his debut for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–based promotion Chikara, taking part in the 2005 Tag World Grand Prix, where he teamed with Kevin Steen as Team IWS.
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El Generico returned to Chikara three years later to take part in the 2008 King of Trios, where he teamed with Player Uno and Stupefied, again, as Team IWS.
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The following year, on March 27, El Generico returned for the 2009 King of Trios, this time teaming with Matt and Nick Jackson as Team PWG.
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The following day El Generico entered the Rey de Voladores tournament, but was defeated by Kota Ibushi in his four-way elimination semifinal match, which included Jigsaw and Nick Jackson.
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The following day El Generico entered his second Rey de Voladores and defeated Pinkie Sanchez, Zack Sabre Jr.
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El Generico returned to Chikara on July 30,2011, when he reunited ¡3.
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El Generico first wrestled for Ring of Honor in 2005, earning a spot in a Four Corner Survival match at Do Or Die IV.
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El Generico teamed with the Ring Crew Express in the Trios Tournament 2005, losing to the Rottweilers.
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El Generico only received a few more matches, losing to Austin Aries at Fate of an Angel and getting his first win against fellow IWS alumnus Kevin Steen at The Homecoming.
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El Generico's final ROH match of this run was a loss to Homicide at Dragon Gate Invasion.
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El Generico returned to ROH in late 2006, making an appearance at Dethroned, where he was defeated by Brent Albright.
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In 2007, El Generico formed a permanent team with Kevin Steen, taking on the Briscoe Brothers at the Fifth Year Festival: Philly.
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Also during this time, El Generico broke out as a singles competitor, having a strong run in the Race to the Top Tournament of 2007.
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El Generico defeated Delirious, Chris Hero and Davey Richards, only to lose in the final match of the tournament to Claudio Castagnoli.
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El Generico took ROH World champion Nigel McGuinness to the limit at Age of Insanity, but eventually lost.
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El Generico lost a second match to McGuinness at Glory by Honor VII.
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El Generico was booked in another match against McGuinness at Caged Collision, which he lost.
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El Generico then suffered a knee injury, sustaining damage to his Medial collateral ligament.
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El Generico then formed a team with Colt Cabana and together the two of them started a feud with Steen and his new partner Steve Corino.
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The following day, El Generico defeated another member of the House of Truth, Roderick Strong, but after the match was attacked by Elgin and Martini.
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On June 26 at Best in the World 2011, El Generico defeated Daniels to win the ROH World Television Championship.
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On March 30,2012 at Showdown in the Sun, El Generico faced the reinstated Kevin Steen in a losing effort in a Last Man Standing match and then disappeared from ROH.
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El Generico returned to ROH on December 16 at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, where he unsuccessfully challenged Steen for the ROH World Championship in a ladder war.
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In early 2011, El Generico began making semi-regular appearances for the Japanese DDT Pro-Wrestling sister-promotion Union Pro Wrestling, making his debut on January 3 with a win over Shinichiro Tominaga.
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El Generico has made some appearances for Union Pro's parent promotion, DDT Pro-Wrestling, most notably defeating Kota Ibushi in Ibushi's return match from a shoulder injury on May 4,2012.
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On March 31,2012, El Generico made his debut for Dragon Gate USA, when he defeated Chuck Taylor, Cima, Lince Dorado, Rich Swann and Samuray del Sol in a six-way match.
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On November 4 at Dragon Gate USA's Freedom Fight 2012, El Generico teamed with Samuray in a tag team match, where they defeated Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito.
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From 2005 onwards, El Generico has made several appearances for the German Westside Xtreme Wrestling promotion.
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On March 4,2012, El Generico defeated Tommy End to win wXw's 2012 16 Carat Gold Tournament.
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In May 2010, El Generico competed in the main-event of Capital City Championship Combat's show, Stand Alone.
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On February 26,2012, El Generico visited Russia for the first time, making his debut for the Independent Wrestling Federation, where he faced Ivan "Locomotive" Markov and won.
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On September 8,2012, El Generico made an appearance for Combat Zone Wrestling, unsuccessfully challenging Masada for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.
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El Generico was later reported to have undergone a successful double shoulder surgery.
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El Generico is a Muslim and a vegan, and is fluent in English, Arabic, and French.
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