WWE: Sami Zayn Stretchered Out After Kevin Owens Attack on Mon.’s RAW Show, Roman Reigns Out of Action for “Foreseeable Future” After “Injury” at Royal Rumble 2025, More News

Feb 4, 2025

Sami Zayn Stretchered Out After Kevin Owens Attack on Monday’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show in Cleveland, Ohio featured CM Punk defeating Sami Zayn in a Qualifying match for the Men’s Elimination Chamber match. Following the match, Punk offered out his hand to Zayn who responded by shaking hands. This led to Kevin Owens running out and attacked Zayn causing Zayn to knock Punk out of the ring. Owens then grabbed Zayn and hit him with a Package Piledriver as the show went to close.

SPEECHLESS. pic.twitter.com/hAqMGmZg7B
— WWE (@WWE) February 4, 2025

Following the show, those in attendance posted videos showing WWE officials and medics coming out to attend to Zayn and stretchered him out of the ring and took him to the back.

Officials tend to Sami Zayn as #WWERAW goes off air tonight. #WWE pic.twitter.com/TIs8znhO8Y
— John Clark (@johnrclark12) February 4, 2025

Roman Reigns “Injury” Status Update Following Royal Rumble 2025

This past Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2025 event in Indianapolis, Indiana featured CM Punk eliminating both Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns from the Men’s Royal Rumble match prior to Punk getting eliminated right afterwards. Following their elimination, Rollins, Punk, and Reigns engaged in a brawl that ended with Rollins hitting a curb stomp to Reigns onto the steel steps.

Heyman is in SHAMBLES!#RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/LEcwlfu7je
— WWE (@WWE) February 2, 2025

During Monday’s WWE RAW show in Cleveland, Ohio, Michael Cole provided an update stating that Reigns’ current injury situation is not known due to Reigns did not want it to be disclosed. Cole also stated that he had received a message from a medical trainer who said that Reigns will be out of action for the foreseeable future.

NOOOOOO ROMAN REIGNS WILL BE OUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE 💔💔💔

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR SHIELD BROTHER SETH 😭#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/lmX5J6g8qx
— TribaI Wrestling (@TribalMegastar) February 4, 2025

WWE News & Notes

Monday’s WWE RAW show in Cleveland, Ohio featured Chad Gable announcing that he will be leaving WWE and his fellow American Made stable members for the time being since he will be “going on a quest to conquer the dark arts of lucha libre.” Gable stated that he wants to see Ivy Nile win the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship and the Creed Brothers win the WWE World Tag Team Championship by the time he comes back to WWE.

Netflix India recently released a new promotional video announcing that WWE’s programming will be moving to their streaming service later this year. Sony Max and Sony TEN is the current home of WWE’s programming in India.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Kevin Owens received a lot of praise backstage following his Ladder match with Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship at this past Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2025 event. Johnson reported that Owens was praised for the bumps he took during the match and also for the role he played in helping put the match together.

Colorado State football defensive lineman and former sumo wrestler Hidetora Hanada announced on Instagram that he recently was offered a WWE NIL contract by WWE.

Following Jey Uso’s Men’s Royal Rumble victory at this past Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2025 event, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary posted the word “Yeet” among their official listing of definitions in their English language dictionary.

WWE recently released two new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a “35 minutes of must-see dark matches.” The second new video was the full WWE Rampage ’91 home video.

WWE also recently released two new videos to their NXT Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was the full April 24, 2013 episode of WWE NXT. The second new video was the full May 1, 2013 episode of WWE NXT.

In a recent interview with The Pat McAfee Show, Jey Uso gave his thoughts about anyone who was bummed out over him winning this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble match. Uso stated “That’s them, Uce. That’s them. That’s your opinion. You don’t strap my boots every week. You’re not on the road every week. All the bumps, handshakes, the side stepping no one sees. Early flights and rental cars. We’re not traveling with security guards. I’m in the trenches like everybody else. I don’t pay no mind to that. I don’t need any of that. I’m just going to focus (forward), tunnel vision. Either hop on the train or get off the train. There are a lot of haters out there, Uce. They talk it because they can’t walk it. I’m excited. I’m all positive. I never thought I would be at this level. Now I’m here and I got places to go. Yeet.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent separate interview with the Nightcap podcast, Jey Uso gave his thoughts about what John Cena had said to him as they embraced in the ring following his Men’s Royal Rumble victory. Uso stated “He came in the ring. I thought I was about to have to do it one more time, throw his ass out one more time. I’m just kidding. He said, ‘Hey, man.’ He hugged me. He goes, ‘Hey, uce. I remember your first tour. I said, I always told you and your brother, ‘You guys will be fine. Be yourself.’ He goes, ‘Look at these people now.’ That’s when he turned me to the crowd, and they’re just [yeeting], they’re just hitting it, man. Yeah, man. Love for John Cena. He’s a GOAT, man.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with The Ariel Helwani Show, current TNA World Champion Joe Hendry gave his thoughts about getting to compete in the Men’s Royal Rumble match for the first time in his career and the process that led to his surprise appearance at this past Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2025 event. Hendry stated “I have been trying to speak this in existence for a long time. I remember walking into my training school back in Scotland, I walked in after Jordynne Grace and her stint in the Rumble representing TNA and I said, ‘You know what, mark my words, I’ll be in the next Rumble.’ Even if it’s a subconscious thing, I feel like when you put something out there to people, you kind of start guiding your actions towards that. It was a great honor. Now, with the partnership between TNA and WWE, it’s amazing for both c ompanies. It was a huge honor to represent TNA on that stage.” Hendry also gave his thoughts about when he knew that his appearance for the match was made official. Hendry stated “I heard some rumblings that there was some interest. It was my boss, Ariel [Shnerer], who confirmed it to me. I heard some rumblings, but when it was actually confirmed, it was, ‘This is actually happening.’ When you get that information, what you need to think about is, ‘How can I maximize this opportunity?’ When you’re the champion of a company, you’re not just thinking about yourself, you’re thinking, ‘How can I elevate the company? How can I elevate the championship?’ Those considerations. How can I make the biggest impact? How can I do something that will open doors for future business?” Hendry also gave his thoughts about how he felt in the moment during his time in the match. Hendry stated “The first thing was, I was amazed it didn’t leak. Weeks ago, I made the decision I was going to put myself in Indianapolis to make it easy. Chris Jericho asked me to do the cruise, and I was like, ‘Chris, I’m sorry, this is going to sound crazy, but I need to keep that Royal Rumble date free. I know this is crazy, but I think it’s going to happen.’ He was like, ‘Alright, maybe you can join the Cruise later.’ I booked a bunch of stuff in Indianapolis so I was there. We had to leave a signing early to ‘catch a flight.’ We got to the venue and when I walked in, there was a lot of familiar faces. I got to the back and there was a moment where, I remember having a conversation with CM Punk and Cody Rhodes, and I said, ‘If you guys were me, how would you approach this?’ I got great advice. I have to tell you, I don’t know if he would want me to say this, but The Miz is awesome. These guys go out of their way to help you succeed. As many people have in TNA. I’ve been very fortunate in the business with people who have helped me get to where I’m getting to. A lot of great advice. I really do believe it takes an army of people to help someone like myself get better and get to this point. It was an awesome experience and I got great advice. I felt welcome and I felt this confidence that this was a great opportunity for me to show I can get a top level reaction in an arena with 70,000 people. It was very reassuring that it did happen because you do have that thing where you wonder, ‘How many people do know who I am?’” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)