Sami Zayn worked a few jobs before making it big into professional wrestling. The former ‘Honorary Uce’ made a name on independents before making his debut in WWE, starting with NXT. However, recently the 38-year-old WWE superstar shared getting a first-ever taste of the corporate world from where he got fired.

The current one-half Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion recalled how that company let him go quickly. This was because of him not adhering to a basic rule.

Sami Zayn had a surprising corporate world experience

Zayn recently appeared on the Whiskey Ginger podcast with host Andrew Santino. Zayn shared he worked two jobs at the beginning of his wrestling career to make a living. The first was at the grocery store and the second being at Toys ”R” Us. However, his second job gave him a taste of the corporate world in terms of punctuality.

The 38-year-old added, “I once worked as a seasonal worker for Toys or Us…You know for Christmas they get crazy. I got hired for like a month. They let me go fast. It was an interesting world because, so as Arab working for Greeks, I didn’t really have any set time when I was supposed to come in. It was like nine but I’d show up at around 10:30 AM. I worked Saturday, and Sunday, like it wasn’t very clear what the parameters were.”

He added, “It was awesome like it was a perfect fit. At Toys R Us, it was like a kind of my taste of like working for French-Quebecers, Canadians, who have a certain corporate structure like nine means nine. I’d show up at 9:05 AM thinking I’m on time, they’re like, ‘What are you doing?’ I’m early bro. I got pretty fast on that one.”

Surely, it might have been a roller coaster ride for a young Zayn to settle at the place after working at the grocery store. Eventually, as days passed by things worked out for him and he became a top wrestling star.

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The 38-year-old’s recent work with The Bloodline was so impressive that WWE legend John Cena also praised him on the same podcast a few weeks ago. Nevertheless, he might have picked several corporate traits from his time at Toys “R” Us.

Zayn kept an account book

The former three-time Intercontinental Champion also revealed a massive trait he followed back then. To keep and track a record of where he wrestled and how much money he made from a match, Zayn maintained a personal account book.

Surprisingly, this trait of maintaining a book made him realize that professional wrestling can be a full-time career for him. He shared with Santino how he calculated making $20,000 in 2008. Moreover, the amount doubled the next year and kept on increasing. 

Clearly, the current Unified Tag Team would never forget his first corporate experience, which surely would’ve taught him several things in his professional life.

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