Sami Zayn Recalls Getting Brainbustah Approved To Use At WrestleMania

Sami Zayn busted out his classic Brainbustah move at WrestleMania 40 against Gunther, and he recently spoke about getting the move approved to use and more. Zayn used the move at the end of the match before delivering the Helluva Kick to win the Intercontinental Championship, and he spoke about using the move in an interview with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp. You can see highlights below:

On getting the move approved: “For sure, timing played a part in it. There were other times I thought of pulling it out, but it didn’t seem right. This year, it felt right. With Hunter in charge, and he’s a wrestler, there is a bit more leeway with that kind of stuff. It’s also different with the Package Piledriver because that’s a piledriver. It’s different from a brainbuster. It’s a minor but significant difference. A piledriver has the potential to compress you more on the top of your head where the brainbuster, even if it goes awry, is a bit more on the back of the neck. It’s a pretty big difference.

“I think that’s why there is more apprehension in regards to piledirvers. I still think there’s a chance we see the package piledriver in the right circumstance, but that’s the thing, it’s the circumstance. One of the other apprehensions I had about doing the brainbuster was, how do you come back from that if that becomes your finish? How do you go back to the kick or the Blue Thunder? That becomes the new standard. That was part of the reason I was apprehensive, but this year felt like the right time, match, circumstance, and opponent.”

On the reaction to his pitching the move: “I don’t remember there being much back and forth. I remember it being a pretty painless process.”