“He's fighting for his life.” Sami Zayn comments about Ilja Dragunov

With the upcoming Intercontinental Championship at WWE SummerSlam and the voracious hunger to challenge the reigning Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn, this week's episode of “WWE RAW” witnessed the battle between Bron Breakker and Ilja Dragunov . The winner gets the opportunity to challenge Sami Zayn at the WWE SummerSlam. While it was a lucky day for Breakker fans to have successfully slammed his opponent, Dragunov, Zayn could not help praising the defeated opponent.

In an exclusive interview with Wrestling Inc . Sami Zayn opens up about his views on “The Mad Dragon” “I think [Dragunov] is really good, “ Zayn stated, while adding more he said, “ He has something that not a lot of people have, which is an innate understanding of the struggle that makes Wrestling a beautiful thing. When he's in there, it looks like he's fighting for his life.

There's a lot of great guys, a lot of great performers in WWE, but very few have that quality where you just really believe that this guy is deep in the trenches and it's taking everything in him just to keep his head above water. I think that's a greater quality to have in a wrestler, and he's got it. It don't see it very often, and he's definitely got it.

” (Credit: Wrestling Inc) Zayn's comment struck a chord with the million WWE fans that night. This showed the legend's sportsmanship and the positive spirit of this otherwise ruthless sport. While like any other sport, WWE calls for similar discipline, grit and penanc.