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Raw recap & reactions (Jul. 6, 2026): Why Sami Zayn deserved better

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What happened?

Cageside Seats’ Raw recap focuses on Sami Zayn losing the WWE Championship to CM Punk just nine days after winning it. The piece praises the Zayn vs. Punk match as a strong veteran performance, but argues that Zayn’s short reign felt unfair given his consistency and long pursuit of the title.

Key Takeaways

CM Punk became Undisputed WWE Champion on Raw in Chicago.
Sami Zayn’s WWE Championship reign ended after only nine days.
The recap describes the Punk vs. Zayn match as fantastic and well suited to both wrestlers’ strengths.
The author expresses conflicted feelings, praising the match while arguing Sami deserved a better title reign.

AI Timeline

Nine days earlier

Sami Zayn achieved his goal of becoming WWE Champion.

Raw main event

Sami Zayn defended the championship against CM Punk.

Title change

CM Punk defeated Sami Zayn to become Undisputed WWE Champion.

Aftermath

The recap argues that despite the match quality, Zayn’s brief reign felt like he was shortchanged.

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Cageside Seats

Timeline

Jul 7, 4:03 AM

Raw recap & reactions (Jul. 6, 2026): Why Sami Zayn deserved better

Cageside Seats • WWE

The Unforgiven CM PUNK IS UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPION!!!! 🏆 CHICAGO HAS ERUPTED!!! pic.twitter.com/FFKaN4zk7o — WWE (@WWE) July 7, 2026 Sean is a fan of quoting Unforgiven whenever we talk about who deserves what in professional sports entertainment wrestling. “Deserves got nothing to do with it.” Sean, and the movie, are absolutely correct; wrestling isn’t always fair. There are times when a deserving wrestler gets looked over or shafted despite everything they do in and out of the ring. Sami Zayn, one of WWE’s most consistent workers, finally achieved his WWE Championship goals nine days ago. Nine days later, he’s now a former champion. Life happens that fast. I’m conflicted here. For starters, Sami and CM Punk put on a fantastic match. This is what happens when two vets with decades under their belt get together. Punk loves working ‘80s style matches and Sami was the perfect opponent for that. Match made in heaven in more ways than one. But, and this is a pretty big but, I didn

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