El Generico

Sami Zayn
Zayn in March 2016
Birth name	Rami Sebei
Born	(1984-07-12) July 12, 1984 (age 32) Montréal, Québec, Canada
Residence	Orlando, Florida, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Big Larry El Generico Rami Sebei Sami Zayn Stevie McFly
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Billed from	Tijuana, Mexico Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Trained by	Patty the Kid Jerry Tuite Savio Vega
Debut	2002

Rami Sebei (born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler of Syrian descent currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sami Zayn, where he performs on the Raw brand and is a former NXT Champion.

Prior to signing with WWE, Sebei wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name El Generico, using the character of a luchador from Mexico with a catchphrase of "Olé!". Generico wrestled while masked from his debut in 2002 until 2013. Upon signing with WWE, Sebei began wrestling without a mask.

Generico achieved much success in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) as a two-time PWG World Champion and five-time World Tag Team Champion. He is the only person to have won both of PWG's annual tournaments, the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament in 2010 and the Battle of Los Angeles in 2011. Generico has also held the ROH World Television Championship and World Tag Team Championship with Kevin Steen, with whom he later earned the 2010 "Feud of the Year" award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Generico is also a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion for the Montreal-based International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS). Having wrestled internationally, Generico won the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship in Germany and DDT Pro-Wrestling's KO-D Openweight Championship in Japan.