The WWE Universe saw an unforgettable night at Elimination Chamber 2025. Among the two big six-man Elimination Chamber matches and a special appearance by The Rock, the match everyone was talking about was the unsanctioned fight between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens.
This intense battle lasted over 25 minutes, with both former friends-turned-rivals pushing their limits. It could have gone on even longer if Randy Orton hadn’t made his surprise return to interrupt the match after Owens’ victory.
From the moment the bell rang, Zayn and Owens let out all their anger, turning the match into a wild fight. They quickly moved outside the ring, using steel chairs, tables, and even a hockey stick to hurt each other. The match became even crazier when Owens threw Zayn through two stacked tables outside the ring.
Kevin Owens wins in an INSANE UNSANCTIONED match!
— Wrestling News Daily (@WrestlDaily) March 2, 2025
HOLY SHIT! THAT MATCH WAS BRUTAL BOTH KO AND SAMI TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER!! #Sportcoin #WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/iumBXH3F3K
It was also shocking to see the wrestlers bite each other. Owens bit Zayn hard while using a steel chair to trap him. But Zayn wasn’t done. To take things even further, he brought a barbed-wire steel chair into the match, making it even more brutal.
Both men kept fighting despite the pain, showing how tough and determined they were. The intensity of the match necessitated two referee changes. In the end, as predicted, Owens won after delivering a powerful Brain Buster onto a steel chair and a big fisherman suplex from the top turnbuckle through a table.
Fans react to Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn’s personal war
WWE fans who watched the brutal unsanctioned match were left speechless by how personal the fight became. Some are calling it the most intense and uncomfortable match in this PLE event.
Many are praising Sami Zayn for fighting at such a high level, even while in pain. At the same time, fans are shocked at how Kevin Owens seemed more focused on ending Zayn’s career than just winning the match.
@drehorizon tweeted, “Kevin’s anger’s I actually understand but then he crossed their code of battle by trying to end Sami’s Career and upping the ante more by visiting his home uninvited
This war of two men destined to break each other for the rest of time.”
Kevin’s anger’s I actually understand but then he crossed their code of battle by trying to end Sami’s Career and upping the ante more by visiting his home uninvited
— Dre Horizon (@drehorizon) March 2, 2025
This war of two men destined to break each other for the rest of time
@leek971 noted, “Everything about that match was brutal to watch. It’s a miracle Sami Zayn is even breathing, that he can move any part of his body after that beatdown. The villain wins tonight.”
Everything about that match was brutal to watch. It’s a miracle Sami Zayn is even breathing, that he can move any part of his body after that beatdown. The villain wins tonight….
— Woobie (@leek971) March 2, 2025
Your Winner…
“THE PRIZE FIGHTER” KEVIN OWENS!!!!!#WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/Cz7LPiHYVH
@StCapers24 said, “We wanna make everyone the bad guy but Kevin Owens WAS RIGHT that nigga Sami just watched Cody damn near end his career then THEN watched Cody disrespectful with the taunts afterwards KO justified in this crashout.”
We wanna make everyone the bad guy but Kevin Owens WAS RIGHT that nigga Sami just watched Cody damn near end his career then THEN watched Cody disrespectful with the taunts afterwards KO justified in this crashout
— St. (@StCapers24) March 2, 2025
@ProWFinesse noted, “Gritty. Uncomfortable. Dangerous. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn just went to war.”
Gritty. Uncomfortable. Dangerous.
— Pro Wrestling Finesse (@ProWFinesse) March 2, 2025
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn just went to war. pic.twitter.com/tiEPUAmeB6
@Rlop1234Goat said, “OH GOD OUCH BRO KEVIN IS TRYING TO END SAMI ZAYNS CAREER.”
OH GOD OUCH BRO KEVIN IS TRYING TO END SAMI ZAYNS CAREER #WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/nQ5FXfvLxZ
— 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒯𝑒𝑒𝓃 ❤️✨ | WatchMe✨💫 (@Rlop1234Goat) March 2, 2025
