Sami Zayn Opens Up About Gingerbread Man’s Involvement In Feud With Trick Williams

Candid comments from Sami Zayn about the inclusion of the Gingerbread Man.

During the ongoing feud between Sami Zayn and current WWE United States Champion Trick Williams, Williams began referring to Zayn as the gingerbread man.

This ultimately led to an actual Gingerbread Man character being added to the program, and it has been used in multiple segments pre- and post-WrestleMania 42. Zayn has been inside the costume, as has rapper, producer, and songwriter Lil Yachty, who serves as the on-screen manager of Trick.

While guest appearing on HUGE POP!, Sami Zayn opened up about the inclusion of the Gingerbread Man.

“That’s okay, that’s alright,” Zayn responded as the show host jokingly mentioned that he will not be bringing up the Gingerbread Man. “That’s kind of taken on a life of its own.” Zayn was asked if he likes doing things like that on TV or if he feels he’s working around it and he replied, “The Gingerbread Man specifically? I don’t know. I think context is kind of key for all of these things, right? A couple of weeks ago — I think these were maybe back-to-back weeks. I get the timeline messed up sometimes in my head but, the one week when Trick (Williams) and Little Yachty had came out with the Gingerbread Man, and then I ended up being under the outfit and attacked them with the cane and all that. I thought that was great, and then the following week, I just had the Gingerbread Man mannequin in the ring… and beat up the Gingerbread mannequin. So, in both cases, a Gingerbread Man is kind of — I don’t wanna say the focal part of it but, kind of, right? There’s this serious WrestleMania program for the United States Championship that involves a Gingerbread Man. On paper, sounds kind of silly. But the week we did it, where it was me under the suit and I’m dancing and then I clock those guys, I thought that was great, and then the following week with the mannequin, it felt a little bit more lifeless to me. Not as great, maybe a little silly. I don’t know. It’s kind of week-to-week and it’s all in execution so I don’t think the concept of involving a Gingerbread Man on its own is ridiculous because this is pro wrestling and we do all kinds of fun things that maybe, you know, if you were on the internet and you were scrolling Twitter or whatever, and you saw a clip of guys in a ring with a Gingerbread Man, you’d be like what? But, in the world of wrestling, there’s context and it kind of makes sense and sometimes, these things get really over actually. So, I don’t think the concept of the Gingerbread Man by itself is ridiculous or silly. It’s all in execution and on a week-to-week basis. But I thought that week where the Gingerbread Man showed up with the bus and he was dapping up Trick, and then he had his own locker room, and then I’m dancing and having all this fun, then I’m just part of the celebration because the Gingerbread Man is there to troll me essentially and make fun of me, and I whack them with a cane and I break the cane on Yachty’s back, and that cane was legitimately made of I don’t know what — oak or something. It was so hard. I don’t know how it broke,” Zayn laughed. “I felt that was all a good piece of business and it was all fun so, I don’t take a look at things like a Gingerbread Man, and dismiss them. I just think it’s all in how you execute it, and do you put your best foot forward to commit. Commit, and when you commit, you can make things good if you’re good, and I work with a lot of really good people so, a lot of times, we can turn this stuff into really, really good things.”

Zayn went on to state that there were ideas he’s suggested for the Gingerbread Man’s involvement in the feud with Trick Williams, and even after he’s done with Williams.

“The Gingerbread Man can be a mechanism for all kinds of fun things. There’s a lot of utility there. There’s so much you can do with it. I had all these ideas, where I could steal Gingerbread Man and now he works for me or whatever. I don’t know… Or like you said, that he keeps showing up even after I’m done with Trick (Williams)… There’s just a million things you can do. I try not to look at things and go, oh, well, that’s stupid. I don’t think you’re in the right business if that’s your mindset. You’re gonna cap yourself.”

Closing out the May 8th episode of SmackDown was the funeral for the Gingerbread Man, but Lil Yachty was inside the costume and ambushed Zayn when he showed up to interrupt Trick’s eulogy.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit HUGE POP! with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.