WWE celebrated last monday Gross is XXX, a special episode of the red brand commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the longest-running show on North American television. Legends of the caliber of undertakers, hulk hogan That is flair ric. But they weren’t the only ones.

Other faces, well known to fans, also had their moment on the show, as was the case with Long Teddy Bear, one of SmackDown’s most beloved general managers of all time. Long was part of the segment featuring D generation X, Angle Kurt, empire, The benefits of the street Yes Seth Rollinwhich would derive from a tag team match scheduled by the WWE Hall of Famer himself.

In addition to her appearance on the show, Long has also been able to observe since In the wings to one of the fighters of the moment, sami zaynwho It has undoubtedly become one of the main demands of current WWE programming.. The Canadian was judged in one of the biggest and most acclaimed segments of the program.

In this sense, while being interviewed in Sportskeeda’s Wrestling Time Machine about his experience on WWE Raw is XXX, Long revealed he spoke with Zayn, whom he praised for a great job.. Below we leave you with his most notable statements, transcription courtesy of WrestlingNews.co:

On his appearance on Raw is XXX

“It’s always great to come back to WWE, you know it’s my home. Ok, I’ll put it like this. (It was awesome) to be able to see some of the guys I’ve had the opportunity to work with and see that they’re still around. I had the chance to talk to Taker, to see Triple H and all these guys. It reminded me a lot of the Attitude era. A lot of the segments they did last night reminded me of the Attitude era.. So what I mean is I had a great time. I sat next to Ron Simmons and JBL, and we watched all the games, and we had a good time, man“.

What did he say to Sami Zayn?

“I took Sami aside last night and told him. I said to him: ‘Brother, you have understood. You have it’. I said to him, ‘you understand’. I said “I’m serious”. I said I don’t do that. If I take you out and tell you something, I tell you because I see it… I said, ‘you are real’ and it makes everything better. I said those words to her last night. Sami Zayn is going to be the next big superstar if pushed right“.

As for a possible matchup between The Canadians and Roman Reigns, Long noted that it would be “too soon,” but the match could start to build so Sami can be ready for “The Tribal Chief.”

His prediction on the winner of this year’s men’s Royal Rumble match

“Omos. How can you not recognize such a great guy? I might not win, but like I said, you never know, so I predict.”

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