El Generico

Who is El Generico?

Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler of Syrian descent, currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sami Zayn. Sebei is best known for his work on the independent circuit under the ring name El Generico, using the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico. His character's catch phrase, "Olé!", was particularly made popular by the opening vocals of his theme song, "Olé!" by The Bouncing Souls. He worked under a mask from his debut in 2002 until 2013, when he signed with WWE and was unmasked in the promotion's developmental territory, NXT Wrestling.

He is a former two-time PWG World Champion and five-time World Tag Team Champion, twice with "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen and once with Human Tornado, Quicksilver, and "Intrepid Traveler" Paul London. He has also held the ROH World Television Championship and World Tag Team Championship, as well as the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship. He is also a former KO-D Openweight Champion of the Japanese Dramatic Dream Team promotion.

El Generico has also won a number of tournaments, most notably PWG's 2011 Battle of Los Angeles and 2010 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, making him the only winner of both annual events. He is also the only participant to consecutively appear in the first eight BOLA tournaments.