Zak Zodiac Discusses The Difficulties Of Breaking Out Of A Famous Wrestling Family
Zak Zodiac is the brother of former WWE talent and current All Elite Wrestling star Saraya. The two siblings' relationship was highlighted in the "Fighting with My Family" film that was released in 2019. Although Zodiac — who regularly performs on the independent circuit in Europe — has had tryouts with WWE in the past, he has never signed for a major promotion. Zodiac discussed if it bothers him always being referred to as Saraya's brother.
"You know what? At the beginning, yeah," Zodiac said on the "Talk is Jericho" podcast. "But now I'm never gonna get away from that. She's a worldwide megastar. And yeah, everyone's always like, 'Are you the brother of Paige or Saraya?' And I'm like, 'Yeah. That's me. I don't have a name.'"
Zodiac also spoke about his brother Roy Knight — who often performs for the Knight family's World Association of Wrestling promotion in Norwich, England — being one of the hottest performers on the independent circuit in the United Kingdom when he was coming up.
"Once you start getting to sort of '05, '06, you had people like FWA [Frontier Wrestling Alliance] coming in, which at that point my brother was so hot on the indy scene," Zodiac said. "It was really hard to try and get on these shows because my brother was [the] top dog."
'it's been really hard'
Zodiac reflected on how he's been living in the shadows of his family ever since he began his pro wrestling journey. However, the three-time WAW Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion is confident things have now changed.
"It's been hard Chris, it's been really hard," Zodiac added. "My whole career, you know, I had my dad who was The Superflys. He was known as one of the best tag teams this country had ever produced. I had my mum, who's known as one of the best technical submission wrestlers, and that's worldwide. Then my brother come onto the scene. He was incredible. He was so unique. He was super fast running the ropes. He was a hard hitter. Everyone loved him.
"And then when they started slowing, I'm thinking, 'This is my time.' And then my sister gets signed [by WWE]. So, I've lived in a lot of shadows. But right now, [in] 2023, I believe there's not a shadow that's overcasting me. I'm Zak Zodiac. I'm stepping out of the shadows, and the spotlight is finally coming this way. It's taken 20 years, but it's coming this way."
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