Heel Turn: The fall of Rhodes, Will Ospreay’s loyalties, King Oba and more from pro wresetling

It was a weekend to celebrate Sami Zayn.Zayn, after more than a decade on the WWE main roster, finally won a world title when he pinned Cody Rhodes during their triple-threat match with Gunther at Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia. Zayn didn’t need any shenanigans or distractions from the outside. He pinned the “American Nightmare” and prompted a massive frenzy in Riyadh.The triumph of Zayn now begs the question of what Rhodes does from here.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITALBusted Open pointed out that it had been a while since Rhodes lost without distractions or interference. It just underscores the reign Rhodes has had over the WWE since he returned to the company at WrestleMania 38.It’s been a strange 10 months or so for Rhodes. He defeated John Cena last August to regain the Undisputed WWE Championship. He dropped the title to Drew McInyre in January and then won it back nearly two months later. He held the title through WrestleMania 42 when he defeated Randy Orton in Night 1. He took the liberty of booking the Night of Champions triple threat himself to leave no doubt as to who the best WWE star is.Perhaps, a little shortsighted. Zayn is on top of the mountain and Rhodes is left stunned looking up at one of the men he counted out the most.Zayn spoke to Fox News Digital before he won the championship at Night of Champions. He said he believed the win could be a “cultural moment.””I think it’s kinda one of those things that would kinda be hard to process. I truly don’t know. I don’t know how the fans would react,” he said. “I hope they would enjoy it but you never know because my character right now is a little polarizing – I truly don’t know. But I don’t know. I think there’s a lot of like cultural and historical kind of significance that would kinda maybe hit me after the fact.”From a sentimental point of view, for sure, I think it would be kind of awesome. I think it would be a big cultural moment, actually. I don’t think about it. I kind of dismiss it a lot at this point because we come to Saudi a lot. A lot has been made of the fact that I’m Arab or I’m Muslim or whatever. But growing up, that was not the case. It was not like this was a common thing or something that you could ever even dream. I couldn’t have dreamt that this would happen. So, yeah, that would be a pretty big deal I think.”As Zayn begins the culture change, Rhodes’ biggest fans will look to see where he goes from here.==Will Ospreay came away with the victory over Swerve Strickland in the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament on Sunday night at Forbidden Door. He will earn a title shot against the AEW world champion at All In.As the pro wrestling world celebrates Ospreay’s opportunity at All In, the looming shadow of The Death Riders grew substantially. Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, Pac, Yuta Wheeler and Marina Shafir were in Ospreay’s corner as he put away Strickland. They celebrated with him and Ale