Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn is being listed as injured during the previews for the WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament on WWE SmackDown.

The preview for the matches in the tournament to crown a new Champion states, “with Sami Zayn out due to injury, the title will be held in abeyance until the end of the tournament”.

Zayn was originally listed as being “unable to compete” when the company noted that he had to vacate the title. Zayn chose not to attend the WWE tapings at the Performance Center, something that the company have offered to everybody, with the option to do so and not face consequences.