London transit officer Charlie Guenigault became a hero earlier in June for his efforts in stopping the London Bridge terrorist attacks when he charged at all three terrorists, despite being off duty, suffering multiple stab wounds. Guenigault’s heroics helped limit the damage of the terrorists, who were eventually killed by London police officers.
Guenigault was wearing a Sami Zayn WWE t-shirt on the night of his heroics, and when Triple H and WWE received word that the London Bridge hero was a fan, they decided to surprise him with a special visit. Triple H flew out to London to meet with Guenigault and brought him a WWE championship belt to thank him for his bravery and courage during the attack, and he also brought along an empassioned video message from Zayn.
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I wasn’t aware you were a fan of mine. I heard that and was quite stunned, to be honest with you. From what I heard, you were off duty at the time and you were having a night out with some friends and you put yourself in the line of danger at a time when you had no real obligation to do so other than doing what you felt was the right thing. I can’t tell you how much respect I have for you. And the fact that you were wearing this shirt at the time, I don’t know, something about that really puts into perspective for me. Because Sami Zayn has always been known as the guy to stand up to the bad guys and put himself out there, but you did it in the most horrific of circumstances and the most real and dangerous of circumstances and, man, I’m just blown away. If I’m going to be honest with you, I wear this shirt day in, day out, I was supposed to get a new shirt a long time ago, for whatever reason it hasn’t happened. I was actually kinda getting fed up wearing this shirt to be honest with you. And then hearing about your story and hearing that you were wearing this shirt when you showed perhaps one of the greatest signs of bravery, ever, it gives this shirt new meaning to me. And I wear this shirt with great pride and I hope that I could display the kind of bravery that you displayed, that you embodied. The kind of heroism that you showed that you genuinely embodied and I wanted to thank you for everything that you do.
The Evening Standard in the U.K. has pictures of the meeting between Guenigault and Triple H. His heroic efforts certainly deserve this kind of response, but it’s not something that always happens and it stands as another example of how WWE does do an awful lot to reach out to fans, especially those in extraordinary circumstances.
Between this and NXT Superstars surprising victims of the Manchester bombing, WWE has really been doing wonderful work showing appreciation for their U.K. fans.
