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Fight!
Owens!
Fight!
...Eventually Don’t forget about it, like WWE owing Kevin
Owens a Universal Title rematch.
“One year ago today.
It may not be my focus right now but trust me...
I haven't forgotten about not getting a rematch for MY Universal Title.”
Owens quickly lost his Universal Championship to Goldberg at Fastlane, who was only ever
going to defend the belt against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 33.
Lesnar then didn’t appear on Raw for several months, in which time Owens was drafted to
another brand.
But there’s another mystery surrounding KO’s career in WWE.
And I’m not talking about that who threw the god damn pie.
Chris Jericho Reveals WWE Backstage Botch In place of a Universal Championship rematch,
Kevin Owens was given 497 shots at Smackdown’s US title.
But according to his former Best Friend Forever Chris Jericho - I’m still not over that
- KO’s feud with AJ Styles over the belt didn’t go the way it was supposed to.
Back at July’s Battleground show, their match appeared to have a botched finish, where
Styles had Owens in a submission, but because AJ’s shoulders were on the mat, the referee
counted three.
Confusion ensued as KO celebrated with the belt, while Styles argued with the official.
This was Kevin’s third title reign in just under four months - but it ended up being
his shortest.
The situation became even more farcical when he dropped the belt back to Styles just two
days later in Smackdown’s Triple Threat main event.
The other man in that three-way was a surprise returning Chris Jericho, who has now revealed
to Busted Open Radio what was actually meant to happen:
“The idea was for me to work with AJ on Tuesday, and do nothing with Kevin.
And then the match happened on the Sunday and they legitimately screwed it up, it happens
sometimes - the finish didn’t work...That’s why they did the Triple Threat, because they
had to get the belt back on AJ because of the screw-up on the weekend.”
Jericho debunked the theory that Vince McMahon changed the AJ/Owens finish midway through
the match when he found out Y2J was due for a surprise return in two days time.
Jericho was always meant to be on that episode of Smackdown, as he was there to film his
role for Southpaw Regional Wrestling.
Batista For Hall Of Fame 2018?
Despite being over seven months away, inductees are apparently already being discussed for
the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame.
And according to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, “one name floated to us as a
possible headliner would be Bautista”.
Dave Meltzer notes that if Undertaker or The Rock are interested in being inducted that
year, though, they would most definitely get the headline spot.
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