WWE could be setting up Sami Zayn vs. Tye Dillinger for tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live. As seen at Sunday’s Royal Rumble event, Zayn & Owens attacked Dillinger as he was was making his entrance into The Rumble match. Zayn ended up taking his spot.

Zayn and Dillinger had the following exchange on Twitter ahead of tonight’s show:

We're all gonna get what we have coming to us.

We're all gonna get what we deserve.

— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) January 29, 2018

Yeah, you will. https://t.co/28PdvRfRWR

— TEN (@WWEDillinger) January 30, 2018

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It was reported last week that Kevin Owens has been battling a back injury for the past few weeks and the injury was described as one that “comes and goes” but isn’t serious enough to take time off to get it fixed.

WWE did an angle on SmackDown Live this week with Owens’ left leg and it will likely figure into the story of his match at The Royal Rumble this Sunday. The belief is that Owens will only be involved in the match on a limited basis due to his back but the commentary team will explain that it is his leg that is affecting his performance.

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While speaking to Between the Ropes, Chris Jericho discussed the original plans for WrestleMania 33 and revealed that at one point the plan was for him to face Nakamura on the card.

Jericho explained, “After we went to Japan in June or July I remember coming back and talking to Vince, and I said you’ve got to bring this Nakamura guy up to the main roster. I wanna work with him. Let’s debut him at WrestleMania. I said I’ll stay until WrestleMania if I can work with Nakamura. Vince said okay. Then about a month later, I said that I actually think me and Kevin Owens could work at WrestleMania.”

You can listen to Jericho’s remarks below:

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Taz delivers a special New Years Day edition of The Taz Show, in which he’ll break down his list of the Top 5 Wrestlers of 2017.

Before that, he points out that there have been a lot of changes happening behind the scenes of The Taz Show lately, but he’s happy to announce that The Taz Show will continue in 2018 with shows on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. He will get back into the swing of things with this new schedule beginning next week.

Top presents his top 5 wrestlers of 2017.

5. Kevin Owens

Taz thinks Owens should be on everyone’s top 5 list for 2017, because he had a great year in WWE. He points out that Owens appears to have great chemistry with everyone he works with in the ring, and his promo work has been on point all year as well.

Owens is one of the top heels in WWE, and he also sells great which is very important as a heel. Taz points out that Owens isn’t a small man, so that makes his ability to work and bump even more impressive. His feuds this year with A.J. Styles and Shane McMahon were very entertaining, and both feuds delivered in the ring.

Taz recalls working for TNA a few years ago and he was heavily recruiting Owens to work for TNA during that time. He’s been a fan of Owens for as long as he can remember, and he wishes he had the opportunity to work with Owens because he thinks they could have done tremendous business together in the ring and on the mic.

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When Dolph Ziggler seemingly vacated the United States Championship, Daniel Bryan knew what he had to do. He booked one of WWE’s rare tournaments. You don’t see those too often. I know we had the Mae Young Classic and the Cruiserweight Classic recently, but I’m talking about one for the main roster dudes. They could happen a bit more.

Obviously they shouldn’t be overdone, but they could be used every once in a while, and here’s why.

Tournaments Showcase The Midcard

Remember the tournament WWE held for the vacant WWE Championship back in 2015? I know most people don’t want to. In case you do, you most likely remember the big names such as Roman Reigns, Dean Ambose, and Kevin Owens advancing in the tournament. But did you know that men like Kalisto, Ryback, Stardust, Neville, Titus O’Neil, and Tyler Breeze were also there? Granted, they didn’t last very long, but they were there. And those aren’t your main-event names.

Even with the Smackdown tournament for the vacant US Championship, they have the ability to showcase some of their less used talents. Though Tye Dillinger didn’t win, he had a strong showing against Jinder Mahal. Unless WWE decides to have big names such as Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura compete, they’ll have to use Sin Cara, Zack Ryder, Mojo Rawley, and Mike Kanellis, who are all talented performers. They have the chance to show off what they are capable of.

They Provide a Reason for Matches

Too often we see matches happen just for the sake of having a match. That’s it. No storyline advancement. No interference or anything. Nothing happens. A guy wins and the other guy loses. If WWE did more tournaments, this would happen less often. Now two guys can fight, and there’s a valid reason for them to fight. Therefore, the audience gets invested in the match.

Qualifying matches also do this quite well. Just last Survivor Series, the members of Team Smackdown (except for John Cena and Shane McMahon) all had to fight for their spots. Randy Orton beat Sami Zayn. Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kevin Owens. Bobby Roode beat Dolph Ziggler. At last year’s Money in the Bank, all the performers in that match had to qualify.

This doesn’t specifically apply to tournaments, but when you give a match a reason for happening, people will care about it more. Tournaments and qualifying matches provide an easy reason for two people to be fighting.

It Kills Time

Sometimes the gaps between PPVs can be as long as five or six weeks. For a company that often has trouble booking a story for four weeks, this can be a problem. Look at Raw right now. They’re far away from the Royal Rumble, so it’st just kind of happening. Last week’s episode was a whole episode of nothing. There are times when the shows feel like they are just spinning their wheels.

If there are five weeks until a PPV, instead of having the challenger decided in one and having him fight in tag matches against the champion for four, how about have the challenger decided in two or three weeks, and spend the others building the match? There are only so many promos you can cut, so many time you can stare down your opponent before it gets old. It may build interest a bit, but there is a better way.

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WWE announced on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live that The Fashion Police will face The Bludgeon Brothers at Sunday’s Clash of Champions event. Here is the updated card for the event:

WWE Title
AJ Styles (c) vs. Jinder Mahal

Lumberjack Match: Women’s Title
Charlotte (c) vs. Natalya

US Title
Baron Corbin (c) vs. Bobby Rodde vs. Dolph Ziggler

Tag Team Titles
Rusev & Aiden English vs. The Usos (c) vs. The New Day vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable

Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. Randy Orton & TBA.
(If Owens & Zayn loses, they will be fired from WWE)

The Fashion Police vs. The Bludgeon Brothers

Check back here this Sunday for our live play-by-play coverage of the show.

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WWE teased that Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn could be headed to RAW in a video they posted on social media during Sunday’s WWE Survivor Series event.

PWInsider reports that there was talk of doing a Superstar Shake up in the fall earlier this year, but it’s uknown of this plans still stand. There was also talk during the summer within the company of putting Owens back on the RAW brand but it quieted pretty quickly. It will be interesting to see in the coming weeks where they go with this storyline.

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Randy Orton had an exchange with Kevin Owens on Twitter, which resulted in the two trading insults with each other. After Orton took a shot at Owens for attending a “dessert party” over the weekend, Orton also decided to take a jab at Owens & Sami Zayn being sent home from the recent UK tour.

Here is the exchange:

Wow. @FightOwensFight just stopped by my wedding dessert party in Epcot. Made this day even better. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/DeXyTLvi6J

— MATTY (@mattyms) November 12, 2017

It was great meeting you guys. Congrats and good luck! https://t.co/OqSyHYrfqc

— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) November 12, 2017

Of course he stopped by…… it was a DESSERT PARTY. https://t.co/FsCOsEkiFw

— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) November 12, 2017

You vape. https://t.co/qcYWcCPAw2

— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) November 12, 2017

I actually quit vaping this European tour, but you wouldn’t know because you ain’t here. https://t.co/PjDtQIo95N

— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) November 12, 2017

I got so excited for a second…I thought you said you had quit the company. Congrats on quitting vaping though that’s great! https://t.co/JNDXLTlrVH

— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) November 13, 2017

By the way, that’s the best comeback you’ve blown in years. https://t.co/JNDXLTlrVH

— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) November 13, 2017

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Ahyessir, we’re getting closer and closer to Survivor Series. Did you know that it’s the one time of the year where Smackdown and Raw compete head to head? That’s what everyone on the show’s been saying.

You know what, that idea is alright and all, but it could be so much better than that. Survivor Series used to have stakes. There used to be a reason you wanted to survive. Nowadays, that reason’s a lot less clear. Why exactly do they want to beat the other team so badly? Pride? Bragging rights? Do they all get a bonus in their paycheck or something?

Basically, the whole “brand warfare” shtick has run its course for now.

It Doesn’t Really Make That Much Sense

Remember how the New Day were on Raw last year? Remember how they were an integral part of Raw last year? So why in the blue hell are they suddenly taking a collective dump over the Red brand? Is Raw really that bad?

And then there’s Rusev, the number 10 pick in last year’s Draft.. He, too, was moved in the Shakeup to Smackdown. Suddenly he reacts like a bull when he sees the color red. Isn’t this all just a tad bit strange? It’d make sense for guys like Dolph Ziggler, AJ Styles, or Baron Corbin, who were Team Blue from the start, but for New Day, Rusev, and even Charlotte to suddenly act like Crips when there are Bloods around is really bizarre.

I get that there’s sort of a precedent for this. In the NBA, people get drafted to new teams all the time. In football, people get bought and sold in every transfer window. Still, I’m pretty sure that Kyrie Irving doesn’t suddenly hate the Cleveland Cavaliers. I’m pretty sure Neymar doesn’t just really hate Barcelona now. Sure, if they face their old teams, they work with the new team and try to win, because duh. They’re a team.

That excuse doesn’t work for Survivor Series. This is the only time of the year where the members of the brands team up against each other. Meanwhile, people who are otherwise teammates in November beat each other up for a living. It’s absurd. Why are they so concerned with brand supremacy when they can’t stand half of the people on their own roster?

There Are Better Stories to Be Told

At Hell in a Cell last month, Sami Zayn shocked the world by saving his former best friend and bitter enemy and now current best friend Kevin Owens from certain demise. Now 5 weeks later, neither of the men are even on the card of Survivor Series. Sure, they’ll interfere in a meaningless “Brand Supremacy” match, but it’s kind of a waste. Why not have a Team Sami & Kevin v. Team Shane? That makes much more sense. Owens, Zayn, and other disgruntled heels who have beef with the Commissioner can all team up against him. Imagine a match of Owens, Zayn, Rusev, Aiden English, and Dolph Ziggler taking on a team of Shane McMahon, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Bobby Roode? Now realize that half of those people aren’t even on the card.

Raw also had a prime opportunity to do something. Imagine the Shield and Braun Strowman taking on The Miz, Kane, and The Bar in a 4-on-4 traditional Survivor Series elimination match. That could have been all types of awesome. Shield and Strowman? That’s a wrecking crew right there. I’d love to see them team up.

Hopefully next year, WWE moves past the gang mentality for Survivor Series. There is so much more that can be done. There’s so much more to this than that.

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As previously reported, both Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were kicked off the on-going UK Tour and sent back to the United States.

According to Pro Wrestling sheet, Owens and Zayn were supposed to “feed” for the New Day following the match between Zayn and Kofi Kingston.

The term feeling is: “The heel’s role during a babyface comeback where he runs at the babyface only to be repeatedly fended off, with the hope that the series of bumps by the heel will generate positive fan heat for the babyface.”

Owens and Zayn were supposed to do this after the match but left the ring instead for an unknown reason. It’s also being said that Owens and Zayn have been “slightly” difficult to work with and have appeared to be unhappy backstage.

In regards to fans believing that this is a work, Ryan Satin mentioned on Twitter that it is not.

Not a work, people.

— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) November 8, 2017

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