Update On Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Being Sent Home; Rockstar Spud Update
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Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Update
As we’ve been reporting today, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were sent home from the current WWE European Tour after last night’s SmackDown Live taping. The first round of stories contributed the duo’s removal to the tour to “conduct detrimental to WWE” during the tapings, along with them going into business for themselves during the show.
Now, it’s being reported that the problem wasn’t the promo the pair cut to open the show, but their actions after Sami Zayn’s match with Kofi Kingston. Apparently, Owens and Zayn were supposed to “feed” for New Day at the end of the match, but instead, the pair just left the ring and went backstage.
In wrestling terms, “feeding” refers to the heel(s) going at the babyface(s) numerous times only to be fended off. Instead of Owens and Zayn doing that, Owens attacked as soon at the bell rang, and New Day was not able to get any “comeuppance” due to the pair immediately backing up the entrance ramp.
This wasn’t what creative had planned for them to do, so Vince McMahon approved them being taken off the tour and sent home.
It’s also being reported that the pair have been unhappy and somewhat difficult to work with recently, with one report stating that Kevin Owens was complaining loudly on the tour bus last night after the tapings in what many saw as the last straw after almost a week of touring. If the stories of their discontent is true, it wouldn’t be surprising, seeing as how close the pair was/is to former WWE writer Jimmy Jacobs and former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville, who both have left the company recently under less-than-ideal circumstances.
Rockstar Spud WWE Bound
As we reported last week, Rockstar Spud parted ways with Impact Wrestling, and it looks like he is headed to WWE. According to reports today, Spud will be signing with WWE shortly and debut in the Cruiserweight Division for 205 Live, bypassing any time in “developmental” in NXT.
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