Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens returned to WWE on tonight’s episode of Smackdown Live, first appearing in a backstage segment with best friend Sami Zayn.
Owens was off of this weekend’s live events in Argentina and Chile after leaving the WWE live show in Buenos Aires, citing a family issue as the reason for his absence.
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Owens approached Zayn backstage as he was arriving tonight, and said he had talked to Shane McMahon, and he also had a Survivor Series qualifying match. Owens will face Shinsuke Nakamura on next week’s episode of WWE Smackdown Live, with the winner joining the Smackdown Men’s Team.
It’s ALL coming together! @FightOwensFight says he will face @ShinsukeN next week for a chance to join #SDLive‘s #SurvivorSeries team! pic.twitter.com/uHsES2UP3p
— WWE (@WWE) October 25, 2017
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Smackdown Live
On a related note, AJ Styles versus Samir Singh was also confirmed for next week’s show by Daniel Bryan. Jinder Mahal called for the match after Styles defeated and embarrassed Samir’s brother Sunil on tonight’s show.
#SunilSingh couldn’t get the job done vs. @AJStylesOrg, so @JinderMahal wants to put #SamirSingh up to the #PHENOMENAL challenge! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/JIjBmYIgH5
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) October 25, 2017
