ZitatAfter his loss to AJ Styles last night, Kevin Owens has removed all his "Face of America" pics from Twitter & has gone dark.
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Hoffentlich lassen sie dieses aufgesetzte, nichtssagende Gimmick fallen...
ZitatUpdate on Kevin Owens
We got several emails from readers that attended the WWE live event in Corpus Christi and they sent word that Kevin Owens did wrestle on the show. AJ Styles defended his newly won United States Championship against Owens and Baron Corbin so it looks like the reason behind taking the title off of Owens was not injury related. As we noted earlier on the site, the Styles vs. Owens match at Battleground has been pulled from the match listing on WWE.com and Dave Meltzer reported that it was a late decision to have Styles win the title.
So it could just be that WWE wanted to do something extra special at a house show. Styles retained the United States Championship on Saturday.
Finde die ganze Situation trotzdem etwas komisch, erst wird Styles als No.1 Contender für ein Match bei Battleground festgelegt und dann gewinnt er spontan den Titel bei ner Houseshow, verteidigt direkt danach und das PPV Match verschwindet? Hat für mich persönlich nen faden Beigeschmack, sowas passiert idR nur wenn man wirklich extrem wichtige Pläne hat oder ein Owens hat gewaltig Dreck am Stecken aus welchem Grund auch immer.
Die WWE bringt Titelwechsel bei Houseshows doch alle paar Jahre mal. Ich kann mir schon gut vorstellen, dass man die schwächelnden Live Events mal wieder etwas pushen möchte. Das geht jetzt auf Kosten von Owens, aber das ist ein anderes Thema...
Die WWE bringt Titelwechsel bei Houseshows doch alle paar Jahre mal. Ich kann mir schon gut vorstellen, dass man die schwächelnden Live Events mal wieder etwas pushen möchte. Das geht jetzt auf Kosten von Owens, aber das ist ein anderes Thema...
Das ist aufjedenfall klar, ist ja auch nicht das erste mal aber mir kommts eben spanisch vor das eben nichtmal das Rematch direkt für den PPv angesetzt wurde, wäre für mich halt der logische Schritt gewesen. Was mir jetzt grad eingefallen ist, evtl liegt da auch ne SMackdown Authority Fehde für Owens im Busch, das wäre auch im Bereich des möglichen so wie er sich mit Ihnen schon in den letzten Wochen und Monaten angelegt hatte.
Naja, Battleground ist doch erst am 23. Juli. Ich bin mir relativ sicher, dass Owens noch ein Rückmatch bekommen wird, eventuell schon bei SmackDown. Vielleicht gibt's bei Battleground dann gar den 3-Way mit Corbin, wobei ich aktuell nicht auf dem Schirm habe, inwieweit er in andere Fehden verstrickt ist.
ZitatAlles anzeigenSK Exclusive: Reason why AJ Styles won the United States Championship at Madison Square Garden
This is one of the reasons why AJ Styles won the United States Championship at Madison Square Garden.
As reported by the Dirty Sheets, via our "DS Breaking News" show on YouTube, one of the reasons for AJ Styles winning the US Championship at MSG centred around his upcoming DVD release.
MSG is considered the Mecca of sports entertainment, and it is considered an honour to compete for WWE at the World’s Most Famous Arena.
AJ's DVD is still around 6 months away; however, the WWE felt like AJ needed to have another significant moment on the DVD, towards the end of the running feature, with his WWE title win now being 9 months old. In addition to that, these DVDs spend a lot of time in post-production. It also should be noted, the WWE is always open to a title change at a house show every 2-3 years, just to set that narrative that anything can happen in the WWE at any time.
AJ Styles and Owens were set to have a match at Battleground on July 23rd in Philadelphia, at the Wells Fargo Center. However, it now appears that WWE.com has removed this match from the card.
This will probably be a key feature of the DVD with the match likely to be an extra. Nothing tells the story of coming from the indies to the big time like winning a title at MSG.
Ach, hab gar nicht mitbekommen, dass das im MSG war. Erklärt dann natürlich auch einiges.
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ZitatAlles anzeigenSK Exclusive: Reason Why Kevin Owens lost the US Championship
Kevin Owens lost his US title to AJ Styles in a Live event show on July 7th.
As broken by The Dirty Sheets Network, via our "DS Breaking News" show, be it at MSG or Battleground, Kevin Owens was always set to lose his US Championship, due to creative opting for a change of direction for his character.
Whilst US Champion, Owens was playing an anti-American heel who referred to himself as the Face of America.
With Rusev returning to TV as an anti-American heel and Jinder Mahal also spouting anti-American rhetoric, SmackDown officials decided that they are too many characters ultimately portraying the same heel gimmick. It was therefore decided that Kevin Owens was the one who needed the gimmick the least of the three. We outlined why the MSG title change was booked in a previous article, rather than waiting for Battleground.
AJ Styles will face Kevin Owens in a US Championship rematch at Battleground on July 23rd at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Dropping the "face of America" certainly proves that Jinder Mahal's push was a last minute decision. The WWE would have never knowingly started the gimmick, knowing they would have three anti-American heels by mid July.Choosing Owens as the one to drop his character is the correct choice. Mahal is now over for the first time in his career and Rusev has never been anything else. Kevin Owens doesn't need it and never did. He has been a highly entertaining and efficient heel for two years without it.
