Shortly after losing to Sami Zayn on the Hell in a Cell PPV, Kevin Owens took to Twitter to say he was taking some time away. Now, he’s scheduled to face Sami Zayn in a Last Man’s Standing match on next week’s Smackdown. The winner will qualify for the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
What is going on with Kevin Owens possibly taking time away from WWE was addressed recently on Wrestling Observer Radio.
“I asked ‘what’s up with Kevin? Is he hurt? And it’s like ‘No, he asked for personal time off,’” Meltzer said on the show. “I was told that specifically.”
“Well, he got a week off!” said Bryan Alvarez.
Why Owens seemed like he was taking time away but now has a match scheduled for next week is not immediately clear.
“This booking is giving me a headache. Trying to decipher this booking, it doesn’t work,” Meltzer continued.
Owens also noted in the below Tweet that he “can’t stay away for very long.”
Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and the Montreal Canadiens
As Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn square off next week on Smackdown, their hometown Montreal Canadiens will be in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. This is the first time the team has made it to the finals since 1993. A few months after the Canadiens beat the LA Kings in the finals that year, the Quebecers (Jacques Rougeau and Pierre Carl Ouellet/PCO) won the WWF tag-team championships.