Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens Suspended From UK Tour *Updated*
 

Yup. PWInsider and ProWrestlingSheet say they're getting nothing solid on the actual reason behind them being sent home after the SD taping, but Sports Illustrated sre saying that it's because they went into business for themselves during the promo.

The only thing even slightly off in that promo is a Ring of Honour reference and surely it can't be that? Personally, I'm leaning towards it being a work and they'll be off TV until Survivor Series and cost Smackdown the match.


UPDATE:

Update from the wrestling observer boards, per Big Dave Meltzer:

Must just be dumb of them. Cant imagine them being defiant. I mean, they're getting huge pushes at the moment. It really would make no sense. But who knows.

Kevin Owens has said he doesn't memorize scripts word for word so it comes off more natural, so calling themselves Men of Honour might have not been them trying to be dicks, but miscalculated.

Like I said, I think this is a work, but someone did respond to me and mentioned we're now in a climate where even having your photo taken with RoH talent can warrant a firing, so who knows.

There's another rumor thst whatever caused this didn't air, but I'm not buying that yet. I know people who managed to get the feed and didn't mention anything. Hopefully that gets archived somewhere.

Never in a million years would I have assumed calling themselves "men of honour" was a Ring of Honour reference.......

Nothing wrong with it at all

Maybe they all had a Becky Lynch gangbang lined up and it got canceled at the last minute.

It would certainly ruin their credibility as heels if they were such gentlemen.

Latest on the story is that they were supposed to feed for New Day but went into business for themselves and just left the ring. That makes a lot more sense than the awesome promo work they did getting them into trouble.

I actually noticed they didnt feed for new day and found it peculiar but i also liked it. Like it made sense cuz they knew they were outnumbered so a hit and run was their best bet

Best bet kayfabe wise that is. Apparently not a great idea as a shoot lol

Suddenly I can see Owens & Zayn representing SmackDown at the Survivor Series in a Handicap Match against Kane.

Seems really dumb if true but then again wouldn't be the first time someone got heat or in trouble for ad-libbing part of a promo. Brad Maddox got fired because he used the word "pricks" once even though it was a dark segment I think.

I actually seem to remember that promo. I think it was on Main Event. But I might be making that up. But a lot of the time I think they're looking to cut some of these guys. If they like them, then they can let it go. It's not like they really want to keep Maddox and their hands were tied when he said "prick" once.

They were supposed to bump and feed for New Day and get run off after their match but instead they just took off. That's why New Day were waiting in the ring and no music was played.

I saw a thing where they apparently popped up in a Young Bucks video.

This might sound a little corny, but I was just thinking that maybe jumping the gun on this situation isn't right.

UPDATE:

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Ryan Satin has confirmed both have nuclear heat and are expected to be de-pushed for a while as punishment.

Kane isn't booked for Survivor Series. Just saying.

Oh no

How will they fit in the doghouse

Zayn does his goofy dance in Kane's face and just gets an uppercut right in the jaw. Owens guffaws and goes "Hey! That's my best friend!" before getting one himself. Complete squash. Double Chokeslam. Kane gets on the mic. "Prize fighter? More like a fat bitch!" and then Sami Zayn's music hits and Kane does the Zayn dance.

Come on, you can just see it.

Fat Man, Little Boy and Quebec Agreement references coming now, if they haven't been already.

"Men of Honor? More like Men of JOBBER! Amiright? How you doin'?" - Enzo Amore, November 2017

Sami & Kevin's new tag team theme:

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Lol @ "positive fan heat"

Vince comes back and gives Owens a receipt for the headbutt, which he sells like a gunshot. Trainers and medics need to come out to stretcher Owens away and Zayn faints, also requiring medical attention.

Listening to them describe a bump and feed was painful too...cringy

Anyways going into business for themselves is shit. Hope they get a nice tater for it. Sounds like they want out tho.

2 new members of Bullet Club comin.

Sami Zayn will get to be the star that turns 205 Live around. Into the ground when he can't draw more than Enzo Amore.

Kevin Owens goes to New Japan and Tiger Hattori calls the police because the homeless have infiltrated the dojo.

Kevin Owens soon to get a narcoleptic gimmick where he falls asleep in the middle of matches, making it easier for his opponent to pin him. But sometimes he jactitates, kicking out. Owens starts whining about the crowds not being loud enough during his matches to wake him up so he's got a fighting chance.

Lol What? They are dumb.

Where'd you get that from? I'm trying to find the source because it sounds hilarious.

PWTorch's definition for "feeding"

Sleep Owens sleep

Ol' Ryan Satin, whose desperate to be the next big pro-wrestling reporter. I mean, he's had some scoops...but he's had a lot of flops too.

He tries. That he was adamant this was not a work is when I started believing it. He wouldn't say something definite unless it was definite, because that would kill his "serious wrestling reporter" gimmick dead.

Where would you rate him compared to Kenton Lane?

Kenton is cuter and doesn't take wrestling news posting as seriously.

Update from the wrestling observer boards, per Big Dave Meltzer:

Weird, Kevin Owens doesn't look like he has an issue with feeding.

I wouldn't take Meltzer as gospel over PWinsider though. The both just have their sources.

If they're unhappy, I hope they leave.

I'd suspect that they're unhappy that they've taken a backseat since the big heel turn, when they were the hottest act on the show, to put everybody else over to get them ready for Survivor Series. Losing to Orton, Nakamura, then putting over the New Day when they had so much direct interaction with Shane and they were the best act on the show is justified discontent.

I don't blame them for not being satisfied with the direction of the product. Hell, I'm not satisfied with it. I don't agree with them taking the booking into their own hands though. But it sounds like that is being disputed now. I'm curious to see what shakes out of the tree. Can't say I'm surprised though. Even though I wouldn't have expected it from Owens and Zayn, I think the differences between the main roster and NXT, and the difference between the expectations and the reality are going to fry some people.

Meh going into business for yourself is questionable but Shawn Michaes used to do it nightly and he became the #1 guy.

Yeah, true. I get the point. One of the biggest problems with the industry right now is that there aren't any stars, and no one is going to get over doing exactly what the WWE tells them. Something about this specific scenario just doesn't sit well with me though. I mean, even if the idea is a good one, then you've still got the end result that you're now likely to be de-emphasized completely, so you've essentially knocked yourself back three steps instead of taking one forward.

The goal may be to either make a point or to be let go. They know theyll.make good coin on the indies

They probably should have just asked for their releases, because now they might not get out with a bit of humiliation. Maybe it'll babyface them for the geekier crowds? I dunno. I just feel it's very...juvenile.

We will probably never get the real story.

Wonder if Gedo can find room in G1 Climax 28 for Kevin Steen and El Generico.

Maybe it's a little bit from Column A and a little bit from Column Becky Gang Bang?

they can be seat fillers at impact get 50 bucks a day

So what's this all aboot? :p

Maybe they will just storyline it all and said that they attacked Daniel Bryan backstage, unless that's already been discovered , not exactly up to date . Apart from the pin drop you could hear through most of 205 Live.

I still think it's a work tbh. KO has Vince's ear and I could totally see them jeeping it between the three of them.

These kind of little dick lickers need to be sat down for a good long talk with the Miz. You're not guaranteed a top spot once you get it, and throwing tantrums and crying about it isn't the way to maintain your spot in the modern WWE climate, and if you're name isn't John Cena, you're replaceable. The Miz could have thrown hissy fits and complained about how he was used, instead he chose to make an indispensable part of WWE. When he was relegated to the Wrestlemania pre-show and a nearly empty arena he used it to get himself even more over.
Did Daniel Bryan detonate a snot bomb when he was pushed out of the main event picture into some of the lamest comedy WWE has ever produced? Nope, he chose to be awesome and WWE couldn't ignore the fan reaction. The only crybaby tantrum that ever got results was Punk, and that didnt last because he couldnt stop being who he is.

Bottom line, if they're unhappy with their spot and unwilling to work to improve it, in the words of Jim Cornette - "Thank you, fuck you, bye."

This would be awesome though.

You best not have just disrespected Team Hell No.

dick move but pretty hillarious. about time some of the boys said fuck it this writing sucks

The team was awesome. The Dr Shelby bits in theory should have crashed and burned.

Ahh, I'd agree with that then. If the performers weren't into it could've been sooooo much worse.

Amazing what magic can happen when you have 3 people genuinely committed to the scene. Shout out to Harold, too.

They would have never tried this on RAW because Roman Reigns is the locker room leader (he beat The Undertaker at WrestleMania for those who don't know) and he would have given them a Superman Punch and Spear the second they got backstage.

Awesome, better for all 3 parties involved.

So I'm watching it back right now, and New Day were trying to kick them out of the ring. This is definitely a work.

Also, I thought the opening promo was great work from everyone involved, and the Zayn/Kofi match was tight. Honestly, Smackdown was great all around this week.

Could be a work, and I've always said they should try to work the internet to some degree, but this isn't the right way. I mean, to what ends? Owens & Zayn do something big at Survivor Series and we all go "Oh, it was all a work. Ha-ha. They got me," and then...nothing? The next time a report comes out everybody still says "This might be a work, but..." and then someone else says "Remember Zayn & Owens?"

It's actually very short-sighted and kind of unambitious if it is a work.

Are we really going to act like what they're doing right now isn't an anti-establishment thing where they're sick of being walked on? Being "sent home for behavior" would fit exactly into what they're doing. It fits the characters.

And honestly, nothing came across awkward to me on TV. Of course this is a fucking work. This is the only way to do it these days since everybody thinks they know so fucking much.

Blurred lines make dimes.

Making some t-shirts right now.

And if it IS a work, it's two days old. Jumping to conclusions is what I would call short-sighted.

Remember The Miz and R-Truth?

lol the entire roster walking out because Miz and R-Truth were attacking people was so ridiculous

makes chicks get bent out of shape when dudes pull there dicks out and masturbate in front of them.

Maybe keep work shopping that one

Perhaps, but that dude is making money. Wrestling is a slippery slope.

That's what Louis CK said

( you set that up on purpose )

Throwing you some low-hanging fruit. You need it.

Nah, blowing it on these channels is short-sighted. Because regardless of how good it ends up being, that will require on-air content that will blow the idea of this not being a work. It's self-defeating in its very nature.

As soon as Owens & Zayn return with a push the tension his has built is out the window. There would be ways to use the internet for heat or to put fan support behind someone, but saying "they're in trouble" when they're obviously not defeats the point of saying "they're in trouble" in the first place, because they are obviously not. It's Russo stuff, and it would suck.

I'm not saying I think it would be good. I'm just saying I think it's a work, and we shouldn't jump to conclusions just yet.

Louis CK was offering his low hanging fruit too.

There we go.

What did Miz do at the Wrestlemania pre-show?

I had the work thought too, but I'm just saying that I think it would be stupid.

Possibly. Doesn't mean they wouldn't do it, though.

When has something being stupid ever stopped the WWE from going through with it?

Apparently the edit made to show wasn't related to the Sami-Owens incident but instead Shane McMahon messing up reading crowd reactions which made his segment awkward live.

Thought it was weird that he mentioned Daniel Bryan would be back next week, and the fans cheered........ must have cut out the boos and skipped forward to them cheering again......

IS THIS A WORK OR NOT?!

That's what we've been wondering about, you see.

We want answers not wondering.

I want to hear Triple H's disappointed dad speech to both of them.

Cool as the duo is, Owens being politically aligned with Zayn is going to be trouble for him. Already is, clearly.

WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET TO THE FIREWORKS FACTORY???

Both have a reputation for being hard to deal with. And WWE isn't hard up for talent enough to let it slide at this point.

they are reall yhard up for talent

They are hard up for writing talent. Not so much in ring talent. In ring talent can and should be a revolving door to keep things fresh.

Writing talent is so bad that you could put an infinite amount of monkeys in a room with an infinite amount of typewriters. At any point, you can go into the room, look at what's on the wall, and it would be a better, more coherent show than what WWE puts out.

Crazy how many theories and rumors popped up in the two or three days since this story “broke”

After all that, looks like they’ll be back on TV next week, per PWI

Hate to agree with Juan, but when you're right, you're right.

IMO, their promo last week has "worked shoot" written all over it, and it's pretty clear they're going to have them cost Team SDL the traditional 5-on-5. Preferably, some sort of scenario causing Shane to be eliminated via pin/submission/DQ/count-out as the last SDL competitor remaining.

#STORYTELLING