Kevin Owens took the wrestling universe by storm after his sensational promo last week. Seth Rollins defeated Kevin Owens in the last week's episode of RAW to defend his Intercontinental Title. Kevin Owens started the bout by pouring his heart into whatever has been happening inside the ring. He mentioned his best friend Sami Zayn and the good times at SmackDown.
Kevin Owens is an amazing athlete who has never failed to live up to the storylines. Last week on Raw, when Seth Rollins defeated Kevin Owens, the latter stayed in the ring for what promised to be an intriguing promo. Owens sat in the ring for quite a while and said "I Quit" before walking out from the ring. Owens even removed his gloves to announce to the WWE Universe that he had finally called it quits.
Kevin Owens had a series of underwhelming matches against Braun Strowman, in which he was nothing less than a bait for the Monster who was just waiting for Reigns and Lesnar's feud to get over. Now that Strowman is cashing in his Money in the Bank contract at Hell In A Cell, there hardly seems to be anything for Kevin Owens. Owens, who was a Universal Champion before losing the title to Goldberg.
Kevin Owens' "I Quit," took the wrestling universe by storm, some even anticipating a return to the indies. But it all came tumbling down when Owens returned to RAW in the next episode to take down Bobby Lashley. Here we'll look at 5 reasons why Kevin Owens returning to RAW a week after he quit, is probably the worst thing to have happened in WWE.
#4 The hue and cry was for naught
There was so much that was said on Kevin Owens calling it quits after losing the match against Seth Rollins. Now that he is back, there hardly seems to be anything that's left for Kevin Owens to make a comeback if something goes wrong again.
Considering the fact that Kevin Owens is back, one hopes to see where he will go from here. WWE Universe could also turn on him for playing a prank and forget about any future babyface push for the wrestler because the audience just wouldn't buy it.
#3 Return to RAW seems baseless
RAW is jampacked with Championship belts only lying with one group of wrestlers. Roman Reigns is the WWE Universal Champion who might not lose it anytime soon and the new Tag-Team Champions are the newfound alliance of Braun Strowman. Ziggler and McIntyre are Champions just to emphasize the fact that there is a Champion team in Braun Strowman's stable too.
Kevin Owens challenging Seth Rollins again will be ridiculous considering if he loses that match, Kevin Owens will fall in the lower-middle card. And taking the belt from Seth Rollins seems too early. The only wrestler who is left is Bobby Lashley and there are far too many problems in making Kevin Owens feud with him.
If Kevin Owens was returning this early, it should have been on SmackDown Live or possibly SmackDown 1000. SmackDown already lacks wrestlers in the single's division as everybody seems to be occupied in the Tag-Team division. Kevin Owens back on RAW only calls for another run of poor storytelling.
#2 Bobby Lashley vs Kevin Owens isn't good for anybody
Truth be told, Bobby Lashley's return isn't the one that the WWE Universe expected. There was no dream match between Lesnar and Lashley, two MMA wrestlers who could have made a historic fight. Lashley hasn't been involved in any good feud. He is not even in the WWE Universal Championship picture.
If there is somebody who needed a push more than Kevin Owens, it was Bobby Lashley and pitting both these wrestlers against each other is going to end up really bad for one wrestler.
Lashley falls in the same category as Reigns, Strowman and Lesnar and if Kevin Owens takes him down in a one-to-one match, it will make matters worse for Lashley. If not, Kevin Owens will remain in the same frame. Let's leave it to WWE to decide which wrestler to decimate further. Owens or Lashley?
#1 WWE should have had some patience
The recent RAW episode was already filled with some amazing moments. Shawn Michaels returned, The Undertaker made an appearance and both of them had an altercation which possibly hints a match between the two legends somewhere down the line.
Ziggler and McIntyre were crowned as new Tag-Team Champions, The Shield and Braun Strowman's newfound alliance had a huge battle which saw the entire RAW roster in the ring. Amidst all these things, Kevin Owens' return did not make much impact and wasn't the main highlight of the show.
WWE should have had some patience after going to such heights to prove that Kevin Owens had indeed quit, even removing him from active superstars to an alumnus on WWE Network.