#1 Shane should’ve been destroyed by Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
In what could only be described as a ‘blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment’, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens attacked Shane McMahon briefly during the main event match. Yet instead of using their combined strength and abilities to hurt the man that – in their minds – has caused them grief, Shane McMahon managed to beat them both back and get back into the ring and wrestle Kurt Angle for a while.
Keep in mind that this is a 40-something old man that isn’t even a trained wrestler managing to overcome a beat-down by two men who weren’t even booked on the main show. Let that sink in for a moment.
While a lot of people like to make the argument that Shane’s taking advantage of his spot as Vince McMahon’s son, proving that in this manner doesn’t help anyone. Instead of actually giving this storyline between Zayn, Owens and Shane more depth and generating further interest in it, Shane proved that they’re nothing more than an insignificant thorn in his side.
Talk about terrible booking.
Had they thrown him through a table or carried him to the back or something like that, it would’ve been far more interesting a match. Moreover, they could’ve added another interesting twist in having Daniel Bryan come out to confront them, which could’ve planted the seeds for something down the road betwixt them.
Instead, Zayn and Owens – two of the best wrestlers on the SmackDown roster – ended up a relative non-issue in what was promoted as one of the most important matches of the year in WWE.