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#1 Shane McMahon tries to find a way to keep Owens and Zayn out of the Rumble

Speaking of the Royal Rumble match, after failing to take the jobs of his arch nemeses away from them at Clash of Champions, Shane McMahon is still out for blood. He will look for a way to exclude one or both of them from this year’s Royal Rumble match. He may not come up with the answer this week, but the story will begin.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see him force Owens and Zayn to face each other, with only the winner getting a spot in the match. That way, even though it is giving one of the men an opportunity to main event WrestleMania, it’s taking that chance away from the other and hopefully causing a big rift between the volatile friends-turned enemies-turned friends. It makes sense.

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