What if WWE gives Kevin Owens the CM Punk push?

#4 Sami Zayn gets involved

Sami Zayn would likely figure into Kevin Owens's big angle.

No WWE Superstar is more intertwined with Kevin Owens’s WWE career to date than Sami Zayn. They were arch-rivals in NXT and for much of their first year on the main roster. From there, they formed an unlikely partnership as obnoxious heels who antagonized Shane McMahon, then moved to Raw together before Zayn went down to injury.

If WWE is going to put Owens in anything like the featured spot CM Punk got in 2011, it would make complete sense for Zayn to return early from injury. Even if he can’t work a match, his history and his talking skills could easily make him a key cog in WWE’s kayfabe management trying to broker a deal with Owens, as someone to be bullied or have his job threatened to get at his friend, or as a partner in crime as KO makes mischief during his supposed contract negotiations.