On this week’s episode of SmackDown Live,Kevin Owens shocked WWE fans by viciously turning heel on Kofi Kingston, attacking the WWE Champion with a superkick and proceeding to beat down on Kingston and his current Day teammate Xavier Woods. A current report, or however,suggests that there was a reason behind this angle — the mystery injury that has kept Daniel Bryan out of action since he lost his WWE Championship to Kingston at WrestleMania 35.
As cited by Wrestling Inc., Dave Meltzer recently explained on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE’s original plan was for Kingston to face Bryan at next month’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view, or in a rematch of their WrestleMania 35 encounter. Meltzer stressed that Bryan’s injury was specifically why WWE booked Owens to attack Kingston and Woods on Tuesday’s edition of SmackDown Live,just one week after he aligned himself with the faction as an “honorary member” and a stand-in for the injured colossal E.
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Source: inquisitr.com