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#4 Corbin vs Zayn and Ziggler vs Owens take place
This week on SD Live, Dolph Ziggler made his return to SmackDown Live. He was supposed to wrestle Baron Corbin, but Owens and Zayn took out both men before the match could happen. This led to Corbin facing Owens and Ziggler taking on Zayn, with the two men who were going to wrestle each other for a spot in the WWE Title match now possibly both making it into the match. Indeed that was the case, as Owens and Zayn both took clean pinfall losses to Corbin and Ziggler. The reaction to Baron Corbin was particularly interesting; he got a big reaction from the crowd, who popped big when he defeated Kevin Owens. Corbin is usually met by lethargy from the crowd. Is it just because the crowd really wanted Owens to lose, or did California really enjoy Corbin?
Even more confusing is Dolph Ziggler’s alliance. Is he a good guy? A bad guy? Does he even care? Why should we care? I hope WWE addresses this next week. It seemed like they were trying to book him like a good guy who is just excited to get another opportunity, but why should we cheer for him after how much he complained about and attacked the fans? They cheered him this week, probably because they were against Sami Zayn, but we really need to find out what they intend to do with Dolph.
I don’t really expect that answer next week. They’re either going to do Ziggler vs Corbin next week to tie up that loose end, which could also help paint Ziggler as a babyface. I think they’ll probably just reverse things and do the opposite matches from the ones they did this week. Nothing on the line, but just to keep it 50-50. It’s a bad idea, which is why I think they’ll do it.
