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Why Kevin Owens was not used on RAW

Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens was backstage on Monday Night RAW this week but was not utilized on the show. He was last seen on WWE TV back at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules when he faced Murphy on the kick-off show.

Explaining his absence on WWE RAW, Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Newsletter said:

''Even though he wasn’t on the last two shows, Owens was at the RAW tapings on 7/20. He had been written into the original shows but with all the changes made, they decided not to use him. I think the key was that since they wanted to do injury angles with Black on both shows, the feeling was that Owens would theoretically have to do run-ins to attempt to break those up and they didn’t feel the need to sacrifice him in angles like that.''

Aleister Black became the latest WWE Superstar to have his eye injured by Seth Rollins and his men when Murphy shoved him into the steel steps on this week's show.

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