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#1: Roman Reigns and Jey Uso outsmarted and brutalized Kevin Owens on WWE SmackDown, once again
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Roman Reigns and his WWE segments have frequently delivered since SummerSlam, but his arc on this week's episode led to a slightly mixed reaction from the fans.
The performers involved - Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, and Jey Uso - delivered as always, but it was the repetitive booking that may have been a problem this week.
Kevin Owens can't let go of The Tribal Chief and his cousin, Jey Uso, on WWE SmackDown. The Prizefighter has lost against Reigns at WWE TLC, as well as last week's episode from the Blue brand. Uso was a common factor in both of these instances. Despite that, Owens didn't change his approach at all on this week's WWE SmackDown.
KO advocated for the main event match against Jey Uso, which Owens won.
After the bout was over, Owens tried to lure Reigns by using the handcuffs and brutalizing Jey Uso at the same time. KO made a mistake when he took Jey Uso to the ThunderDome's LED panel area near the entrance ramp. It gave Reigns the perfect opportunity to ambush The Prizefighter. The Anoa'i family cousins outsmarted Owens, as Reigns threw his rival from the LED panel area onto the tables set below.
Introducing the handcuffs as a callback to their recent Steel Cage match, and the creative inclusion of the ThunderDome setting were both excellent aspects from Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens' arc during this week's episode.
However, one has to wonder if there is any scope left in this well-executed WWE storyline if Owens continues to make the same mistakes over and over again.
Do catch SK Wrestling experts Rick Ucchino and Denise Salcedo as they share their thoughts on all that went down during last night's WWE SmackDown in the video linked above.
