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#2 Flop on WWE SmackDown: Kevin Owens booking on the show
WWE SmackDown's creative team has been extremely unfair to Kevin Owens lately. Earlier this year, the former Universal Champion pushed Roman Reigns to his limit, tore the house down with Sami Zayn, and was instrumental in getting Baron Corbin's 'broke' character over with the crowd. In return, he has been rewarded with being pushed into underwhelming segments with Logan Paul, canceled matches against Corbin, and an overall weak booking on the show.
This week, KO intended to punish Corbin for his past actions but was subjected to an unprecedented attack at the hands of Riddick Moss. Unless WWE SmackDown plans to use these segments to push Kevin Owens further, they risk losing one of their best performers to AEW.
The Canadian Superstar is one of the few people on the roster who can work well with any script handed to him. However, his current run resembles the one that Dean Ambrose had during his final couple of months in WWE. The promotion now has until January to fix this mistake as that's when his contract will end. If Owens decides to move to AEW and reunite with his old friends, can anyone really blame him?
#3 Hit on WWE SmackDown: Shinsuke Nakamura defends his Intercontinental Championship
This week on WWE SmackDown, Shinsuke Nakamura put his Intercontinental Championship on the line against Apollo Crews. Both superstars delivered good performances in a well-balanced title rematch. Crews looked tremendous as a challenger, which helped add more credibility to Nakamura's successful title defense. Considering that WWE has scheduled their annual Draft for next week, this might be Crews' final attempt to win the title.
An interesting spot in the match saw Commander Azeez trying to run interference but was brilliantly taken out of the equation by Rick Boogs. They delivered an epic suplex at ringside. Although Nakamura hasn't done much on WWE SmackDown since winning the title, he was nearly flawless in the match tonight. We hope that he will be involved in more intense feuds moving forward.
