Kevin Owens has been unveiled as the newest member of the WWE SmackDown roster.
After brand new general manager Nick Aldis was introduced to fans by Triple H himself, the Prizefighter was unveiled on Friday night’s episode as the replacement trade following Jey Uso’s move to Raw.
As revealed at Payback last month, Cody Rhodes had orchestrated a way for Jey to switch to the red brand after he walked out on WWE weeks earlier.
Although fans knew a wrestler would be moving the other way from Raw to SmackDown, a few weeks had passed without any answers before SmackDown last night.
Aldis told the fans: ‘I’m gonna cut right to the chase. As many of you know about a month ago, Cody Rhodes was instrumental in a deal which took Jey Uso to Monday Night Raw, and in exchange a Raw superstar must come to SmackDown.
‘So as my first official act, with Triple H’s blessing, I’d like to introduce SmackDown’s newest superstar right now.’
Despite Dominik Mysterio’s best efforts to halt the announcement, KO’s music hit and the former world champion stormed to the ring and laid out the Judgment Day star with a huge Stunner.
Owens’ move to the blue brand throws up some fascinating complications, particularly as he’s spent a large part of this year in a rekindled team with Sami Zayn.
His trade suggests that partnership is over with the beloved fan favourite remaining on Raw, which in itself could create more tension with Cody Rhodes.
As fans know, the storyline reason for the trade was the American Nightmare getting Jey Uso on Raw, but their recent Undisputed WWE Tag Team Title victory means they will both continue to appear on both programmes anyway.
KO in particular might not take too kindly to being moved away from his tag team partner Sami all for a trade that has almost been negated anyway thanks to the rules around the titles recently held by the lifelong friends.
WWE SmackDown airs Friday nights at 1am on TNT Sports 1.
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