Kevin Owens lost the United States championship to AJ Styles on last week’s episode of SmackDown Live despite the fact that he was never pinned. He can blame Chris Jericho for that.
This week, he got his rematch.
Some of the action:
Back and forth the action goes as @FightOwensFight and @AJStylesOrg battle it out with the #USTitle on the line to kick off #SDLive! pic.twitter.com/hXug0ELqXw
— WWE (@WWE) August 2, 2017
Also this, which is just the prettiest thing you’ll see in a wrestling ring:
Get ready to fly... pic.twitter.com/dxMY5s7fQB
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) August 2, 2017
Toward the end, right when it got good, they did a ref bump, with Owens accidentally punching the official. He immediately went into a superkick to a downed Styles then tried a Pop Up Powerbomb. Styles countered that into a roll up, one the referee counted despite the fact that Owens clearly had his shoulder up.
The referee then had his eye checked.
More controversy in the US title scene!
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