CM Punk defeated Kevin Owens on Friday evening’s episode of SmackDown in Toronto to retain the WWE Championship. —OR— CM Punk retained the WWE Championship in a DQ/COUNT-OUT loss to Kevin Owens on Friday evening’s episode of SmackDown in Toronto.
The inspiration for Punk vs. Owens was laid at SummerSlam when Punk beat Cody Rhodes in the principle occasion of Evening 1 to retain the title, and Owens later gained the No. 1 contendership on Evening 2.
Whereas the No. 1 contender match was initially scheduled to be Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor, SmackDown common supervisor introduced that he had added two opponents to the combination in Gunther and Owens.
KO’s addition was particularly surprising since he had missed the earlier 17 months with a major neck damage that required surgical procedure.
The one-time common champion did not appear to be he missed a beat, although, as he was victorious in what was his first match in almost a 12 months and a half.
Within the weeks that adopted SummerSlam, Punk and Owens received reacquainted with one another, and so they delved into why they have not gotten alongside for the higher a part of the previous twenty years.
Owens took difficulty with Punk berating him within the locker room once they have been each on the impartial scene, and Punk accused Owens of disrespecting him a few years in the past.
Their well-documented historical past resulted in some heated promo segments main as much as their match, and Owens made the choice to have his title alternative in his residence nation of Canada.
Due to that, KO was the sentimental favourite among the many WWE Universe on Friday, despite the fact that each he and Punk are technically babyfaces.
Regardless of Owens having the group on his aspect, Punk retained the WWE title and denied Owens the second world title win of his WWE profession.
Kevin Owens defeated CM Punk on Friday evening’s episode of SmackDown in Toronto to win the WWE Championship.
The inspiration for Punk vs. Owens was laid at SummerSlam when Punk beat Cody Rhodes in the principle occasion of Evening 1 to retain the title, and Owens later gained the No. 1 contendership on Evening 2.
Whereas the No. 1 contender match was initially scheduled to be Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor, SmackDown common supervisor introduced that he had added two opponents to the combination in Gunther and Owens.
KO’s addition was particularly surprising since he had missed the earlier 17 months with a major neck damage that required surgical procedure.
The one-time common champion did not appear to be he missed a beat, although, as he was victorious in what was his first match in almost a 12 months and a half.
Within the weeks that adopted SummerSlam, Punk and Owens received reacquainted with one another, and so they delved into why they have not gotten alongside for the higher a part of the previous twenty years.
Owens took difficulty with Punk berating him within the locker room once they have been each on the impartial scene, and Punk accused Owens of disrespecting him a few years in the past.
Their well-documented historical past resulted in some heated promo segments main as much as their match, and Owens made the choice to have his title alternative in his residence nation of Canada.
Due to that, KO was the sentimental favourite among the many WWE Universe on Friday, despite the fact that each he and Punk are technically babyfaces.
With the group on his aspect, Owens scored the most important victory of his profession, changing into WWE champion for the primary time and a world champion for the second time throughout his WWE tenure.
