Since he was fired on last week's Smackdown, the natural question is whether Kevin Owens will be appearing on tonight's episode. We are told Owens is not currently backstage.
As I talked about in the PWInsider.com Elite section yesterday, there has been an expectation over the last week within WWE that Owens could pop up on the WWE NXT debut broadcast tomorrow on the USA Network, something that Triple H played into on his media call yesterday promoting the NXT brand's big jump to live TV on USA. Owens has also cryptically teased a NXT appearance on his social media. If I am a betting man, I would expect Owens to be there at Full Sail Live tomorrow.
It should be noted, however, that advertising that was sent out today by the Wells Fargo Center for their 11/15 Smackdown taping lists Owens as among the talents appearing, alongside Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston, Charlotte Flair and others. So, time will tell how long Owens is gone from Smackdown, or even Raw, given the forthcoming WWE Draft.
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