Kevin Owens Criticises WWE's Wild Card Rule
It sounds like KO is as baffled by the Wild Card Rule as everyone else.
WWE's implementation of the Wild Card Rule has proven one of their most divisive creative decisions in years, with the company's inability to stick to their own "four wrestlers per show" guideline stoking many a critic's fire.
The way the company have gone about utilising the rule has been sloppy as hell. This is a view shared by a huge portion of the fanbase, and, it seems, SmackDown Superstar Kevin Owens.
In a new interview with Brian Fitz from The Sporting News, KO stated that while he understands that the rule was devised "to add a sense of unpredictability to all the shows" and accepts that it has achieved that, he believes it was "very loosely defined when it was first announced and it's been loosely enforced since."
Owens continues, adding: "I guess it was supposed to be four guys at first, but now, really, 10 guys show up on one night, three guys show up the next night, whatever."
While his tone wasn't heavy at all, it's refreshing to hear somebody within WWE acknowledge one of the Wild Card's biggest problems. "Four per show" no longer applies, and now, the brand split is effectively no more.