12 Ups And 16 Downs For WWE In 2018

12. Sami And KO’s Lost Year

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When the career epitaphs are written for Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, 2018 will be a year both will likely wish never happened.

This year was a lost one for both Canadians, as they lost their roster spots on SmackDown, lost a WrestleMania tag match to Commissioner Shane McMahon and GM Daniel Bryan, and then had to struggle to get a job on Raw. Shortly after that, Zayn would land on the shelf, followed by KO a few months later.

Before getting injured, Owens lost a one-sided feud against Braun Strowman (even though he actually won one a steel cage match). He later quit Raw, only to return a week later. A month after that, Owens was written off at Bobby Lashley’s hands.

Just a completely forgettable year for Sami and Kevin.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.