5 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Stomping Grounds

3. KO, Zayn Rebound

Sami Zayn Kevin Owens Stomping Grounds
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Holy hell, whatever they said backstage about flooring the gas pedal, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens sure as hell listened.

KO opened their tag match against the New Day by throwing his own superkick party on Big E and Xavier Woods, then nailed a diving senton for two. Zayn then hit a Blue Thunder Bomb on Woods for another two, and an Owens frogsplash netted yet another two. And that was only the first minute of the match.

The rest of the bout was pretty solid, with Xavier being in trouble throughout and taking most of the abuse. In the end, it was KO hitting a Stunner for the win – on Woods.

For a thrown-together match that was largely viewed as a throwaway bout, this was pretty entertaining.

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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.