8 Ups and 7 Downs From WWE Raw (June 27)

2. One More Match

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It looks like we’re going to get at least one more big match between career rivals Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. The two were guests on Chris Jericho’s Highlight Reel Monday night, with Zayn calling their feud “an obsession” that prevents either man from accomplishing his goals in the ring.

Zayn noted that he’s cost KO victories in the Royal Rumble, at WrestleMania and at Money in the Bank, urging Owens to settle things at Battleground. In a weird, twisted promo, Owens told Sami that he was a better friend because he was happy for Sami when he got signed, whereas Zayn was upset that KO’s NXT success came at his expense. Try wrapping your head around that one.

In the end, both men reunited for a few seconds to superkick Jericho off to Lala Land when he tried to give the audience the “Gift of Jericho.” But don’t expect them to suddenly show up in a segment hanging out, having a beer. These two were destined to fight each other, and we’ll get at least one more good one.

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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.