In both their matches, the sole reason why Roman Reigns came out victorious was because of outside help from his cousin Jey Uso. As per reports from Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE had planned to introduce former NXT North American Champion Damien Priest into the storyline to help KO, but the plans were nixed.
The reason stated was that Priest was set to enter as Kevin Owens’ best friend and help him in his fight against Reigns and Uso. However, Owens was not too thrilled with the idea.
In an update on this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it has been revealed that even Roman Reigns did not want to have a program with Damien Priest as he feels that there is no point in adding a “random person to the main event mix.” It was also revealed that Damien Priest will likely be heading to RAW instead of SmackDown.
The reason why Kevin Owens did not want Damien Priest added to the storyline with Roman Reigns
Kevin Owens reportedly felt that there is no backstory to Damien Priest being introduced as his best friend on SmackDown as the two did not have anything in common. Owens did have an alternate idea for WWE:
This idea was, however, shot down by The Big Dog Roman Reigns who felt it was unnecessary and would convolute the story.
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