As seen on SmackDown, there was a massive change in King of the Ring tournament semifinal lineup. The original set up match should have featured Elias going up against Chad Gable. But WWE announced today that Elias is injured and will not be able to compete in King of the Ring Semifinal match against Chad Gable on SmackDown from Madison Square Garden.
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This forced Shane McMahon to volunteer himself into the match as he took on Chad Gable where Kevin Owens acted as the special guest referee. In a follow-up update, Elias is reportedly suffering from a legitimate ankle injury, according to PWInsider.com. WWE decided to pull him from the ring before SmackDown went on the air.
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.@FightOwensFight can get his 100,000 dollar fine lifted. All he has to do is referee the #KingfTheRing match between @ShaneMcMahon & @WWEGable… correctly. #SDLive pic.twitter.com/NCecl4pYzy
— WWE (@WWE) September 11, 2019
The source then added that the decision to do Shane vs. Chad Gable on SmackDown was a Vince McMahon call. There were talks of doing a Battle Royal to determine the replacement for Elias. But later they decided to go with the idea of using Shane instead. This also resumed the canceled storyline between Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon after Summerslam 2019.
The storyline moved in a manner where Shane McMahon made Kevin Owens the special referee of the last King of the Ring Semifinal match. He promised to forget about the $100,000 storyline fine against Owens for putting his hands on Elias. In exchange for his, Owens had to help him win against Gable. That did not turn out to be the case as Shane fired Owens on the spot.
This angle must continue on SmackDown for the next few weeks as Kevin Owens is not going anywhere from the WWE. Shane McMahon would also be making regular appearances on the show after a brief hiatus. The speculation was that the creative team does not have anything in-store for the younger McMahon. Here’s what Dave Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio,
“The writers haven’t had anything for him and Vince McMahon is the guy that’s been writing the show and he’s forgotten about him. He’s forgotten about his son’s angle, yeah. I mean, he hasn’t been on.”
However, later the updated reports claimed something different. Shane McMahon has been doing his civic duty by taking part in jury duty. There are not many updates available on which kind of jury duty he was on. But he was definitely on a case doing social works. However, the MSG show has brought him back to a storyline as we can expect to see more of him in the upcoming weeks.
