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Kevin Owens returned to WWE after nearly 16 months out with a serious neck injury and immediately seized the No. 1 contendership for the Undisputed WWE Championship at SummerSlam Night 2 in Minneapolis.
The case for his comeback was settled in the ring. The complication is what it cost Sami Zayn and Finn Balor, the two wrestlers who had earned the right to compete for that same spot.
How a two-man match became four SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis, reinstated to his role the previous night after losing to Gunther at SummerSlam Night 1, exercised his executive authority before the first bell.
He added Gunther to the originally scheduled Zayn-Balor contest. Bank Stadium had not been told what was coming. When Owens appeared, the reaction was immediate.
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