The Nick Aldis era of WWE SmackDown is officially upon us.
Following last night’s episode of SmackDown, Nick Aldis spoke with Cathy Kelley regarding everything that went down on the show. When asked about Kevin Owens being traded to SmackDown for Jey Uso, Aldis said he believes it’s time for KO to become a singles wrestler again.
“Onto the business at hand,” Nick Aldis said. “There was a trade, and as many people know, Jey Uso found his way to Monday Night RAW. So my first order of business was to select and to negotiate for the trading kind. Now, Jey Uso is a top-tier talent, so that kind of narrows the field as to who would be eligible. And for me, as a GM, the most important responsibility I have is to the SmackDown audience. So I knew that SmackDown fans would only tolerate a very, very small number of talent to be eligible to replace a talent of Jey Uso’s caliber.
“So when I got to thinking about it, there’s a lot of different moving parts or a nuance. I won’t bore you with all those right now. But I felt like Kevin Owens met the criteria for a number of reasons. One obviously being that he is a very, very top-tier talent. But also, we’re in a new season. And I feel like Kevin is entering a new season of his career, meaning that he has just come off an incredible run with Sami as the Tag Team Champions.
“So I feel like the time is right for him to look at singles competition again. And with that in mind, I felt like all of those different parts were in the right place. So I made a call to Kevin, we discussed things, I talked to Adam, I talked to Triple H, we made some negotiations, and we got the deal done. I’m very happy for Kevin Owens to be part of SmackDown.”
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