In our report from the WWE Dubai live event, we noted that Kevin Owens faked an injury at the start of the match and ended up attacking Sami Zayn. Owens was limping around and looked like he could barely put any weight on his leg. Out of nowhere he attacked Sami Zayn and kicked him with his ‘injured’ leg while mocking the crowd. He showed the crowd he was faking the injury by dancing on the leg and continuing to stomp away at Sami Zayn. Great heel tactic used. Thanks to the Twitter user @DeathToAllMarks, we have a GIF of what happened.
Here it is:
Kev fakes an injury at the start of his match today in #WWEDubai and attacks Zayn. Brilliant timing. pic.twitter.com/c6Mbq6ZkzK
— DTAM (@DeathToAllMarks) April 15, 2016
Great heel tactic by Kevin Owens. With all the injury scares that have been going on in the WWE lately this would be a great thing to do on RAW or Smackdown. I think the crowd would be really concerned,considering how many injuries we have seen over the past couple months. At house shows superstars usually test things out to see how the audience reacts and bring it onto WWE TV. Don’t be surprised if we see KO use this trick in the next couple weeks!
I love Kevin Owens using all sorts of heel tactics during his matches. He is so great at getting people to hate him by doing the little things. I really hope they continue to push Owens as a top guy in the company and give him a shot at the WWE Heavyweight Championship.