Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the reason that Kevin Owens did not appear on the Raw episodes for July 20 and July 27 is simply because he wasn’t used.
He was at the tapings on the 20th and was written into the original shows, but the decision was made to leave him off.
WWE had planned to do injury angles with Aleister Black on these shows so the feeling was that Owens would have to show up to try to prevent it and WWE didn’t want to sacrifice him for the angle.
