For months, WWE has been teasing the possibility of Daniel Bryan turning heel and possibly aligning himself with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. It's hard to tell whether or not that has been put on hold but last night's episode of SmackDown Live saw the General Manager confirm that a new #1 contender for the WWE Championship will be decided when Owens and Zayn do battle next week.
Neither man looked happy about having to face the other but the winner will square off with AJ Styles at the upcoming Fastlane PPV, the last SmackDown Live PPV before WrestleMania.
With any luck, there's going to be some sort of twist here as it would be a little predictable for Owens or Zayn to go on to Fastlane and lose to Styles before he delivers a dream match at WrestleMania when he squares off with Shinsuke Nakamura. For now, it seems we're just going to have to wait and see...