UPDATEx2: Latest on Why Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Were Sent Home From Tour

UPDATE 2: Pro Wrestling Sheet has new details on why Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens were sent home from the tour. The situation relates specifically to after the Zayn vs. Kofi Kingston match, when Owens attacked Kingston after the latter won the match.

According to the site, Owens and Zayn were supposed to feed for New Day during that post-match segment — i.e., get fended off by New Day in order to get a pop for the babyfaces. Instead, Owens and Zayn quickly bailed out from the ring. The outlet notes that New Day was left waiting and the segment seemed to end awkwardly, with the sound crew not playing anyone’s music due to the two going “off-script.”

PWS reports that according to several sources, Owens and Zayn have been slightly hard to work wtih and seem unhappy. Both were close with fired writer Jimmy Jacobs, as well as Neville who reportedly gone after walking out of the company.

UPDATE: Sports Illustrated has a couple of new details on Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens being sent home from the European tour. According to the outlet, Owens and Zayn were sent home for disciplinary reasons for “conduct deemed detrimental” to the company. Specifically, they were sent home due to “going into business for themselves” on Tuesday’s episode of Smackdown.

SI also says that Vince McMahon approved the decision to send the two home. Owens and Zayn appeared in the opening segment of Smackdown and traded barbs with Shane McMahon before Zayn was booked in a match with Kofi Kingston, which Kingston won. You can see video of the segment below:

ORIGINAL: According to PWinsider, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were sent home from the Smackdown side of the ongoing WWE European tour following last night’s WWE Smackdown tapings. There is no specific reason given for why they were sent home (the site notes unspecified varying reports), but multiple sources within WWE have confirmed the pair was sent back to the United States today.