What good is carte blanche if you can’t get your hands on the one guy you want to fight? Kevin Owens might be asking himself that same question right about now, as his two-week quest to annihilate Bobby Lashley has come up against the surprisingly difficult obstacle of Lio Rush, the motor-mouthed Cruiserweight who is carving out a nice little side hustle as Lashley’s manager apart from his weekly duties on 205 Live.

Last week, Rush got Owens all turned around during Lashley’s match with Elias. This week, The 23-Year-Old Piece of Gold provoked KO again by refusing to walk into an apparent ambush on “The Kevin Owens Show” and later leading Owens on a second chase around the ring during Lashley and Elias’ rematch that ended in a repeat embarrassment for The Living Truth and the former Universal Champion. First, Owens accidentally ran into Lashley, handing Elias a disqualification loss, and then, when he finally got his hands on The Man of the Hour, Lashley came to the rescue, freeing Lio from KO’s clutches and decking Owens right out of the ring.

KO will get his chance against Lashley next week, but there are more questions than answers for Owens and Elias as WWE Super Show-Down approaches … and John Cena hasn’t even gotten involved yet.

The wily Man of the Hour refuses to fall into a trap set by Kevin Owens and Elias.