New Delhi [India], Jan 31: After the controversial ending to their handicap WWE Championship Match at the Royal Rumble, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens demanded another opportunity to face AJ Styles for the Championship ahead of Wrestlemania. The SmackDown Live General Manager, Daniel Bryan agreed to give Zayn and Owens one last chance to win the WWE title, as he felt that their claims about the finish of their Rumble bout were justified. The opportunity which he gave them, however, came with a slight twist.

Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens faced AJ Styles at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view in a handicap match for the WWE Title. The ending to their bout was controversial; even though AJ Styles pinned Kevin Owens, he was not the legal man during that time. Zayn and Owens appeared to tag each other, but in reality, their hands had not made contact.

The referee and Styles were oblivious to this, both thinking Owens to be the legal man, and when AJ pinned Owens, he was declared the winner of the match and retained his Championship. On this week's episode of SmackDown Live, when Zayn and Owens took their demands for another opportunity to Daniel Bryan, the SmackDown Live General Manager informed them that they would face each other on the next episode of SmackDown Live. The winner of that match would go on to face AJ Styles at Fastlane for the WWE Championship.