WWE Championship, thus turning him back into a heel. Owens challenged Kingston for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank on May 19 in a losing effort. At Stomping Grounds on June 23, Owens teamed with Sami Zayn to defeat Big E and Xavier Woods. Various feuds (2019–2022) On the July 2 episode of SmackDown Live, Owens questioned Shane McMahon's decisions and underhanded tactics before they were interrupted by Dolph Ziggler, leading to McMahon booking them in a tag team match which they lost after a miscommunication. The following week, Owens stated his distaste in McMahon's constant dominance on television, before fleeing as McMahon called for security. Later that night, Owens interfered in Ziggler's match against Roman Reigns and hit McMahon with a stunner, turning face once again. At Extreme Rules on July 14, Owens defeated Ziggler in 17 seconds. At Smackville on July 27, Owens defeated Elias, one of McMahon's allies. At SummerSlam on August 11, Owens defeated McMahon in a match where had Owens lost, he would be fired. Owens was then announced as a participant in the King of the Ring tournament, losing to Elias in the first round, where McMahon served as the special guest referee. On the September 10 episode of SmackDown Live, McMahon fired Owens, after McMahon tapped out to Chad Gable in their King of the Ring semi-final match, where Owens was serving as the special guest referee. The following week, Owens attended the show as an audience member, but had also filed a kayfabe wrongful termination lawsuit against McMahon. On October 4 during the 20th Anniversary of SmackDown, Owens defeated McMahon in a ladder match with both men's careers on the line. As per the pre-match stipulation, McMahon was fired from WWE. On October 11, Owens moved back to the Raw brand as part of the draft. On November 23 at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, Owens made a one-off appearance as Tommaso Ciampa's mystery fourth partner for the WarGames match against The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong), where Team Ciampa ultimately emerged victorious. At Survivor Series on November 24, Owens made up part of Team Raw in a losing effort to Team SmackDown also involving Team NXT. The next night on Raw, Owens would began a feud with Seth Rollins, and would be targeted in attacks by Rollins and his allies AOP (Akam and Rezar). Owens