Exclusive: Kevin Owens Reflects on the Last Decade of Fights, Friendships and WWE

It was 10 years ago this month that WWE signed Kevin Steen to a contract and Kevin Owens was born.

"That wasn't French", Kevin Owens said with a smirk on his face. The comment in response to me prefacing a certain four letter word with a classic idiom for reasons I can't explain.

Just as his Mom would have encouraged him to do, Owens competed that weekend in Toronto as she fought her own battle back home in Quebec. Thankfully, all updates in the weeks that have followed her hospitalization have been positive.this past Friday. "It got real scary for a while and now she's home. So it's definitely positive and everybody else is doing as good as they can, I guess. It's a lot better than it was at the beginning of July.

What the former WWE Universal Champion said to the crowd that night wasn't a promo. It was an expression of love and appreciation for the woman who did everything she could to help her son fulfill his lifelong dream of being a professional wrestler at the highest level. Bringing me back around to the aforementioned four letter word , Kevin Owens has done some really coolHe's a Grand Slam Champion. He wrestled Stone Cold Steve Austin in his first match in 19 years when he lost to the Texas Rattle Snake in a No Holds Barred Match at WrestleMania 38. The first of back-to-back main events on the Grandest Stage of Them All, by the way, as the following year he and Sami Zayn would dethrone the Usos to become Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions at WrestleMania 39.

“I've gotten to meet a lot of really great people over the years. And I'm still in touch with a few kids that I've met at WWE shows that were going through stuff. You know, they were fighting illnesses and stuff like that. And I'm still in touch with some of them and their families. And that's probably the best part. I've developed these relationships with some really incredible people that I would not have met if it wasn't for WWE.

“I'm very lucky to have people respond to me the way they do. Even last week on SmackDown, during the match at one point, I think I hit a stunner on Grayson Waller and I stood up and I just looked at the crowd,” Owens said. “I really do think I have a special connection with the audience and it's really something I cherish a lot. It definitely helps me keep going, keep doing this.”

It's that creative philosophy that has allowed Owens to showcase his comedic chops in a way that's unique to the newer generation of wrestling fans. Owens is personally unfamiliar with Deadpool as he's not seen any of the blockbuster films starring Ryan Reynolds, but he is well aware of the comparisons between himself and the Merc with a Mouth.

Recent events on SmackDown, however, have many wondering if a character shift for Kevin Owens is on the horizon. After dedicating the last four years of his career to battling Roman Reigns and the Bloodline, Owens reluctantly finds himself facing off against one of his allies in the trenches. Can Cody Rhodes trust Kevin Owens? That's a very nuanced question and it may not be the right one to ask.

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