Sometimes it’s difficult to comprehend that Kevin Owens has only won one WWE world championship and that it has been seven years since that victory.
Nevertheless, the 39-year-old is still one of the most regularly well-liked singers in the group and is always present at the major event.
The opportunity for Owens to face Stone Cold Steve Austin, one of his childhood idols, in the main match at WrestleMania was possibly more significant than any world title.
After a 19-year hiatus, Austin made his ring comeback at WrestleMania 38 in Dallas, Texas, where he defeated Owens in a match that went above and beyond expectations.
Before Elimination Chamber, Owens spoke with MailSport in Perth, Australia, and shared how he never forgets the moment he spent with Austin. He actually enjoys it.
It’s quite difficult to describe the emotion I had and the fact that I was able to experience it. Really, it’s still hard to believe it occurred,” Owens remarked.
I’ll watch that match again every few months (it used to be every few weeks), at the very least the first few minutes of the match, to almost convince myself that it actually happened.
Every few weeks or months, while I’m driving or relaxing at home alone with my thoughts, something will occur to me like, “Hey, remember you got to do that? Let’s view it. It’s quite bizarre.
Many professionals become close after working together, especially those who perform at the top like Owens and Austin did. Fortunately, Owens and Austin already had a strong friendship, which he credits with helping him get the match at all.
That night, he put me in the situation I was in since, up until then, our relationship had always been very nice. That hasn’t altered, according to Owens.
Although we don’t communicate frequently or anything, I will mention that it was my birthday one month following our match.
“I’m not sure why, but I missed a call that was in my pocket.” When I checked, Steve Austin had left me a voicemail. And on my birthday, he’s singing me a happy birthday!
The best thing to have ever come out of that match, maybe [laughs]. That was the last time he did that, and he hasn’t done it since!
However, I believe it’s due of the experience we had just one month prior. On my birthday, he gave me a call and sung me a happy birthday; I will always cherish that message. I think that’s my favourite aspect of it all.
After such a memorable WrestleMania event, Owens returned one year later for another night’s main event, this time partnering with his lifelong best friend Sami Zayn to defeat The Usos for the Undisputed Tag Team titles.
Since almost a decade ago, when KO and Zayn first entered the WWE, fans had been clamouring for them to win tag gold together.
September marked the end of the five-month run, even if the supporters had finally received their dream. That was far too short for a large portion of the WWE universe, for this writer, and for Owens himself.
Now that some time has gone, what is his opinion of the tag title run?
[Laughs] Do you have any more queries? Owens cheekily implied he didn’t want to share his own feelings when he said, “[Laughs].”
I will say this: Sami and I put in a lot of effort to provide weekly main events on RAW that would have people going crazy, and we were successful.
I truly don’t mean to brag, but I believe that Sami and I accomplished a lot of noteworthy work as champions that went unnoticed since they weren’t on pay-per-view or the major stages like they were on RAW.
We played some really unique matches, man. Whatever I wanted we could have done, it was fantastic to have that with him.
You know, I expressed my desire that we would honour The Usos’ run with them in one of my statements. Owens said, “I don’t think we got the chance to do that, but it’s definitely not for lack of trying.”