1. Kevin Owens is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kevin Owens.
30 Facts About Kevin Owens
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Kevin Owens wrestled extensively on the independent circuit for 14 years, most notably in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he held the PWG World Championship a record three times, as well as the PWG World Tag Team Championship on three occasions.
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Kevin Owens has headlined the company's flagship annual event WrestleMania on two occasions; the first at Night 1 of WrestleMania 38, in which he lost to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a one-off match 19 years after Austin's retirement, and the second at Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, where he teamed with Zayn to defeat The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship, which made Owens WWE's 23rd overall Grand Slam Champion.
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Kevin Owens Yanick Steen was born on May 7,1984, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Marieville, 29 kilometres east of Montreal.
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Kevin Owens is of French-Canadian and Irish descent and speaks French as his first language.
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Kevin Owens learned to speak English by mimicking everything he heard while watching WWF Monday Night Raw.
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Kevin Owens trained with Terry Taylor, whom he has called his "main trainer".
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Kevin Owens held the championship for 364 days until losing it on August 12,2006, to female wrestler LuFisto in a steel cage match at CZW Trapped involving The Canadians, The Blackout, The Forefathers of CZW, and Eddie Kingston.
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Kevin Owens then departed for a tour with Dragon Gate and did not return to CZW until February 2008, when he made a one-time appearance and fought Vordell Walker to a no contest.
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Kevin Owens then returned to a more prominent role in the company after a few sporadic years, having only made five appearances between 2009 and 2010.
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Later that night, when Sami Zayn won the NXT Championship, Kevin Owens attacked him, establishing himself as a heel and starting a feud with Zayn.
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On February 11,2015, at NXT TakeOver: Rival, Kevin Owens defeated Zayn via referee stoppage to win the title after repeatedly powerbombing a disorientated Zayn.
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Kevin Owens failed to regain the title on the January 7,2016 episode of SmackDown and at Royal Rumble on January 24 in a Last Man Standing match.
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Kevin Owens then entered a feud with Dolph Ziggler, with the two trading victories over each other on back to back episodes of Raw.
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The next night on Raw, Kevin Owens defeated Neville to qualify for the vacant Universal Championship fatal four-way elimination match the following week.
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On January 29,2017, at Royal Rumble, Kevin Owens defeated Reigns in a No Disqualification match after interference from Strowman.
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Kevin Owens, who was scheduled to defend the title against Jericho at Payback with the winner going to SmackDown as well, started referring to himself as the "Face of America" and began sporting a different look, having trimmed his beard and hair down, while wearing a suit.
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Later that night, Kevin Owens interfered in Ziggler's match against Roman Reigns and hit McMahon with a stunner, turning face .
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Kevin Owens lost to Elias in the first round of the King of the Ring tournament with McMahon as the special guest referee.
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At Survivor Series the next night, Kevin Owens made up part of Team Raw in a losing effort to Team SmackDown involving Team NXT.
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Kevin Owens subsequently began a feud with Seth Rollins and was targeted in attacks by Rollins and his allies AOP.
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At the Royal Rumble on January 26,2020, Kevin Owens entered the titular match at number 27, but was eliminated by Rollins.
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Kevin Owens lost to Austin and was escorted out of the stadium by Dallas police officers.
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Kevin Owens subsequently brought back his "Prizefighter" gimmick and turned face in the process.
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On January 28,2023, at Royal Rumble, Kevin Owens lost to Reigns in an Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match.
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Kevin Owens faced Logan Paul for the United States Championship at Royal Rumble on January 27,2024 and in a triple threat match involving Randy Orton at Night 2 of WrestleMania XL on April 7, losing both times.
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On October 5, after Bad Blood went off the air, fans captured video footage of Kevin Owens attacking Rhodes as he was entering his bus, turning Kevin Owens heel for the first time since 2022.
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Kevin Owens solidified his heel turn on the following episode of SmackDown by attacking Orton in the parking lot.
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At Royal Rumble on February 1,2025, Kevin Owens failed to win the Undisputed WWE Championship from Rhodes in a ladder match with both the "Undisputed" and "Winged Eagle" title belts on the line, ending their feud.
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Kevin Owens is a playable character in the video games WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22, WWE 2K23, WWE 2K24 and WWE 2K25.