1. Kevin Owens is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kevin Owens.
32 Facts About Kevin Owens
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Kevin Owens is currently out of action due to a neck injury.
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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 championships.
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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 was unable to clench the trophy as he lost in the finals in a fatal four-way match involving B-Boy, Super Dragon, and Mike Quackenbush.
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Kevin Owens went on to defend the championship in individual matches against Nate Webb, El Generico, Chris Sabin, and Super Dragon.
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Kevin Owens lost the championship one day shy of having a year-long reign.
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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, starting a feud.
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At NXT TakeOver: Rival, Kevin Owens captured the championship from Zayn via referee stoppage after repeatedly powerbombing a disorientated Zayn.
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Kevin Owens unsuccessfully challenged Ambrose for the championship on the January 7 episode of SmackDown and at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on January 24,2016 in a Last Man Standing match.
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Later that night, Kevin Owens entered the 2016 Royal Rumble match, but was unsuccessful after being eliminated by Sami Zayn.
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Kevin Owens feuded next with Shane McMahon, defeating him at Hell in a Cell in a Hell in a Cell match after interference from Zayn.
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Kevin Owens feuded with Braun Strowman, who won the Money in the Bank ladder match.
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Kevin Owens defeated Strowman at Extreme Rules, but lost at SummerSlam with Strowman's Money in the Bank contract on the line.
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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 then lost to Elias in the first round of the King of the Ring tournament, where McMahon served as the special guest referee.
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The next night on Raw, Kevin Owens began a feud with Seth Rollins, and would be targeted in attacks by Rollins and his allies AOP.
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At WrestleMania 38, Kevin Owens wrestled Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Holds Barred match, the first Austin match in 19 years after his retirement.
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Two days later on Raw, Kevin Owens admitted making a mistake by challenging Austin to a match, before he was interrupted by a clean shaven Elias, who claimed to be Elias' younger brother Ezekiel.
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At the Royal Rumble on January 28,2023, Kevin Owens lost to Reigns in an Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match.
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Kevin Owens was traded to the SmackDown brand, splitting up the team of Owens and Zayn.
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Kevin Owens wrestled for the WWE United States Championship twice: a singles match against the champion Logan Paul at Royal Rumble and a triple thread match against Paul and Randy Orton at WrestleMania XL, 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 Rhodes 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 Elimination Chamber: Toronto, Kevin Owens defeated Zayn in an unsanctioned match, but was confronted by a returning Orton after the match, leading to a brawl between the two.
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Kevin Owens is a playable character in the video games such as WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22, WWE 2K23 WWE 2K24, and WWE 2K25.