Former WWE Universal champion Kevin Owens who is also a former three times WWE United States champion recently commented on his NXT return during the NXT War Games 2019. He also talked about how NXT prepared him for his main roster debut.
The debut of Kevin Owens in the main roster was quite iconic as he made his debut directly against John Cena and his first match he defeated none other than Cena himself. His main roster debut from the NXT is still considered as one of the most electrifying debuts in WWE history.
Kevin Owens Talks His NXT Return In 2019
He has mostly been treated as a mid card star in WWE. Throughout his WWE main roster career, he mostly focused on the mid card Championship in WWE. Who won the WWE United States Championship a total of three times and also the WWE Intercontinental Championship one time.
He won the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship one time and that was the only time he was treated as a consisted main event star in WWE. Right now he is involved in the WWE championship feud but there is a fat chance of him winning the title.
At the NXT War Games 2019, team Ciampa faced the Undisputed Era inside the War Games steel cage. The Four members of the Undisputed Era went on to challenge the team of Tommaso Ciampa consisted two members at first, Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic (T-Bar).
One member was yet to be revealed at the event. The surprise member of the team turned out to be none other than Kevin Owens. Team Ciampa was able to beat The Undisputed Era with the help of Owens in that night.
Kevin Owens who is also a former three times the WWE United States champion recently spoke to Rebellious Noise podcast where he commented on his NXT return during the NXT War Games 2019. He also talked about how NXT prepared him for his main roster debut. He said;
“It was actually in 2019 believe it or not. I didn’t really need much convincing. All I needed was a phone call from Triple H. Triple H has been incredible for me, my career, and my life. Anytime you need anything from me, I’m there.
“He asked if I wanted to be part of WarGames. I didn’t even know what the match was, and I said, ‘Absolutely.’ I loved NXT. I spent a very short amount of time in NXT and I really loved my time there so it was a no-brainer for me to get the chance to go back, even if it was for one night.
“NXT was pretty instrumental in getting me ready to show up even if I was there for a short time. It made me feel ready to step up the way I did when I showed up on RAW under the biggest lens possible with Cena there, so I’m really glad I got the time I did in NXT to get ready for that mentally and feel confident in my abilities to do it.
“I got to spend some time over there with Dusty Rhodes, and Dusty was incredible at making people feel like they could really achieve anything. That was a great tool to have once I started here for sure.”
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