Former WWE Universal champion Kevin Owens who is also a former two time WWE Intercontinental Champion recently talked about his NXT run. He also talked about his importance of the NXT run during his previous days in WWE.
Kevin Owens started his professional wrestling career back in 2000 at the age of 16 only. He travelled all over the world of professional wrestling before joining WWE in 2014. You was one of the biggest stars in the history of Ring of Honor. He won almost all the possible championships in ROH.
Kevin Owens On The Importance Of His NXT Run
He was instantly treated as a main event star in the NXT and he spent one year in the brand. In 2015 he joined the main roster and he instantly had a feud with John Cena. In his first match he defeated John Cena at the Elimination Chamber pay per view event of 2015 and his victory was clean which was a huge shocker to the fans.
He also won the WWE Universal Championship at one time by defeating Roman Reigns. He was portrayed as a constant main inventor in WWE at one point. Currently he is playing a mid card role in Friday night Smackdown and he is going pretty well. Hopefully he will be pushed to the main event status soon.
Kevin Owens who is a former two time WWE Intercontinental Champion recently spoke with Darren, Daunic, and Chase where he talked about his NXT run. He also talked about his importance of the NXT run during his previous days in WWE. He said;
“It was really crucial because even though I was only there for a few months really – I was 15 years in when I got to NXT after signing with WWE, so I had a good bit of experience already.
“But NXT and the Performance Center, where you start honing your craft and learn the WWE way of doing things, that building and NXT as a brand, it’s all about developing skills and talent and giving them a new level of skill. Guys like Dusty Rhodes, and Robbie Brookside, and Terry Taylor – there’s so many great coaches there.
“So even there I was only there for eight or nine months, I really benefited from being there and learning from those guys so once I showed up on RAW, I went toe to toe with John Cena immediately. Those few months there were crucial in getting ready for that. It was very important to my career.”
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