Number 5 – Family Man
It’s no secret that Kevin Owens is a big family man.
In fact, he showcases his family a lot in his social media.
Owens, a married man, has a son called Owen (named after Owen Hart) and a daughter called
Élodie Leila.
In May 2008, at the end of the DDT4 Night One event, Owen’s then-six-month-old son
appeared in a segment with Excalibur, in which Excalibur called him ugly.
As a result, Owens performed three consecutive package piledrivers on Excalibur before placing
his son on top of Excalibur for the pin.
In NXT, Owens claims that he’ll fight anybody because he’s fighting for his family at
home.
Number 4 – Sami Zayn Feud
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn have got a long history between them and I am not exaggerating
the slightest when I say long.
Before NXT, Kevin Steen (Kevin Owens) and El Generico (Sami Zayn) was a professional
wrestling tag team that performed on the independent circuit.
They grew up wrestling in Canada and came to the United States at roughly the same time!
They have fought as tag team partners in the Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
In fact, their feud in the Ring of Honor was claimed to be one of the best stories Ring
of Honor has ever done!
It isn’t surprising that fans have gone crazy as the pair have now entered a feud
in the biggest wrestling sports company to date, WWE.
Number 3 – Learned To Speak English
As many of you might already know, Kevin Owens grew up in Quebec in Canada which is predominantly
a French-speaking province.
His first language is French but did you know that he learned to speak English from listening
to Jim Ross.
According to Colt Cobana, Owens was able to pick up the language from listening to Jim
Ross.
Owens is now bilingual and fluent in both English and French.
He has given promos in both languages depending on where he is wrestling.
Number 2 – Bad Knee
Throughout his entire career, Kevin Owens has been wrestling with a bad knee.
Very early on in Owens’s career, he injured his knee in a match where his opponent screwed
up a move, and has had problems ever since.
He has had surgery on his knee multiple times but that hasn’t stopped him doing the thing
he loves.
In Ring of Honor, Owens had a storyline which involved his paralysed knee.
This lead to his teasing retirement segment where fans thought Kevin Owens was having
his last match in Final Battle 2009.
Although he lost, he preceded to kick his opponent in the crotch after tearing up from
the loss.
This lead Owens to turn heel and cause a 1 year rivalry.
Number 1 – Wrestling Since 16
Kevin Owens, now 31 years old, has been wrestling since the age of 16!
Now in the prime of his career in the WWE, Owens made his official debut into wrestling
at the age of 16 in L’Assomption, Quebec in Canada.
He began his wrestling training the year prior under Serge Jodoin and continued under Jacques
Rougeau, who had a successful career in the WWF.
He has wrested for numerous wrestling promotions but he didn’t wrestle in the States until
2004 when he wrestled for the Jersey All Pro Wrestling company.