For the American basketball player, see Kevin Owens (basketball). For the British news anchor, see Kevin Owen.
Kevin Owens
Owens in 2023
Birth name
Kevin Yanick Steen
Born
(1984-05-07) May 7, 1984 (age 39) Marieville, Quebec, Canada
Spouse(s)
Karina Lamer
(m. 2007)
Children
2
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Kevin Owens[1] Kevin Steen[1]
Billed height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[2]
Billed weight
266 lb (121 kg)[2]
Billed from
Marieville, Quebec, Canada[2][3]
Trained by
Jacques Rougeau[4] Pierre Carl Ouellet[4] Serge Jodoin[4] Terry Taylor[5]
Debut
May 7, 2000[4]
Kevin Yanick Steen (born on May 7, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE,
where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kevin Owens.
Steen began his career in 2000, at the age of 16.[4] Prior to joining WWE in late 2014, he wrestled under his birth name for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he held the ROH World Championship and ROH World Tag Team Championship.[6][7] He also wrestled extensively on the independent circuit for 14 years, most notably in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he held the PWG World Championship a record three times, as well as the PWG World Tag Team Championship on three occasions.[8][9] Steen also competed for International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS), where he held the IWS World Heavyweight Championship three times, All American Wrestling (AAW), where he held the AAW Heavyweight Championship, and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he held the CZW Iron Man Championship.[10]
Steen signed with WWE in August 2014, and joined their developmental branch NXT before debuting on the main roster in May 2015. In WWE, he has won nine championships – the NXT Championship once, the Universal Championship once, the Intercontinental Championship twice, the United States Championship three times, and the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship (the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships) once with Sami Zayn. With the tag team championships win, Owens became the 23rd overall Grand Slam Champion. He has also main evented WrestleMania on two occasions, the first at WrestleMania 38, in which he wrestled "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a one-off match 19 years after Austin's retirement and the second at WrestleMania 39, where he teamed with Zayn to face The Usos.
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to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name KevinOwens. Steen began his career in 2000, at the age of 16. Prior to joining WWE...
KevinOwens and Sami Zayn are a Canadian professional wrestling tag team. They are both currently signed to WWE, but the team went on hiatus when Owens...
Nick Aldis revealed that KevinOwens had been traded to SmackDown for Jey, in turn splitting Owens and Zayn. After KevinOwens moved to SmackDown, Zayn...
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week, the duo viciously assaulted KevinOwens. On the April 26 episode, when The Bloodline again attempted to attack Owens, Randy Orton made the save. Later...
a feud with KevinOwens, after Reigns believed Owens to be disrespecting his family. Reigns successfully defended the title against Owens in a TLC match...
Championship against Randy Orton and KevinOwens. Throughout the match, Orton and Owens double-teamed Paul. As Orton and Owens attempted to pin Paul, both men...
Royal Rumble against KevinOwens, The Usos proceeded to beat down Owens and handcuff him to the ring ropes. After refusing to hit Owens, Zayn then hit Reigns...
and Priest failed to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship from KevinOwens and Sami Zayn. The next night on NXT, Dominik claimed his first singles...
match. At SummerSlam, Jericho and KevinOwens defeated Enzo and Cass. Both wrestlers began an alliance, allowing Owens to win the WWE Universal Championship...
The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland and Butch), McIntyre and KevinOwens in a WarGames match. On the March 27, 2023 episode of Raw, Sikoa suffered...
Royal Rumble against KevinOwens, The Usos proceeded to beat down Owens and handcuff him to the ring ropes. After refusing to hit Owens, Zayn then hit Reigns...
KevinOwens, aids The Bloodline". CBSSports. Retrieved 25 January 2023. Brookhouse, Brent (28 November 2022). "WWE Raw results, recap, grades: Kevin Owens...
then-NXT Champion KevinOwens, setting up a Champion vs. Champion match at Elimination Chamber on May 31, which Owens won. Cena defeated Owens in a rematch...
Bálor's irritation. At Payback on September 2, Priest and Bálor defeated KevinOwens and Sami Zayn to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship after interference...
at the Royal Rumble, Strowman interfered during KevinOwens and Roman Reigns' title match, helping Owens retain the Universal Championship. Later that night...
match. Finn Bálor won the first fatal four-way by defeating Cesaro, KevinOwens, and Rusev, while Reigns won the second by defeating Chris Jericho, Sami...
and Dominik defeated Rollins and Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions KevinOwens and Sami Zayn in a six-man tag team match after interference from Ripley...
McMahon had a serious argument with KevinOwens due to losing to AJ Styles for the United States Championship. Owens demanded a competent referee, so Daniel...
Royal Rumble against KevinOwens, The Usos proceeded to beat down Owens and handcuff him to the ring ropes. After refusing to hit Owens, Zayn then hit Reigns...
for the WWE Championship, which was won by Seth Rollins and featured KevinOwens and Finn Bálor. At Royal Rumble on January 29, 2022, Rey entered at #23...
contender to Owens' championship, a title match was set for Battleground. However, two weeks before the pay-per-view, Styles defeated Owens during a WWE...
reign. Since late 2020, KevinOwens had an on and off feud with The Bloodline. At Survivor Series: WarGames in November 2022, Owens was on the opposing team...
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