Kevin Owens

May 20, 2012 - by Jamie Cruickshank

photo credit: WWE

Real name: Kevin Steen
Height: 5’11
Weight: 240 lbs.
Date of birth: May 7, 1984
From: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Pro debut: May 7, 2000
Trained by: Serge Jodoin, Jacques Rougeau & Pierre Carl Ouellet
Finishing move: Pop-up Powerbomb

Biography

– On February 6, 2004, Steen defeated Excess 69 & Keven Martel in a 3-Way Match to become the first EWR Heavyweight Champion
– On February 20, 2004, Steen defeated Kona to retain the EWR Heavyweight Title
– One week later, Steen defeated Kona & Nightmare Manson in a 3-Way Match to retain the EWR Heavyweight Title
– On March 12, 2004, Steen defeated Crazy Crusher to retain the EWR Heavyweight Title
– On March 26, 2004, Steen defeated ‘The Evil Geek’ Paradox to retain the EWR Heavyweight Title
– On May 30, 2004, Steen defeated Simon Sanders to retain the EWR Heavyweight Title
– On June 15, 2004, Steen defeated El Generico to win the IWS Heavyweight Title
– On June 19, 2004, Steen defeated Franky The Mobster by DQ to retain the EWR Heavyweight Title
– On July 10, 2004, Steen defeated El Generico with Pierre Carl Ouellet as special guest referee to retain the IWS World Title
– On August 3, 2004, Steen defeated El Generico & Excess 69 in a 3-Way Match to retain the EWR Heavyweight Title
– On September 4, 2004, Steen defeated Excess 69 in an Iron Man Match to retain the EWR Heavyweight Title
– On September 18, 2004, Steen defeated Excess 69 to retain the IWS Heavyweight Title
– On September 25, 2004, Steen defeated Excess 69 & Sexxxy Eddy to retain the IWS Heavyweight Title
– On October 23, 2004, Steen defeated Fred La Merveille to retain the IWS Heavyweight Title
– On August 6, 2005, Steen defeated AJ Styles to win the PWG World Title
– On August 13, 2005, Steen defeated Franky The Mobster to win the CZW Iron Man Title
– On August 19, 2005, Steen defeated Quicksilver to retain the PWG World Title
– On September 10, 2005, Steen defeated Nate Webb to retain the CZW Iron Man Title
– On October 1, 2005, Steen defeated Chris Bosh by DQ to retain the PWG World Title
– One week later, Steen defeated El Generico to retain the CZW Iron Man Title
– On October 14, 2005, Steen defeated AJ Styles & Chris Bosh in a 3-Way Match to retain the PWG World Title
– On November 5, 2005, Steen defeated Petey Williams in the final of the EWR Elite 8 Tournament to win the vacant EWR Heavyweight Title
– On November 18, 2005, Steen defeated Samoa Joe to retain the PWG World Title. The next day, he defeated Chris Bosh to again retain the title
– On December 10, 2005, Steen defeated Chris Sabin to retain the CZW Iron Man Title
– On March 11, 2006, Steen defeated Super Dragon to retain the CZW Iron Man Title
– On June 10, 2006, Steen defeated BJ Whitmer, DJ Hyde, Necro Butcher & The Messiah in a 5-Way Tables, Chairs & Kaos Match to retain the CZW Iron Man Title
– In October 2006, Steen began his first tour of Japan, working for Dragon Gate
– On November 23, 2006, Steen made his PPV debut on Dragon Gate’s Crown Gate event
– On July 29, 2007, Steen & El Generico defeated Roderick Strong & Pac to win the PWG Tag Team Titles
– On August 31, 2007, Steen & Generico defeated Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka to retain the PWG Tag Team Titles
– On October 26, 2007, Steen & Generico defeated Davey Richards & Super Dragon to retain the PWG Tag Team Titles
– On January 26, 2008, Steen defeated PCP Crazy F’N Manny in a Hardcore Match to win the IWS Heavyweight Title
– On March 21, 2008, Steen & Generico defeated The Dynasty (Joey Ryan & Scott Lost) to win the PWG Tag Team Titles
– The following day, Steen defeated Generico & Max Boyer in a 3-Way Match to regain the IWS Heavyweight Title
– On April 26, 2008, Steen defeated Samson to retain the IWS Heavyweight Title
– On May 24, 2008, Steen defeated Max Boyer to retain the IWS Heavyweight Title and win the IWS Canadian Title
– On August 23, 2008, Steen defeated The Green Phantom to retain the IWS Heavyweight Title
– At Driven 2008, Steen & Generico defeated The Age Of The Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On September 27, 2008, Steen defeated Joey Mercury to retain the IWS Heavyweight Title
– On October 25, 2008, Steen & Generico defeated The Osirian Portal (Amasis & Ophidian) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On November 1, 2008, Steen defeated Twiggy to retain the IWS Heavyweight Title
– One week later, Steen & Generico defeated The Briscoes (Mark & Jay) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On November 21, 2008, Steen & Generico defeated The Age Of The Fall (Delirious & Jimmy Jacobs) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Motor City Madness 2009, Steen & Generico defeated The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On March 14, 2009, Steen & Generico defeated The All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– One week later, on ROH’s 7th Anniversary Show, Steen & Generico defeated The American Wolves in a No-DQ Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On June 6, 2009, Steen defeated Franky The Mobster, Player Uno & Stupefied in a 4-Way Elimination Match to win the vacant C4 Title
– On September 11, 2009, Steen defeated Petey Williams to retain the C4 Title
– On October 16, 2009, Steen defeated Claudio Castagnoli to retain the C4 Title
– On March 13, 2010, Steen defeated Kiyoshi & Stupefied in a 3-Way Match to retain the C4 Title
– On May 1, 2010, Steen defeated Tyson Dux to retain the C4 Title
– At Final Battle 2010, El Generico defeated Steen in a Mask vs Career Match, forcing Steen to leave ROH
– On April 30, 2011, Steen & Mike Bailey defeated Josh Alexander & Michael Von Payton to win the C4 Tag Team Titles
– On June 17, 2011, Steen & Bailey defeated The American Wolves to retain the C4 Tag Team Titles
– On July 23, 2011, Steen defeated Claudio Castagnoli to win his second PWG World Title
– On August 6, 2011, Steen defeated El Generico to win the NSPW Title
– On September 10, 2011, Steen defeated Davey Richards to retain the PWG World Title
– On October 1, 2011, Steen defeated Pee Wee to retain the NSPW Title
– On December 10, 2011, Appetite For Destruction (Steen & Super Dragon) defeated The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) in a Guerilla Warfare Match to win the PWG Tag Team Titles
– At Final Battle 2011, Steen defeated Steve Corino in a No-DQ Match with Jimmy Jacobs as special guest referee
– At ROH’s 10th Anniversary Show, Steen defeated Jimmy Jacobs in a No-DQ Match
– On March 17, 2012, Steen defeated Eddie Edwards & El Generico in a 3-Way Match to win the PWG World Title
– On May 25, 2012, Steen defeated Brian Cage to retain the PWG World Title
– On June 15, 2012, Steen defeated Eddie Edwards to retain the ROH World Title
– One week later, Steen defeated Isys Ephex, Jason Axe & Jay Freddie in a 4-Way Match to win the vacant 2CW Heavyweight Title
– At Best In The World ’12, Steen defeated Davey Richards in a No-DQ Match to retain the ROH World Title
– On June 29, 2012, Steen defeated Mike Mondo to retain the ROH World Title
– The next day, Steen defeated Roderick Strong to retain the ROH World Title
– On July 13, 2012, Steen defeated Sami Callihan to retain the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– One week later, Steen defeated Willie Mack to retain the PWG World Title
– On August 3, 2012, Steen defeated Homicide to retain the ROH World Title
– The next day, Steen defeated Eddie Edwards to retain the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– At Boiling Point ’12, Steen defeated Eddie Kingston in a No-DQ Match to retain the ROH World Title
– On August 18, 2012, Steen defeated Cedric Alexander to retain the ROH World Title
– At Death Before Dishonor X, Steen defeated Rhino in an Anything Goes Match to retain the ROH World Title
– On September 22, 2012, Steen defeated Rhett Titus to retain the ROH World Title
– At Glory By Honor XI, Steen defeated Michael Elgin to retain the ROH World Title
– On October 19, 2012, Steen defeated John Walters & Slyck Wagner Brown in a 3-Way Match to retain the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– On October 27, 2012, Steen defeated Michael Elgin & Ricochet in a 3-Way match to retain the PWG World Title
– On November 3, 2012, Steen defeated Mike Bennett to retain the ROH World Title
– On November 16, 2012, Steen defeated Spike Dudley to retain the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– The next day, Steen defeated Isys Ephex to retain the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– At Final Battle ’12, Steen defeated El Generico in a Ladder War to retain the ROH World Title
– On January 18, 2013, Steen defeated Tadarius Thomas to retain the ROH World Title
– On February 2, 2013, Steen defeated Grizzly Redwood to retain the ROH World Title
– At ROH’s 11th Anniversary Show, Steen defeated Jay Lethal to retain the ROH World Title
– On March 16, 2013, Steen defeated Michael Elgin to retain the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– On March 29, 2013, Steen fought PWX Heavyweight Champion Caleb Konley to a double-DQ
– The next day, Steen defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the ROH World Title
– On April 13, 2013, Steen fought Buxx Belmar to a no-contest. As a result, the NSPW Title remains vacant
– On November 30, 2013, Steen defeated Shane Hollister to win the AAW Heavyweight Title
– At Best In The World ’14, Steen defeated Silas Young
– In August 2014, it was reported that Steen had signed a WWE development deal. At the end of the month, he reported to NXT under the ringname ‘Kevin Owens’
– At NXT Takeover R:Evolution, Owens made his debut, defeating CJ Parker, then attacking Sami Zayn to begin a feud between the two
– On December 12, 2014, Owens fought Adrian Neville to a double countout, before attacking him aswell
– On February 11, 2015, Owens captured the NXT title at NXT TakeOver: Rival by defeating Sami Zayn
– At the 2015 Elimination Chamber event, Owens defeated John Cena
– At Summerslam ’15, Owens defeated Cesaro
– At Night of Champions ’15, Owens defeated Ryback to win the WWE Intercontinental Title
– At WWE’s Live MSG Special, Owens defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– At Hell In A Cell ’15, Owens defeated Ryback to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– On the February 15, 2016 edition of Raw, Owens defeated Dean Ambrose to regain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– At Fastlane ’16, Owens defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– At Payback ’16, Owens defeated Sami Zayn
– Though he lost to The Miz at Extreme Rules ’16, Owens became the first man to compete on every WWE PPV during his first year with the company
– In the 2016 WWE draft, Owens was allocated to Raw
– At Summerslam ’16, Owens & Chris Jericho defeated Enzo Amore & Big Cass
– On August 29, 2016, Owens defeated Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns & Big Cass in a 4-Way Elimination Match to win the vacant WWE Universal Title
– At Clash of Champions ’16, Owens defeated Rollins to retain the WWE Universal Title
– At Hell In A Cell ’16, Owens defeated Rollins inside the cell to retain the WWE Universal Title
– At Roadblock ’16, Owens defeated Roman Reigns by DQ to retain the WWE Universal Title
– At Royal Rumble ’17, Owens defeated Reigns to retain the WWE Universal Title
– At WrestleMania 33, Owens defeated Chris Jericho to win the WWE United States Title
– On April 11, 2017, KO moved to the Smackdown roster
– Owens lost the US Title back to Jericho at Payback ’17, but would regain it on the following episode of Smackdown
– At Backlash ’17, Owens defeated AJ Styles by countout to retain the WWE United States Title
– At Hell In A Cell ’17, Owens defeated Shane McMahon in a Hell In A Cell Falls Count Anywhere Match
– On the Survivor Series ’17 pre-show, Owens & Sami Zayn defeated Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango)
– At Clash of Champions ’17, Owens & Zayn defeated Shinsuke Nakamura & Randy Orton with Shane McMahon & Daniel Bryan as special guest referees
– At Extreme Rules ’18, Owens defeated Braun Strowman in a Cage Match. Strowman threw Owens through the announce desk from the top of the cage, resulting in KO winning by ‘escape’
– In October 2018, it was revealed that Owens would be undergoing knee surgery
– Owens returned to action on the February 26, 2019 episode of Smackdown, teaming with Kofi Kingston to defeat Daniel Bryan & Rowan
– At Stomping Grounds ’19, Owens & Sami Zayn defeated The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods)
– At Extreme Rules ’19, Owens defeated Dolph Ziggler in around 15 seconds
– At Summerslam ’19, Owens defeated Shane McMahon
– Owens moved to Raw in late 2019
– Owens made a one-night-only return to NXT at Takeover War Games III, teaming with Dominik Dijakovic, Keith Lee & Tommaso Ciampa to defeat The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish & Roderick Strong)
– At WrestleMania 36, Owens defeated Seth Rollins in a No-DQ Match
– On the Extreme Rules pre-show, Owens defeated Murphy
– In late 2020, Owens was drafted back to Smackdown
– At WrestleMania 37, Owens defeated Sami Zayn
– Owens was moved to Raw in the 2021 Draft
– Owens was a member of the victorious Team Raw at Survivor Series 2021
– On the January 24, 2022 episode of Raw, Owens defeated WWE United States Champion Damian Priest by DQ
– Owens was the opponent for Steve Austin’s return to competition at WrestleMania 38
– At Hell In A Cell 2022, Owens defeated Ezekiel
– Following his loss to Roman Reigns at Royal Rumble 2023, Owens reformed his partnership with Sami Zayn
– At WrestleMania 39, Owens & Zayn defeated The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) to win the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Night Of Champions 2023, Owens & Zayn defeated The Bloodline (Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles

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