Kevin Owens on Brock Lesnar Re-Signing with WWE, Taking Sami Zayn’s Title, Samoa Joe, More
– Chad Dukes of CBS Radio Washington DC 106.7 The Fan and ChadDukesWrestling.com recently spoke with WWE NXT Champion Kevin Owens. The full interview is at this link but here are a few highlights:
Childhood dream of making it to WWE:
“I was so excited to sign with WWE because it’s been my dream since I was a kid and I was 11 years old when I first saw WrestleMania and knew that’s what I had to do in life. It took a while to get here but now that I am here I’m not going to wait in line or do anything by the book. I took the bull by the horns as they say and two months after my debut I’m the NXT champion. So it’s going pretty well so far, it’s a really special feeling to be part of something that’s growing and that people are so excited about. To be at the forefront of it because I’m the champion makes it even better.”
Sami Zayn:
“Sami and I have known each other for 12 years. He got to WWE before me, he started in NXT before I did, so I would actually watch him in NXT as I was sitting at home wishing I could be there. When I finally got here it was a great moment to be reunited with him, you know, now we’re here together, and we get to live another chapter of our careers together, but we both want to be at the top of wherever we are, that was always the case and he was at the top when I came in. So he was at the wrong place at the wrong time and I made that choice to try and take that spot away from him and it worked out pretty good.”
The WWE style:
“I feel like I’ve been watching it for so long that to me this is very natural. It’s a natural progression and a natural adjustment because I’ve been a fan my whole life. So I know how things work here, I know the style, and I’m very comfortable with it.”
His tweet about wanting to see Brock Lesnar F5 Snoop Dogg:
“Some guest hosts are obviously better than others. Some you can tell know what WWE is about and they’re into it. Snoop Dogg is one of those he knows what it’s about, he loves being there and that’s cool to see. I would have just would have liked to have seen Brock Lesnar F5 him into the bleachers but that would be true for anybody really. Hugh Jackman was probably one of my favorite guest hosts, he did it once or twice and I mean I would have been fine with Lesnar coming out and F5ing him into the crowd too. It’s nothing personal against Snoop Dogg. I just feel like it would be really entertaining to see.”
Lesnar staying with WWE:
“As a fan him, re-signing is incredibly exciting. As a competitor, it’s even better because of the chance of getting to be in that ring with him one day is something that motivates me. I’ve been a Brock Lesnar fan since the first time I saw him. I was there when he made his debut in Montreal, the night after WrestleMania 18 and from the get go I was like, “this guy’s awesome.” I even named my dog Brock as a tribute, whatever you wanna call it, so I’m a big fan of his. The fact that he’s gonna be sticking around here for a while and gonna do great things with WWE is exciting all around but yeah I’d love to be in the ring with him.”
Indie talents possibly coming to NXT:
“I feel like Adam Cole would be a great addition to NXT, a guy like Cedric Alexander also would be really good but they’d all have to come through me first and that probably won’t work out that good.”
“I’m open to a challenge from anyone, including Samoa Joe, I’ll just put that one out there.”
