Kevin Owens Speaks on Growing Relationship with Triple H and Much More

NXT Champion Kevin Owens recently chatted with Canadian news website The Whig in preparation for his first match on the WWE main roster at “Elimination Chamber” on May 31. The man who hails from Quebec extensively talked about his 15-year journey to WWE.

Leading to his WWE main roster debut on the May 18 edition of “Monday Night Raw,” Owens had developed a close relationship with Triple H:

“You know, I feel like I’ve developed a bit of a relationship with Hunter throughout these last few months. It goes beyond the ring. We’ll talk about our kids, we’ll talk about life. He’s very good to me. To have him take time out of a very busy day, he’s busy on Raw, and he took the time to tell me to just make sure you are who you are. And I know that’s kind of the advice he gives everyone, but to hear it from him, it really means something because ‘Make sure you stay who you are’ means that who I am, he’s got faith in. That’s a big thing.”

Continuing, Owens went in-depth about his big-time WWE debut:

“I wanted to make my kids proud, I wanted to make my wife proud, I wanted to make my parents proud, and I wanted to make Hunter proud because he took a shot on me. I’m not the typical WWE Superstar. He hired me anyway and he saw something in me. And I want to deliver for him. I want to pay him back for that by delivering the way he thinks I can and I think I did.”

“That whole moment was so surreal. I remember being in the ring at one point, I was face to face with John Cena, and I remember it was almost like a bit of an out-of-body experience where I was kind of surveying the whole situation and thinking like, ‘Holy crap, you’re on Raw right now, man!’ But at the same, I must say, I felt I belonged. I felt like I was exactly where I needed to be.”

At “Elimination Chamber,” Owens will go head-to-head with the face of WWE for the past 10 years, current United States Champion John Cena. Owens briefly spoke about the importance of the Champion vs. Champion match:

“There’s no denying how big it is. There’s not a whole lot of people that walk into WWE, show up on Raw, lay out the top guy in the industry for the last 10 years and get to wrestle him two weeks later at a major event like Elimination Chamber, but I get to do that. That will literally never be taken away from me, no matter what happens from here on out.”

Be sure to read the interview in its entirety, here. Owens also talked about how he became a wrestling fan, a meaningful conversation he had with Sami Zayn in 2003, and much more.

Editor’s Note

This is a tremendous interview from Owens. How can you not root for this guy?