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Kevin Owens title reign in a nutshell

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#1 ·


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Click on the image above to see the clip. It really is like that and I wouldn't be surprised if they are planning to have Roman take the title from him so that he ends up as a double champion to mimic the same thing that happened on UFC recently with Connor.
 
#2 ·
Reigns should take the strap off Owens. Owens has been an absolute joke of a champion and it can't all be blamed on booking. He's outclassed every week by his best friend and his mic work has suffered as a result of him attempting to be Jericho. He puts on good matches, but that's all he offers and that isn't enough to justify holding the top title on his brand.
 
#70 ·
Exactly. He was dominant, which made his shit-talking meaningful. Now he's suffering from the same shit as Rollins back during his run. He's become the cowardly heel who needs help to win matches.

Owens should be steamrolling opponents.
 
#6 ·
It's not like he was standing out before the Roman feud, to be fair. He (and Seth) were doomed the moment HHH handed Owens the title, and then Stephanie/Foley tried hijacking their feud/storyline. Notice how that all ended, and Steph/Foley don't talk about it anymore or Seth/Owens? They knew what they were doing was undermining the shit out of the actual wrestlers.

But they'll start it all back up again in a few weeks when MNF is over and HHH is no longer afraid to return to TV. And then we'll get some 20 minute HHH promo burying Rollins while not putting Owens over either, and completely ignoring the logic that if you handed Rollins the title for Owens, why wouldn't you do the same against Roman Reigns?
 
#11 · (Edited)
KO's shitty title reign can be blamed on two things:

1. Jericho being so much better than him on the mic and in storytelling
2. KO pinning Rollins after a HHH pedigree instead of his own finisher

But the theme at this forum is obvious: WHEN IN DOUBT, BLAME ROMAN REIGNS.

And it's pretty obvious KO is legit frustrated with his shitty reign. Just look at his demeanor when he showed the title behind Roman and the way he always overacts in his segments with Jericho.
 
#19 · (Edited)
I like Owens and wanted him to be champion months ago but this reign of his is just awful. He comes off like a champion by default and not because the company is behind him. He's just there; wish the booking were better for him.

The belt should be on Jericho to give it some legitimacy. Y2J also overshadows Owens. I used to defend Owens when it came to pandering but he just refuses to stop. He should be flipped face if he wants the cheers that badly.
 
#13 ·
I think part of KO's problem is his character. It's frustrating because he's suppose to be the top heel, but he's too concerned with pandering to the crowd. His own words. He's good at being a sadistic heel, but I haven't see it since his NXT days. Which is what he needs to be. Just a nasty bully who beats up everyone with no remorse. Not someone who panders to the crowd waiting for fans to cheer him. So no one buys him as a threatening champion and putting him with Jericho has hurt him as well.
 
#48 · (Edited)
This has been the problem with the heel world champions for the last 2 years (outside of HHH) why the plan has been push Reigns as the top "Face of the Company" not Reigns fault directly but still a by product of things to do with Reigns....

Rollins was booked as a weak, chickenshit champion and the ultimate plan was to make Rollins look so weak and pathetic that the crowd would cheer and want for Reigns to take the title from him, Seth's injury kept this from this getting seen all the way through, and I doubt it really would have worked to the extent needed anyways.

So next up they take and throw the belt on a heel Sheamus, who crowds already hated so it was just another example of the WWE trying to make the World Champion be someone who the crowd thinks is just awful so they would cheer Reigns to win the title by default.

And now they are doing the same thing with Owens, just making him look pathetic as a heel the same way they did with Rollins as a heel.

If what you have to do to get your face cheered is make the heel look completely pathetic then you do not have the right face. Again not saying this is all Reigns fault, its just as much the fault of the WWE either not noticing this or just being to stubborn to admit they are wrong about it. Having to make all your heels look pathetic to get the face cheered helps no one in the long-run. Not that this is really new practice, the WWE has done it for years with Cena, and is why they have no stars really ready to step-up now that Cena is winding down as a full-time performer.
 
#74 ·
I feel so bad for Kevin Owens.

He is supposed to be the top star, the face of Monday night raw, he has the UNIVERSAL championship, the suppose top prize on raw and yet hes beneath the WOMENS championship, lets face it women have taken over the top main event position while Owens and the universal title is a complete afterthought and now once again wont be main eventing a paper view because of the beyond retarded ironwomen match. Its a damn shame, he should be booked like a dominate heel but hes nothing but a second fiddle to Jericho and will now probably get fed to Roman Reigns.

Wrestlemania is gonna be fun, I cant wait for Sasha vs Charolette in a 3 stages of hell match in the main event with Ronda Rousy as special guest referee and the queen of England coming out to raise both womens hands up after the match.
 
#24 ·
Would of been better off for KO on SDL, I think he would of done way better on that show as WC instead of MNR as UC. I know he feuded with Dean already over the IC belt a year ago and earlier this year but another one over the WC would of been good. And him also feuding with Cena again and this time fighting over the WC would of also been good.
 
#30 ·
Owens' reign suffered because he tried to be Jericho when he obviously is not able to; not that it's too bad, because there's only one Jericho and even being in the same league as him would be a huge success, but when you're outclassed every single week by your sidekick it's hard to take you seriously.

And lets not even get started on the horrid booking, but that's typical of any heel champion in WWE.


Yeah, lets pretend like his feud with Rollins wasn't a pile of shit that didn't get eclipsed by a fucking list every week. JERICHO is the one outshining Owens and that had nothing to do with Roman. You're just mad because Roman is benefiting off of the mediocrity instead of someone you like.
The problem, in my opinion, is that WWE seem to book on purpose their heel champions in such a way that obviously a strong booked face going against them would benefit of their mediocrity; and when that strongly booked face is always Roman Reigns (or John Cena, like it was some years ago), it pisses people off.
 
#56 ·
If only they booked him strong. Gonna guess those who called him the top heel have jumped off the bandwagon. He's got the talent but WWE seem focused on having 1 or 2 guys looking stronger than the rest of the roster. His feud with Seth didn't help because he Seth/Trips was in everyone's head and now he's feuding with Cena Reigns so he'all likely just eat spears.
 
#65 ·
Roman is garbage. The clown is STILL wearing the damn SWAT gear ffs....

Turn him heel, give him a new look, and let him go a new direction. His current form has not worked, and will not work, this has been proven time and time again, and just because he wears the US championship around his shoulder the wrong way, his character has not progressed at all since his last failed heavyweight title run.
 
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