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Why do people act like Kevin Owens isn't one of the most pushed people on the roster?

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#1 ·
Seriously. I keep seeing people talking about how he's so under-pushed and how he's one of the guys they need to get behind. Am I missing something?
In less than two years on the main roster he's had: a clean win over Cena, two US title reigns, two IC title reigns and a six month UC title reign. He's also put Jericho out of action for at least a few months. He was even protected massively in his big 'burial'. Not bad for someone whose 'under-pushed'

This guy is one Triple H's favourite sons and he will always be taken care of. People just need to accept that their favourite indy guy is getting loads of opportunities. His push is comparable to Rollins' or Balor's but you'd never see people moaning because the WWE "aren't getting behind" them.
 
#8 ·
The only person Owens can't get one over on is Dean Ambrose :D

But seriously, Owens is pretty pushed. He constantly gets TV time every week, he always seems to have a championship of some sort, he was the first person to get a proper run with a new championship and he only lost the Universal Championship cos Jericho distracted him. He's quite protected.
 
#14 · (Edited)
I don't know who thinks he's not one of the most pushed people on the roster, but you could always push him harder. Many people think Kevin Owens is THE most entertaining person on the roster and when you have that kind of a personality, people are always going to be striving for something better. Nobody considers US or IC title runs as anything special.

I wouldn't compare his push to Rollins at all. Rollins push is almost at Reigns level.

Right now, I would say this is the pecking order. Discounting Jinder and Nakamura because we can't get a proper handle on their pushes. They could either be permanent main eventers or they could end up like JBL and Miz after their title runs were over, it's too soon to say.

1 - Lesnar
2 - Reigns
3 - Rollins
4 - Cena
5 - Orton
6 - Balor
7 - Strowman
8 - Styles
9 - Owens

That's 8 people in the company that, at least in my opinion are more heavily prioritized over Owens. Sure, that isn't too bad in the grand scheme of things, but he should be so much higher than everybody else on that list. If you want to argue about Cena or Styles then go ahead but the other ones I'm just gonna call bullshit on. There's no reason that a guy with that level of promo should ever be beneath the top 5, especially when he can effortlessly switch between comedy and cold blooded killer at the drop of a hat.
 
#17 ·
Put Strowman as number 2 instead and I'd say its pretty damn accurate. I'm not sure that Styles is above Owens though. And Cena and Orton's placement can be anywhere above Styles and since Styles can be anywhere its a bit hard to gauge them.
 
#18 · (Edited)
Its this weird thing that a lot of big Indy fans seem to do; they love to pretend that no "Indy guys" ever get pushed in WWE and its only the look that gets pushed. That of course is a huge fallacy. I geuss it goes with the indy crowd/fanbase still feeling like they're underground/anti-establishment.

I mena look at the recent crop of World Champs in WWE. Yes we've had Brock, Goldberg, Orton, Jinder, Cena, Reigns, Wyatt and Sheamus; more typical WWE guys. But we've also had Balor, Owens, Ambrose, Rollins, Styles and Bryan as World Champions in WWE.

Balor got the biggest rocket push in wrestling history, where he was a World Champ within a month of his main roster debut. Ambrose and Rollins have been heavily pushed and protected from day one, getting wins over every Main Eventer in WWE in their debut year. And Ambrose never loses clean. Styles had the best debut year of any wrestler in WWE since Brock Lesnar and decade and a half ago. And Kevin Owens himself debuted with a win over Cena. Racked up some midcard belts, was generally treated as being a big deal and better than almost everyone else. Got a World Title run, and in that Universal Title reign he the heel lost to Goldberg the babyface in dirty fashion.

There's an issue with Kevin Owens and thats that most of his fans think his Indy gimmick should be him in WWE. But thats ridiculous, he's short and fat, he cant play a destroyer of worlds ultimate badass heel in a company that has people like Lesnar, Strowman, Corbin, Kane, Show, Cena, Rusev, Reigns etc. KO's ultimate badass gimmick worked in the indies where he was taller than almost everyone else, but in WWE he's just average height with a shit physique. It would look ridiculous if he's in the ring going to toe to toe with a guy like Strowman and beating him down and throwing him around.
 
#3 ·
I think some of it stems from hist UC title win happening due to Balor's injury....which happened neciase of Reigns wellness failure. He's got the accolades but there are some valid posts out there the diminish them. He was pretty much seen as second fiddle to Jericho in a comedy act and he was champion. Then there's the fact that HHH literally handed him the title.

Not saying he isn't pushed. He is, but overall he's not as protected as you're making it out.
 
#19 ·
I think KO has been one of the best success stories coming up from NXT.

His feud with Cena for one was one of the best things John Cena had been involved in for years. He got a match with Goldberg which I'm sure KO himself was pretty thrilled about too and has had plenty of championship reigns.

The only thing I've had a problem with is that character wise too many silly "cowardly heel" moments on the main roster that made him look stupid.
 
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#20 ·
From what I've seen, alot of people wanted him pushed like he was in his first month on an ongoing basis / the character he was in NXT.

In regards to the booking,
Owens isn't the right talent to be pushed as a monster who's presented on that Cena (and now Roman) level. He doesn't have the presence, look or physicality for it. Strowman is now getting that kind if treatment and is clearly a 10x better fit.
And 90% of wrestlers look better in their debut 6 months than they do down the line.

In regards to people wanting his NXT character back (and apparantally meaning a monster heel), his whole gimmick was choosing his moments and picking his fights. I really don't see where people got the impression that beating down a 200lb soaking wet Sami Zayne after repeated sneak attacks made him a monster. If anything, it was quite like Edge's ultimate opportunist match.

I don't get the obsession myself, he's the most consistently overrated talent on WF. Decent in the ring but has no idea how to wrestle his character, looks like an average guy and there's people who seem to think he's the best mic worker in the company.... Even after Jericho vastly outperformed him everyday for months.
 
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#22 ·
I hate this misconception that Jericho blew away KO on the mic. KO is better in the ring, and he's better at character work. Jericho is all BIG LOUD DUMB obvious character work. KO is subtle. There's an art to this stuff, and guys who are subtly good at character work don't get appreciated enough. Jericho DID have some really lovely subtle stuff at the Festival segment. But he's not on KO's level unless he's being a prop comedian and popping the crowd.
You also can't excuse KO of not wrestling heel in one breathe, and then love Jericho on the other for getting crazy over with the crowd pandering to them with comedy when he's supposed to be a bad guy.
 
#30 ·
hes pushed about right imo, i personally loved the ending to his match with aj at backlash
that's a proper heel finish, canny and deceptive and using his brain to outwit his opponent
owens should never be booked as dominant imo, his brain should be his best tool

i also havent seen any evidence that hes a elite mic worker, hes good but not elite
 
#4 · (Edited)
Owens marks are still salty that Goldberg mowed him over.. he's one of 2 people who even got to face him 1 on 1 & he lost to a distraction.. a month later he wins the US title twice.. his Universal title reign was (shit) long too :shrug

How many times has he been pinned clean in the past year?

Oh let's not forget he beat Cena in his FIRST match on the MR, he's always been fine
 
#10 ·
Owens marks are still salty that Goldberg mowed him over.. he's one of 2 people who even got to face him 1 on 1 & he lost to a distraction.. a month later he wins the US title twice.. his Universal title reign was (shit) long too :shrug
That's what annoys me most. Everyone expected Goldberg to squash him normally but he actually got protected and they still had a meltdown over it.
 
#5 ·
You forgot how they've protected the Pop Up Powerbomb since his call up. How many people have kicked out of that? There's also the fact they present his Apron Powerbomb as the ultimate neutralizer. I get what you're saying though, they act like their favorites are under-pushed to fit their anti-WWE, "I wanna be like CM Punk and go against the system" narrative so they select which parts of his career to acknowledge, which is usually the weaker parts.

IC Title wins? "He won them dirty! No credibility!" - Even though he's a fucking heel.
Universal Title win? "Triple H literally handed it to him!" Once again, he's a heel. Hell, both of them were heels!
Clean win over Cena? "Cena's just going to bury him the next two matches!" - Like they're incapable of soaking in one of the rare times WWE puts over a fresh new talent at the expense of Cena.
 
#27 ·
You forgot how they've protected the Pop Up Powerbomb since his call up. How many people have kicked out of that? There's also the fact they present his Apron Powerbomb as the ultimate neutralizer. I get what you're saying though, they act like their favorites are under-pushed to fit their anti-WWE, "I wanna be like CM Punk and go against the system" narrative so they select which parts of his career to acknowledge, which is usually the weaker parts.

IC Title wins? "He won them dirty! No credibility!" - Even though he's a fucking heel.
Universal Title win? "Triple H literally handed it to him!" Once again, he's a heel. Hell, both of them were heels!
Clean win over Cena? "Cena's just going to bury him the next two matches!" - Like they're incapable of soaking in one of the rare times WWE puts over a fresh new talent at the expense of Cena
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You and others make valid points. And yes, Owens has received better treatment than a lot of call ups gets. But like everyone, it hasn't been perfect.

Yeah, he won the Universal Championship. A title he only won because Balor got hurt and even when he did win it, he was just a side player in the Rollins vs. Authority storyline.

And yes, him beating Cena on his first night is something he can always fall back on. But let's not forget Cena got his win back 2 weeks later and then beat him in the rubber match.

Again, Owens has gotten good treatment from multiple IC, US, and World title runs while beating some big names. But looking in between the lines, it hasn't all been spotless.
 
#6 ·
I think he's doing well. My only complaint was having him lose to Oldberg the way he did. If they were going to have him drop the title to the old fuck then it could have been an actual match. Not a running hug and lifting him in the air for the 1-2-3 in under a minute. That just made both Owens and the title look bad in the process.

Plus, they could have booked him to look stronger during his Universal title reign but I guess I've seen weaker looking heel champions in the past, so it's not that big of a deal.

I still wouldn't say he's one of the most pushed, but he's doing well for himself having won the NXT title, IC title (Twice), Universal title, and now the US title (Twice) in a 2 year time frame. On paper, it looks like he's one of the most pushed. But I'd have to disagree with the way he's booked to win most of his matches. Should be a bit more of a dominant heel.
 
#7 ·
I knew there is someone going to do this thread because I realized that he can't stay out of titles picture.

Kevin is actually entertaining and have something to give for the fans and I don't have a problem with that ,I will go far and say he deserved the main event spot with Chris Jericho because they were the most entertaining part of WWE last year.

He also doesn't take spots from anyone.
 
#16 ·
I think people are tired of the chickenshit heel.

No one sees credibility when you're always running away. And that's what happened all the way through Owens's UC reign. People complained that he was booked badly because he never went over someone clean. Always had interference from Jericho in some way or another. Granted, he is a heel so heel tactics should be employed IMO. But when you need an assist from someone in all your matches... eventually that gets stale.
 
#25 · (Edited)
Is he pushed too hard? He's booked well in my opinion he is super talented on the mic (notn really my taste of mic worker but I respect it) and for a guy his size he is very talented. Makes me wish Bam Bam Bigalow was around in the WWE today :(

Wouldn't say he is overpushed, he isn't Universal Champion for starters lol.

The only way Owens can get overpushed is if he were 3 time WWE Universal Champion in the space of three months, beats Lesner for the Universal title. and and have three consecutive Wrerstlemania main events. Thats overpushed :)
 
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