Kevin Owens Explains Why Owen Hart Resonated With Him So Much
Kevin Owens’ admiration for Owen Hart is deeper than you think.
Hart is one of Kevin Owens‘ idols. Recently, the Prizefighter shared his thoughts on why he resonates a lot with the wrestling legend. While speaking to Chris Van Vliet on his Insight podcast, Owens revealed how he got introduced to Owen Hart. He also expressed how much he loves the WWE legend.
“I have a brother that’s 10 years older than me, and as brothers do, we’d fight a lot when we were kids. Because he was 10 years older than me, was a lot stronger than me. So he always won, let’s put it that way. So when I was younger I couldn’t help but have a bit of a resentment towards him, which is not the case. I love him. But when you’re a kid, you feel differently about things. I remember I watched WrestleMania 11, and I liked Bret Hart enough after WrestleMania 11, but then I started going backwards and watching the shows that were before WrestleMania 11.
“I rented all the tapes, and I believe it was a Royal Rumble of that same year, Bret’s wrestling Diesel and in the match he tries to tie Diesel’s legs up with the camera wires and to me, that’s cheating, he’s cheating. This is terrible. Why is he cheating? Then Owen comes into frame to try to fight Bret. To me I’m like yeah, that’s the right thing to do, trying to keep him from cheating. He’s the younger brother trying to fight off the older brother. So I was like Owen Hart’s my guy. That was it. It was like the dynamic between me and my older brother and him and his older brother is what made me like him at first, and then obviously he’s an incredible wrestler and very charismatic, very entertaining. So yeah, just become a huge fan of his.”
Kevin Owens reveals the reason for his WWE name
While speaking in the same interview, Owens shared the story of he managed to name his son Owen.
“I don’t really know. So we also share the same birthday and when Owen passed away, I remember thinking if I ever have a son I’m going to call him Owen. Then several years passed obviously, and in 2007 my wife got pregnant and thankfully she was on board with calling him Owen. Which was even crazier, because we visited an apartment that we were going to move into while she was pregnant, and the tenants that lived there previously had left some stuff behind. On the door of what was going to be our son’s bedroom was wooden letters that they put on the door was the name of the kid that was there previously, and the name was Owen. So she was like, that definitely has to be his name. So it’s actually more of a tribute to my son, but my son’s a tribute to Owen.”
Owens also revealed that it was Triple H who came up with the name Kevin Owens.
“So it’s actually Triple H who suggested I be Kevin Owens. We were going back and forth on names and nothing really sounded right. Then one day Hunter just said, because I had pitched Owen something, and he’s like, What about Kevin Owens? I’m like, Yeah, I love it. So we went with it. I remember after I guess WWE trademarked it. So the websites found out about it, and it started going online. Obviously, it’s gonna be Kevin Steen’s name.
“I got to the Performance Center, and for some reason I forgot my key cards. Had to go through the front and I’m waiting for somebody to open the door. The door swings open and it’s Dusty, and he’s walking in front of me. He goes, ‘Kevin Owens huh?’ I go, ‘Yeah, you like it?’ And he goes, ‘Nope. Who came up with it?’ I go, ‘Triple H.’ And he goes, ‘I love it.’ Yeah, he was the best. So that was it from then on,” Kevin Owens said.
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