“I wish it would have led to more, honestly” – Kevin Owens recalls the time he almost faced Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania 34
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Between 2017 and 2019, Shane and Kevin had a two-year feud. Kevin accused Shane of partiality and not being fair with opportunities on the Talking Smack segment. As a result, Shane was a referee in one of Kevin’s matches, and Kevin lost that match. Kevin Owens faulted Shane, mentioned his immediate family, and made it personal.
The bad blood reached new levels of intensity several months ago when Zayn appeared from out of nowhere to help Owens win a barbaric Hell in a Cell Match against Shane McMahon. Vince McMahon confronted Owens and received a headbutt for his troubles in one of the most talked-about segments of the year.
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Kevin Owens Reveals Vince McMahon’s WrestleMania 34 Plans
This was supposed to kickstart a feud between the McMahon’s and Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. According to Kevin Owens a tag match was on the tables with Shane McMahon teaming up with his father to take on the duo of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens WWE wrestlemania.
Kevin Owens shed light on the whole incident when he interviewed with Kenny McIntosh of Inside The Ropes:
“Yeah, that was really cool. I wish it would have led to more, honestly, “But who wouldn’t feel that way? I think it could have, and I think it almost did. I really think, at one point, there was a choice that it was going to be me and Sami Zayn against Shane and Vince at WrestleMania – which would have been incredible – but Vince, I remember one of the things he had told me was, “I can’t run WrestleMania and focus on a match at the same time.”
Eventually the plan was changed which led to the historical return of Daniel Bryan at the grandest stage. Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon ended up beating Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn to mark the full in ring return of Bryan.
Owens added “But it would have just been fun to keep that story with Vince going or have more interactions with him because, whether people want to admit it or not, to be in a story with Vince in any way, shape or form to be on television with Vince, it helps as a star to the fans that are watching on TV – especially this elusive, casual audience that people talk about quite a bit. To see… When they see a Superstar in the ring with Vince McMahon, it immediately helps add credibility to that person.”
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