Kevin Owens Reveals What Happened Backstage After His WWE Universal Title Win, Who He Thought About

Source: SLAM Sports

WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens recently spoke with SLAM Sports to promote WWE Survivor Series tickets going on sale. The full interview is at this link and below are highlights:

Thinking about family when he first won the title on RAW:

“My parents could have told me when I was 12 years old and telling them I wanted to be a wrestler that it was silly and to be serious and find something more secure and safe, but they didn’t. They pushed me as hard as they could. My wife, she’s been with me for 10 years,” Owens said. “She saw the ups and the downs and she saw so many people tell me I would never make it to WWE, but she never doubted it. My kids put up with their dad being gone a lot. My daughter’s two so she’s not super aware of it, she’s just happy when I come back, but my son’s eight, he’s seen me do this his whole life. He knows how much it means to me, he knows how much I enjoy it. I don’t know if it’s going to stick, but for now, he looks like that’s what he wants to do, too. He’s very tolerant of the sacrifices we have to make in order for me to do this, and he really enjoys WWE itself, so that certainly helps. Without them, I just wouldn’t be here.”

“I also had a thought for my grandfathers. I have their initials tattooed on my knuckles. They were both really big wrestling fans. My dad’s father would take me …

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