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Kevin Owens Wants Brock Lesnar At WrestleMania, Talks Reaction To Triple H Helping Him, Owen Hart
- Updated: September 29, 2016
WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens was the guest on the latest “Off The Top Rope” segment on ESPN SportsCenter with Jonathan Coachman. Below are some highlights.
* Owens said headlining WWE Clash of the Champions was “pretty surreal.” He noted that even being on a WWE pay-per-view was surreal because he’s watched so many since he was 11 years old. He said to main event a WWE pay-per-view and to walk in as WWE Universal Champion were two of the goals that he set when he joined the company, and he’s accomplished them.
* He said he wasn’t surprised that Triple H helped him win the title because Triple H knows a special talent when he sees one. He said it was great to see the fans reaction to the title win and see how excited they were. He said people had been waiting to see Triple H turn on Seth Rollins for a long time.
* When asked about the backstage reaction to his title win, Owens said that it left a lot of people backstage in disbelief. He heard more than one guy say that they couldn’t believe that Triple H is back, that he was champion and that he was champion relatively quickly after starting with the company. He said that he signed with WWE 2 years and 4 days before winning the …
