Kevin Owens More Likely Than We Think?

[OYDK]

I know it's a longshot, but I do think people are kind of overlooking the Kevin Owens factor in all of this. WWE currently has two top level faces and really no top-level heels other than Owens and Sheamus, and both are far from cemented main-eventers at this point. But Owens is getting there quicker than most others have. So if WWE does want to go the way of replacing Seth with another big baddie, why would they turn one of their top faces when they already have a ready made heel riding a ton of momentum in Kevin Owens? If he didn't hold the IC title right now, he's probably my favorite to win the thing if I'm being honest.

There's also the fact that this whole tournament has kind of revolved around The Authority trying to find their new golden boy. We know that HHH has always been the biggest advocate of Kevin Owens, and even on Raw, they were shooting the shit in complete comfort. Whereas HHH actually cut a promo to Cesaro and Del Rio, he treated Owens more like a friend. We also didn't hear what they were talking about which was different from H's talks with Cesaro and Del Rio as well.

If Owens DOES make it to the finals, wouldn't his character easily accept HHH's offer? So wouldn't he than win the tournament?

There's a lot of question and with all the reports coming out that "Reigns is guaranteed to win", and "now Ambrose might win", and "Reigns is guaranteed to win again", I wouldn't be surprised if WWE was leaking false info to try and shock people on Sunday. Notice, Owens hasn't been mentioned once in those reports, but it seems like they're positioning him for something bigger.

What do y'all think? Can Owens walk out WWEWHC at Survior Series?

 

[Richard Blonoff]

I think he has a small chance. I wouldn't put money on him, but like I said, there is a chance. It would fit his character to accept Triple H's offer, as it would in kayfabe lead to a better life for his family, which is what his character revolves around.

The E seems lukewarm on Ambrose, so if Owens went over him I wouldn't be super surprised. I also think Owens vs. Reigns would be a better match than Ambrose vs. Reigns, mostly because both Ambrose and Reigns matches typically revolve around them getting their ass kicked for ten minutes before making their comebacks.

Plus, like you mentioned, Trips has been a big supporter of Owens, so if Trips has any say in this tournament, he has a shot.

I'd still put him behind Reigns and Ambrose on my favorites list, but you for sure can't count him out. Especially if the the E wants to try to surprise the fans. Survivor Series has had some surprises in store recently, with Sting's debut in 2014 and The Shield's debut in 2012, so maybe 2015's surprise will be Owens.

 

[GeTiTT]

You're forgetting that aside from losing their top heel they also have been needing to fill the position of their top face which in the long run is way more important! Reigns is almost there but he needs the title to cement his status! They have huge potential on Bray Wyatt to be the top heel in the company and in my opinion he is way more ready and qualified then KO. KO hasn't even had a good feud since cena and really has put no relevancy in the IC title. For me whether it's Reigns vs Ambrose or Reigns vs Owens. Reigns wins it!

 

[ShinChan]

There is a very little chance of Kevin Owens being the WWE World Heavyweight Champ and that too within 6 months of his debut..... but yeah he is the top heel right now and is main event level wrestler but now it would be too soon...

 

[sMark]

If initial news were correct, Roman Reigns was decided to win WWE title at Survivor Series long enough ago, so why they need some heel turns, Rollins replacement or something else?
Reigns will win the title. No heelturns, no succesfull cash ins, no other wonders.
This is WWE - the company that choose safest and laziest ways for things, until forced. Forget WWF, the fuel is long gone

 

[OYDK]

If initial news were correct, Roman Reigns was decided to win WWE title at Survivor Series long enough ago, so why they need some heel turns, Rollins replacement or something else?
Reigns will win the title. No heelturns, no succesfull cash ins, no other wonders.
This is WWE - the company that choose safest and laziest ways for things, until forced. Forget WWF, the fuel is long gone

And who does he feud with after his big title win as a face? Big Show? Kane? We've just seen him go through Wyatt, Sheamus is already Mr. MITB, Owens and Del Rio will still be US and IC champs. That's the problem. There are no heels for a face champion to play off of, and that becomes especially true when Cena comes back. The last thing Roman needs right now is a boring, lacklustre title run.

Either a heel should walk out as champ or a face should turn in my opinion.

 

[Navi]

I too would love to see Owens walk out champ, but doubt it's going to happen. Reigns will win, and then he can start feuding with Owens and both of them have the "doing this for my family" thing going. HHH even mentioned it the other night on RAW to Reigns.

Owens is a classic heel, but we've already had almost 8 months of a chickenshit heel champion in Rollins, time to shake it up a little. I don't think Reigns will have a long a run as Rollins did, and it pretty much ensures that a heel will win the Rumble.

HHH being high on Owens is one thing, but you have Vince being high on Reigns, that sort of out trumps HHH there. Unless Vince sees something in Owens he's not talking about, Owens will have to wait in line. Don't know where this leaves Ambrose in all of this sadly.

 

[Un-Bo-Lievable Jeff]

I think you actually answer your own question.

Because he is the IC champ at the moment, I can't see WWE putting both belts on him. With a heel IC and US champ as well as heel Tag Team Champs, I doubt they put the WWE belt on a heel as well.

I know they put both on Rollins, which makes it even less likely they would do it again so soon. With someone holding two belts, it takes away a storyline.

I see Reigns winning and staying face

 

[NotoriousWWE]

And who does he feud with after his big title win as a face? Big Show? Kane? We've just seen him go through Wyatt, Sheamus is already Mr. MITB, Owens and Del Rio will still be US and IC champs. That's the problem. There are no heels for a face champion to play off of, and that becomes especially true when Cena comes back. The last thing Roman needs right now is a boring, lacklustre title run.

Either a heel should walk out as champ or a face should turn in my opinion.

In response to who does Reigns feud with,

Well there's Owens who could lose the IC title to maybe Ambrose or something or even hold the belt and challenge.

Cesaro could turn heel and challenge since he's currently the IWC's flavor of the month.

Fatal 4 Way or Triple threats with mixture of faces and heels so that they have some star power in the main event scene heading into Mania season. All in all though its pretty obvious that Vince is looking to do Reigns vs Cena at Mania so I fully expect Cena to come back win the Rumble and challenge or maybe Brock but I really do not want to see Brock vs Reigns II. I think Reigns should just hold the belt till Mania and have a Triple Threat with Cena and Brock. Then for the big Mania ending have one of the 3 turn and cheat to win.

 

[sMark]

And who does he feud with after his big title win as a face? Big Show? Kane? We've just seen him go through Wyatt, Sheamus is already Mr. MITB, Owens and Del Rio will still be US and IC champs. That's the problem. There are no heels for a face champion to play off of, and that becomes especially true when Cena comes back. The last thing Roman needs right now is a boring, lacklustre title run.

Either a heel should walk out as champ or a face should turn in my opinion.

Big Show always get a late autumn push in WWE lol.
But i see Ambrose for TLC (rematch), HHH for Royal Rumble, doesn't matter who for Fastlane, Cena for Mania, then long unwanted Authority feud, maybe Sheamus will be in it.
And who said his title run will not be boring and lackluster for real?

 

[Prince Vee]

I don't wanna give any opinions in this thread but I do have a very important point to say! This thread anticipates the chances of Kevin Owens to be the Man and there were some threads talking about Reigns and Ambrose's Chances, hell even Sheamus's chances. The only one guy seems to be odd out is Del Rio.

But my point is, it's just a week now till we have the survivor series and WWE had given us the anticipation already! They had made us sit on the edge to look what's coming to us. I reckon there won't be any complaints whoever wins the Championship. This is exciting! Isn't This!?

 

[Mustang Sally]

But Owens is getting there quicker than most others have.

That's the confusing part. When a wrestler's initial match on the main roster involves not only facing John Cena, but beating him cleanly, I figured Owens was being immediately installed as a main event performer, eligible to fight only people at the top. Honestly, I was excited WWE management would do such a thing.....even as I was a bit resentful that KO was apparently being passed over the heads of others who have labored long and hard to get there.

But, no. The 'main event' stuff didn't continue as KO was sent down to the midcard to start doing what one would figure he should have been doing in the first place; working his way up the ladder.

So, where does he stand in terms of this tournament? Could he win?

Sure, he could......it depends on how the powers-that-be in WWE feel about how he's conducted himself on the midcard and what they plan for the future. Clearly, they must regard him as someone special, given his first feud in the major leagues. Could that extend to installing him as world champion?

It's possible, yet I don't think it likely. I believe the final will come down to Ambrose and Reigns.

Still, anything can happen.....such as having a debuting rookie beat the Man Who Runs the Place in his very first match. After that, we can't predict anything with absolute certainty.

 

[kadroan]

I know it's a longshot, but I do think people are kind of overlooking the Kevin Owens factor in all of this. WWE currently has two top level faces and really no top-level heels other than Owens and Sheamus, and both are far from cemented main-eventers at this point. But Owens is getting there quicker than most others have. So if WWE does want to go the way of replacing Seth with another big baddie, why would they turn one of their top faces when they already have a ready made heel riding a ton of momentum in Kevin Owens? If he didn't hold the IC title right now, he's probably my favorite to win the thing if I'm being honest.

There's also the fact that this whole tournament has kind of revolved around The Authority trying to find their new golden boy. We know that HHH has always been the biggest advocate of Kevin Owens, and even on Raw, they were shooting the shit in complete comfort. Whereas HHH actually cut a promo to Cesaro and Del Rio, he treated Owens more like a friend. We also didn't hear what they were talking about which was different from H's talks with Cesaro and Del Rio as well.

If Owens DOES make it to the finals, wouldn't his character easily accept HHH's offer? So wouldn't he than win the tournament?

There's a lot of question and with all the reports coming out that "Reigns is guaranteed to win", and "now Ambrose might win", and "Reigns is guaranteed to win again", I wouldn't be surprised if WWE was leaking false info to try and shock people on Sunday. Notice, Owens hasn't been mentioned once in those reports, but it seems like they're positioning him for something bigger.

What do y'all think? Can Owens walk out WWEWHC at Survior Series?

I doubt it. Probably would have made more sense if Owens lost the IC title going into the tournament.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

I think he has a small chance. I wouldn't put money on him, but like I said, there is a chance. It would fit his character to accept Triple H's offer, as it would in kayfabe lead to a better life for his family, which is what his character revolves around.

That is a very good point. Kevin Owens has repeatedly talked about how he does what he does in order to earn the money to provide for his family, and nothing will get in the way of that.

If The Authority are looking for a new "corporate" champion now Rollins is injured, from a character perspective Owens is the guy who'd most likely accept the offer, given the security and financial gains that being aligned with the boss would give him.

I wouldn't be against Owens winning the World Heavyweight Title, although I'm not really a fan of wrestlers holding 2 separate singles titles at once. If KO did become the Champion, I think it's highly likely we'd see him drop the title to John Cena at WrestleMania, given the history being Owens and Cena and the opportunity to have Cena tie Flair's record on the biggest stage possible.

 

[MERPER]

Owens has become my favorite superstar. Not only is he good in the ring he is funny and plays a heel role really well.

I wouldn't be opposed to him aligning with the Authority and winning the championship one bit.

 

[Azane]

I still think Ambrose vs Reigns is almost assured, because it's the logical booking choice, as any other choice is a World Title Match that doesn't have a story built around it. With the Shield fighting, the story writes itself, we only need the direction they go in.

Owens is definitely high on WWE list, people keep pointing out he's a midcarder, but he's the king Midcarder right now, with how short his WWE Career has been, being IC champion is a good place to be, if the Titles weren't clouding up the whole thing, I'd feel slightly inclined to say that KO or ADR could threaten the title, KO has a jetpack strapped to him read to push him to fulltime ME, Rollins being hurt is probably his break now. ADR is a former world champion, and WWE keeps reaching out to it's Latino community so seeing him with the belt wouldn't be a shocker, but the MexAmerican title gimmick seems like it's something we'll see for a few more months at least.

 

[MartialHorror]

He's a darkhorse and my personal favorite of the group, but I don't think he has enough momentum. When he first broke onto the Main Roster, he carried himself perfectly and I could've bought into it if he had completely conquered Cena in their feud. Since then, he's become more of a traditional coward, almost like Rollins 2.0. I just feel it would be forced if he won the belt, even though the mark in me would squee.

I'd say that Reigns is the obvious winner, but I was sure he'd win Wrestlemania and Money in the Bank too.

 

[Noshowers]

I know it's a longshot, but I do think people are kind of overlooking the Kevin Owens factor in all of this. WWE currently has two top level faces and really no top-level heels other than Owens and Sheamus, and both are far from cemented main-eventers at this point. But Owens is getting there quicker than most others have. So if WWE does want to go the way of replacing Seth with another big baddie, why would they turn one of their top faces when they already have a ready made heel riding a ton of momentum in Kevin Owens? If he didn't hold the IC title right now, he's probably my favorite to win the thing if I'm being honest.

There's also the fact that this whole tournament has kind of revolved around The Authority trying to find their new golden boy. We know that HHH has always been the biggest advocate of Kevin Owens, and even on Raw, they were shooting the shit in complete comfort. Whereas HHH actually cut a promo to Cesaro and Del Rio, he treated Owens more like a friend. We also didn't hear what they were talking about which was different from H's talks with Cesaro and Del Rio as well.

If Owens DOES make it to the finals, wouldn't his character easily accept HHH's offer? So wouldn't he than win the tournament?

There's a lot of question and with all the reports coming out that "Reigns is guaranteed to win", and "now Ambrose might win", and "Reigns is guaranteed to win again", I wouldn't be surprised if WWE was leaking false info to try and shock people on Sunday. Notice, Owens hasn't been mentioned once in those reports, but it seems like they're positioning him for something bigger.

What do y'all think? Can Owens walk out WWEWHC at Survior Series?

If I was being completely honest with myself and the semi final between Owens and Ambrose was a real fight then there is no way I would expect Ambrose to win that. Of course wrestling isn't real, but in an age where people want to justify certain guys because of their looks, then Owens looks like he could whoop anyone on the roster.

If you are trying to compete with UFC, put the belt on this guy...I mean just look at his match with Sami Zayn for the nXt title. He literally beat him to submission. A TKO.

In terms on his character, heck yeah Owens would accept HHH's offer in a heartbeat. In fact, it would make way more sense from him to have sought that offer already and gets a helping hand against Ambrose first as well, and is more unbelievable to think he would walk into even that match at even odds when there was a clear opportunity for him to get ahead.