Kevin Owens won the WWE Universal Title a couple of weeks ago on RAW. He did so with the help of Triple H, who returned to WWE TV and pedigreed both Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins. This allowed Owens to pick up the win and stake his claim as top guy on the red brand. In a recent appearance on Talk is Jericho, Owens gives a lot of credit to Triple H for always believing in him.
Owens on Triple H seeing something in him:
“Triple H always obviously believed in me. That’s why he signed me and he saw something in me. And Terry Taylor even straight up told me once at the Performance Center, he was like, ‘Triple H sees something in you. I don’t see it, but it’s my job to bring it out.’ And then, later on, like, now, I have a great relationship with Terry. But part of why I love it is because he’s so honest. Other people really dislike that about Terry. I love it. So anyway, last Monday night, Triple H literally handing me the title, but that was a moment, like, that was incredible to me and I got to say ‘thank you’ in the ring. Like, he gave me the title and I said, ‘thank you’, but it wasn’t ‘thank you for giving me the title’. It was ‘thank you for everything’. Yeah, because without him, like, I had Steve Austin saying good things about me [and] I even had The Rock saying good things about me before I got signed by WWE. But without Triple H taking that chance, who knows where I’d be now?” (Source: Talk Is Jericho).
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Pretty cool moment when you look at it like that. I am very happy Triple H saw something in Owens and gave him a chance. Sure he doesn’t have the traditional look as a top wrestler but who cares? The fans love him and he is incredible in the ring and on the mic. Personally hoping he holds the title for a long time!