Top WWE Star ‘Hurt’ By Being Left Off Major Show

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Kevin Owens has opened up about being left off the WWE Elimination Chamber card in his hometown in February 2023.

Whilst Sami Zayn would be featured in the main event in Montreal, Owens wasn’t in a match and has reflected on how he felt.

Speaking to the Toronto Sun, the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion said:

“I wasn’t on that show and that hurt, I’ve got to be honest with you … a sold-out pay-per-view in my hometown.

“To be quite honest, I think I was pretty instrumental in bringing it there because right after we did Raw and Smackdown (in Montreal), I kept telling them we need a pay-per-view there, we need a pay-per-view there and they finally do it and I’m not even on the show. That sucked.

“I’m not going to mince my words, that sucked and I was upset about it. But what can you do? I did get to show up in the end there a little bit, but by that point, it was nothing, it was meaningless.

“But to see Sami get that moment, to see Sami get that reaction, to see Sami get something he deserved for so long, that really made that a lot easier to swallow. And it’s all a credit to him.”

Owens would also discuss the reaction from a live Canada crowd, saying:

“I’ve tried to explain this to other wrestlers, I’ve tried to explain it to management even and they don’t really quite grasp it, but if you go to the U.S. and you’re in whatever state — let’s say you’re in Minneapolis and there’s somebody from Minnesota — fans react to the hometown guy and they get a good reaction, but it’s not like Canada.

“In Canada, if you’re from Quebec, you’re from Ontario, you’re from Manitoba … it doesn’t matter.

“You show up anywhere in Canada, whether it be in B.C. or Saskatchewan or anywhere, the crowd will go nuts like you’re a hometown guy. We’re just like one big hometown. And if you watch the shows, you feel that.

“Me and Sami got amazing receptions in Montreal, but we got them In Ottawa, we got them in Winnipeg, we got them in Calgary. We get them in Vancouver, we get them everywhere. And it’s not just us, any Canadian. It’s unlike anything else.”

Owens is currently out of action due to a broken rib, and neither he nor current tag team champion partner Sami Zayn will be wrestling at SummerSlam.

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