Kevin Owens stole the beloved Winged Eagle championship belt from the actual Undisputed WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes, following Owens laying him out with a package deal piledriver at Saturday Evening’s Important Occasion, and he is been flaunting the title ever since. “The Prize Fighter” crashed WWE’s press occasion on Wednesday forward of “WWE Uncooked” transferring to Netflix, and now, he is trolling Rhodes, and followers, on social media.
Owens posted a photograph on X of a pair of wrestling legends carrying the Winged Eagle belt, alongside a photograph of himself. Within the uncaptioned submit, Owens created a collage that includes Andre the Large, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, and himself, strolling out of the Premium Dwell Occasion with the title on his shoulder. Whereas some followers in Owens’ replies countered that Rhodes was the higher, and actual, champion, others posted photographs and GIFs of different iconic wrestlers who at one level bodily held the Winged Eagle championship, however have been by no means truly the champion, together with Owen Hart, “Million Greenback Man” Ted DiBiase, and Lex Luger.
— Kevin (@FightOwensFight) December 20, 2024
On the press occasion at WWE headquarters, Owens acknowledged that his first occasion as champion could be at a stay occasion in Jacksonville, Florida on December 26. Two days following Owens’ assault on Rhodes, WWE issued a well being replace and stated Rhodes was struggling from “axial compression of the cervical backbone, in addition to a cervical pressure with spasm.” With Rhodes doubtless out by way of the top of the yr resulting from time without work, with the harm a method to write him off tv, a rematch for the pair is reportedly being deliberate for the brand new yr.
