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 Night time’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 sporting the Winged Eagle belt, alongside a photograph of himself. Within the uncaptioned publish, Owens created a collage that includes Andre the Large, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, and himself, strolling out of the Premium Reside 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 had been by no means really the champion, together with Owen Hart, “Million Greenback Man” Ted DiBiase, and Lex Luger.
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— Kevin (@FightOwensFight) December 20, 2024
On the press occasion at WWE headquarters, Owens acknowledged that his first occasion as champion could be at a dwell occasion in Jacksonville, Florida on December 26. Two days following Owens’ assault on Rhodes, WWE issued a well being replace and mentioned Rhodes was affected by “axial compression of the cervical backbone, in addition to a cervical pressure with spasm.” With Rhodes probably out by way of the top of the 12 months as a consequence of break day, with the harm a approach to write him off tv, a rematch for the pair is reportedly being deliberate for the brand new 12 months.
