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Kevin Owens appeared on “After The Bell” with Corey Graves this week to speak about his match with Steve Austin at WrestleMania, and the way he feels about Cody Rhodes returning to WWE.
Kevin displays on his match with Steve Austin at WrestleMania 38:
“I watched the second the place I say I’m on the lookout for a battle. It’s humorous as a result of that’s when he (Austin) turns and offers me that glare. After I say I’m on the lookout for a battle, you see individuals behind him begin standing up and also you type of hear the thrill. Moments like which might be particular,” he stated.
“One other factor that I keep in mind rather well is earlier than, and this might need been caught by like a 24 documentary crew or no matter. You realize, we’ve so many individuals documenting what’s taking place backstage throughout WrestleMania, digicam crews and stuff. At one level proper earlier than we went out, I caught a glimpse of him simply pacing forwards and backwards. He seemed like a caged lion simply able to homicide individuals. I used to be like, ‘Oh, man, that is gonna be wild.’”
“It’s actually all very surreal. It’s very arduous to place into phrases.”
On Cody Rhodes:
“I’m so pleased with Cody. When he was right here, he and I acquired shut fairly shortly. Then he left and that basically sucked for me. I’ve individuals on this enterprise which might be actually extra like brothers to me than mates. It’s not everyone, however there’s just a few individuals on the market that I think about extra like household. Cody’s one among them.”
“So when he left, it was a blow to me as a result of I figured, look, we’re going to be so busy, we’re barely ever going to see one another, which is true. We noticed one another as soon as or possibly twice the entire time he was gone. When he was going out on his personal, he was doing it as a result of he felt this was finest for him. He didn’t really feel like he was being given the possibility to be what he may very well be in WWE, so he determined to wager on himself and depart.”
“The one factor I did was he requested me for some form of steerage as a result of he had by no means been on the impartial scene earlier than, and I gave him The Younger Bucks numbers. I informed them, ‘You guys handle this man’, and look what occurred? They actually modified the trade. They did. There’s no denying it. Cody went out and did that. He didn’t do it himself. He had loads of assist from lots of people, however he was an integral a part of that.”
“Then he got here again right here, which I don’t know as a lot, however I feel that was at all times his final purpose. As he was doing it, as issues have been progressing, his mindset might need modified in some unspecified time in the future and he most likely didn’t see himself coming again at one level as a result of he was doing so effectively. However then no matter occurred, I don’t actually know. The chance introduced itself for him to return again right here. He was capable of do it and are available again and look how he got here again. Large spot on WrestleMania. He’s been featured on RAW as a high star since. He’s working with the highest expertise. That’s what he wished when he left. So he went out and did it and he got here again this manner. That’s actually extremely admirable. There’s one thing to be stated about that. So I’m actually pleased with him, and yeah, I feel it’s nice to have him again.”
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