Kevin Owens is arguably the worst booked champion on the current WWE roster. When WWE introduced the Universal Championship, it was supposed to be Monday Night Raw’s answer to the WWE championship. In short, the Universal title came in as a main event level championship.
Despite this fact, Owens and the championship have been getting a below par booking. Recent rumours and advertisements suggest that Owens is now set to face off against Roman Reigns next. The prospect of a champion vs. champion feud has got the fans talking, and it has turned into a polarising idea in no time.
Letting Reigns feud with Owens would turn out to be a bad idea on so many levels. First of all, despite Reigns being a baby face on paper, he is unlikely to get a baby face reaction. Secondly, the possibility of having both championships on Reigns is enough to anger a lot of fans.
Lastly, a loss to Reigns is the last thing that Owens would want with the horrible booking that he is already getting.
So in this list, we are going to take a look at some of the alternative names that could feud with Owens rather than Roman Reigns. Just as a disclaimer: this list is composed with respect to how Owens could be booked stronger.
#5 Cesaro
Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens is a dream feud for a good portion of the WWE fans out there. Cesaro is currently involved in the Tag team championship feud alongside Sheamus, but as they have not won the Tag team gold yet, he is free to get an upgrade into the main event scene.
Owens needs to be booked as a strong champion before the WrestleMania season, and Cesaro would help him do that. A feud with Cesaro, would not only help Owens put together some great matches, but will also help him to have some credible championship defences under his belt.
The fans would barely complain about this feud due to the quality it is going to produce.
#4 Goldberg
Goldberg has made his intentions clear. He wants to go after the WWE Universal Championship. Goldberg chose Royal Rumble as the path to reach his goal, but rather than entering the Rumble and trying to beat 29 other men, WWE could just book Goldberg vs. Kevin Owens for the title at Rumble.
While this might not sound like a good idea on paper, it excels on different levels. First of all, Owens comes under mainstream attention. He needs such a big feud badly due to a list of reasons. Secondly, WWE could reignite the Goldberg – Lesnar feud during such a match.
All Lesnar has to do is to interfere in the Owens – Goldberg match and let Owens walk away with the win. This way, WWE could set up Goldberg vs. Lesnar III for WrestleMania, while Owens could defend his title against someone else.
#3 Big E
The fact that Big E is confined to the tag team division is a shame. His run in NXT as a single superstar is still one of the most memorable parts of his career, and if WWE pushes him up to the main event scene, it would be a treat to watch.
Complaints about how New Day have become stale have been poking up for some time.
Having one of the members in the main event picture will certainly shake things up. It will be a fresh and new approach from WWE’s side, and the involvement of Chris Jericho adds more fun to the whole storyline as New Day vs. Jericho and Owens would be guaranteed entertainment.
#2 Chris Jericho
Last week on Raw, WWE teased the possibility of splitting up Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens. The segment turned out to be just a tease from WWE and but it gave us a glimpse at how good a Jericho – Owens feud could be. These two have been entertaining the fans, week in and week out, for a long time now and the eventual split will lead to a memorable feud.
Jericho, due to his commitments with Fozzy, might have to leave the company earlier next year. And rather than wasting Owens’ time with Roman Reigns, a multi-pay-per-view feud between Jericho and Owens before Jericho leaves would rake in the money.
#1 Triple H
If we take a look back at how the whole title reign of Kevin Owens started, Triple H had a huge role to play. Hunter had turned on Seth Rollins to give Owens the gold and WWE is still yet to move forward this storyline.
While everyone would be expecting a feud between Rollins and Triple H, WWE could also take a different path and surprise everyone.
Triple H could come out and say that he helped Owens win the gold because it was easier to take the title away from Owens than Rollins. WWE could then build up a short feud between Kevin Owens and Triple H, for the WWE universal championship with the feud ending with Owens retaining, thanks to interference from Rollins.
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