4 years of Kevin Owens in WWE: 3 positives and 3 negatives

Kevin Owens is a former Universal champion
Kevin Owens is a former Universal champion

#4 Negative: Goldberg defeat

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The biggest negative from Kevin Owens’ Universal Championship reign came when he lost his title against Goldberg in the main event of the Fastlane pay-per-view in March 2017.

In the weeks leading up to the event, it had been widely reported – and later confirmed by Chris Jericho – that WWE planned for Y2J to defeat Owens for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 33.

However, the company’s plans changed and the two men ended up meeting for Jericho’s United States Championship at ‘Mania, while Goldberg won the Universal Championship in a 22-second match at Fastlane before losing it to Brock Lesnar four weeks later.

The manner of Owens’ title loss left a lot to be desired – Goldberg simply hit a spear and a Jackhammer after a distraction from Jericho to get the win – and it was no surprise that WWE fans started to turn against the WCW legend after this moment.

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