5 Wrestlers who didn't look too athletic but who were

Kevin Owens doesn't look like the prototypical superstar but he's even better.
Kevin Owens doesn't look like the prototypical superstar but he's even better.

#1 Kevin Owens

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The world just seems wrong when Owens isn't gracing Raw or Smackdown.
The world just seems wrong when Owens isn't gracing Raw or Smackdown.

Some might think that Triple H took a chance on signing Kevin Owens to NXT due to Vince's love affair with guys who look like Greek Gods.

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In his run in WWE thus far, however, Owens has done nothing but make Triple H look like a genius for signing him.

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Owens was known for his hardcore matches in ROH like in Ladder Wars, but Owens was always a master of his craft.

Since most of us have watched NXT, Raw or Smackdown over the last five years, we already know that.

He is great on the mic, has had great matches with Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, John Cena and Roman Reigns and can make lemonade out of any lemons he is handed.

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Currently sidelined due to injury, Kevin Owens was just starting what appeared to be the start of a face turn.

A lot of the moves in his set would certainly seem more fan friendly rather than that of a heel.

He has a cannonball, a superkick, a frog splash off the top rope and even a moonsault. Those all sound like the moves that someone like Seth Rollins would be able to pull off (and he also does).

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The fact of the matter is that there were very few guys over 260 pounds that looked like Owens in the WWE before 2000 who were also successful.

Mick Foley was, but he wasn't known for his athleticism. The Undertaker and Kane are big guys, but they are also both over 6'9''.

If Vince didn't take Triple H's word on Owens, then the KO wouldn't have already had multiple runs with both the Intercontinental and United States title.

And let's not forget his Universal Title Run. Him winning the belt in the wake of Finn Balor's freak injury saved Raw from disaster.

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