2- Kevin Owens
If you would have asked me about the feasibility of this match happening about a year ago, I would have just blamed it on Vince McMahon and buried all hopes of it ever coming to fruition. But here we are today with the Kevin Owens Show taking the pro wrestling fraternity by storm and the plausibility of this match headlining a PPV have never been so real.
KO has himself mentioned Brock Lesnar as his dream opponent countless times before, and while the WWE management briefly entertained the idea, they nixed it saying Owens was yet to build up his resume in order to face The Beast. Now, he has the top prize around his waist and WWE’s cash cow waiting for a shot at it.
Brock Lesnar has been accused of not producing 5-star matches over the course of his 2-year run as a wrecking machine, but that could all change if he works with Kevin Owens. If the ovation Owens gets every night on RAW is any indication, then the fans wouldn’t have a dilemma in backing the Prizefighter to go over Lesnar. The guesstimate at this moment is WWE may grant Lesnar a title shot at Royal Rumble, and if KO hangs onto the strap until then, we get the match that deserves to happen.
The burning question that flashes across instantly is whether Owens goes over Lesnar, which could very well happen as KO is Triple H’s project and for the fact that Lesnar takes into consideration The Game’s way of perceiving things.
Another tantalizing aspect is the back and forth between Owens and Heyman could go down as reference material for Roman Reigns and the rookies who can’t cut a promo to save their lives. Heyman can castigate Owens for his butterball physique and plug his client as The Beast who devoured the streak, John Cena, Randy Orton and many others on his path to near invincibility.
Owens should be the boss he is on the mic with his razor sharp promos directed at ripping apart Lesnar and his advocate. He could declare himself as a veteran of the industry who began his career on his 16th birthday and has never looked back ever since, to counteract the accomplishments of Lesnar.
A solidifying win over Lesnar would catapult Owens’s star power into another stratosphere and an added moment of Lesnar giving KO the respect he warrants at the end of the match would be the icing on the cake.
