10 Backstage Stories We Learned From Jim Cornette

3. Kevin Owens Was A Stubborn, Ungrateful Brat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYd9qxL7AJg

While in Ring of Honor, Cornette gave Kevin Owens (then known as Kevin Steen) some critical feedback. Cornette felt that Owens, while talented, needed to change some things up if he ever wanted to make it to the big leagues. He needed to lose weight. And he needed to dress better. Apparently, Owens had a notoriously stubborn personality, and Cornette took his unwillingness to change as both a lack of ambition, and an act of defiance against the people who were paying him.

Owens is now the hottest thing in the WWE. According to Cornette, that proves that he was right. But according to Cornette's critics, that proves that he was wrong. Who has the better point? Take a listen.

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