10 Behind The Scenes Stories About Kevin Owens You Should Know
5. The Advice He Got From Steve Austin Before Joining WWE
Kevin Owens main-evented WrestleMania for the first time when he took on Stone Cold Steve Austin in an impromptu match on Night 1 of WrestleMania 38. However, that wasn't the first time the two superstars interacted as years before the match happened, Owens met Steve Austin and got some valuable advice, which turned out to define his career.
While appearing on an A&E Biography special on Austin, Kevin Owens recalled the time he and Sami Zayn met the Hall of Famer at an airport. It was while the two of them were making strides on the independent circuit and were waiting in the airport to board the third flight of the day when Owens saw Steve Austin.
He woke up Sami Zayn, who was sleeping on the ground, and the latter woke up in a panic, thinking Owens had gotten into a fight with someone and was ready to throw hands. After realizing what was happening, he and Owens went to Austin and introduced themselves as independent wrestlers.
They talked for ten minutes, and when Owens asked him for some advice, Austin told him to learn how to run his mouth. Owens took that to heart and upped his promo game over the years to become one of the best mic workers in the industry, and he used those same promo skills to goad Austin into a match at WrestleMania 38.