10 Biggest Stars Of Wrestling's Empty Arena Era (So Far)

9. Kevin Owens

Can somebody make it onto this list for one solitary wrestling spot? If it's jumping off the top of the WrestleMania sign, they sure can.

In a WrestleMania the likes of which we'd never seen before, Kevin Owens managed to get his own personal WrestleMania Moment as he leaped from the 'Mania sign down onto the fallen Seth Rollins. To be fair to KO though, he isn't included here just for his ludicrous leap of faith.

That match against Rollins was arguably the greatest actual wrestling match at WrestleMania 36 - with The Undertaker and AJ Styles' Boneyard outing being far from a standard wrestling contest - and the work between Owens and Rollins on the Road to WrestleMania did wonders for both performers. For Seth, he was able to continue to carve out his Monday Night Messiah gimmick, while the build to 'Mania allowed Owens to really show his chops as a sh*t-kicking babyface act both in a verbal and physical sense.

Since WrestleMania 36, KO appears to be taking some time away from WWE TV while the very real problems of the world play out, but in his time performing in the empty arena setting he was exemplary in how to make the most of that environment.

Andrew Pollard

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