10 Weirdest Abandoned WWE Moments
9. Kevin Owens: The Face Of America
...WWE two years prior had presented KO as the disingenuous anti-USA 'Face of America' heel.
You see, he was a Canadian reigning as the United States Champion. After dispatching of a Louisville, Kentucky local boy on the April 18, 2017 SmackDown, Owens grabbed a microphone. "All you lazy citizens of the United States, put the hot dogs down, shut up, and listen to me," he said.
Now hold on.
Owens doesn't like pineapple on pizza. He's also not much of a hot dog guy. What gives? Does he prefer the stripped-back beauty of a Margherita?
Or does Vince McMahon book his television show without a single f*ck given about how each and every one of you might remember it?
In a bid to be more of a corporate America caricature, Owens had a bit of a shave and took to wearing a suit. He also, because he had turned...more heel, started to speak in a slow, monotonous voice; that way, you knew he was serious about patronising the audience, whom he deemed slovenly thickos.
The persona was quickly phased out, when it became apparent that it was sh*t. Actually they probably loved it, but then remembered that Jinder Mahal was doing the same bit.