10 Wrestlers Who Got Into Incredible Shape This Year

8. Kevin Owens

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Kevin Owens rather fortuitously stepped into WWE's hottest group after Big E went down with a post-WrestleMania injury, but his involvement with The New Day (and possible feud with new WWE Champion Kofi Kingston), is at least partial reward for allegedly losing the WrestleMania main event to the 'Dreadlocked Dynamo' upon his confusing everyman return.

Owens spoke on the pain of pineapple on pizza presumably as part of an impending 'Show of Shows' showdown with The New Daniel Bryan, but had clearly laid off the takeaways during his time away.

Kingston's babyface fire as a Mustafa Ali replacement resulted in the Fastlane/WrestleMania headliners switching spots, but there may yet be net positives remaining for the former Universal Champion.

Despite on-screen attempts to bully him smaller over the years thanks to some awfully cynical scripting for his opponents, Owens resisted the urge to go diet daft, simply slimming down to the point where his health has presumably improved without compromising the obnoxious 'Prizefighter' still laying dormant below the surface.

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