10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (July 12)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Kevin Owens "Didn't Enjoy" His Universal Title Reign

Kevin Owens Universal Championship
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Kevin Owens was the chosen beneficiary of Finn Bálor's injury misfortune one week prior when he won the Universal Title on the 29 August 2016 edition of Raw. After beating Big Cass, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins (with a bit of help from Triple H) in a Fatal-4-Way, KO fell the canvas with ecstasy etched all over his face.

The fun stopped quickly after that. The title reign brought Owens crashing back down to earth.

On Lilian Garcia's 'Chasing Glory' show, KO admitted he didn't enjoy his reign as Raw's World Champ at all. In fact, his wife noticed how miserable he was at home and questioned why when he'd worked so hard to get that kind of distinction. Owens couldn't put his finger on it either, but he did feel things should've been booked totally differently.

By the time he dropped the strap to Goldberg at Fastlane 2017, Kevin was over being Universal Champion. That's amazing to find out, and it makes revisiting matches like KO vs. Seth Rollins at Clash Of Champions and Hell In A Cell, as well as KO vs. Roman Reigns at Roadblock 2016, more poignant.

What other big wrestling facts did you learn this week? Let us know down in the comments section below!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.