12 Best Runs By WWE Stars In OTHER Companies
4. Kevin Owens - ROH
Yes, Kevin Owens has done pretty well in WWE. The titles speak for themselves: one-time WWE Universal Champion, two-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, three-time WWE United States Champion, one-time NXT Champion. Countless memorable matches against big names like John Cena, Seth Rollins, Kofi Kingston and, erm, Shane McMahon. Owens has been a heavily-featured presence on WWE TV from the moment Juice Robinson broke his nose in his NXT debut, way back in 2014. All of this is true, undeniably so. His run in WWE has been a success, from start to finish.
This is true, but there was a time when Kevin Steen was the most dangerous man in professional wrestling.
From the moment he kicked El Generico in the balls up until his signing with WWE, Kevin Steen was a man possessed. The Anti-Christ of Professional Wrestling was just that, a man on a mission around the world to bring the pro wrestling world to the ground, preferably in flames, to destroy traditions in a flurry of chairshots, package piledrivers and delightfully friendly YouTube videos, although the latter may not have been canon.
It was this four-year run as wrestling's best heel that got Kevin Steen noticed by the decision-makers of WWE. The Steen/Generico feud of 2010 and 2011 in Ring of Honor remains one of the best rivalries of the century, and Kevin Steen was the undoubted star of that period.