15 Things We Learned From Kevin Owens On Talk Is Jericho
11. Winning The Universal Championship
Chris wants to talk about Kevin's big day winning the Universal title. He mentions that Owens arrived to Raw that Monday wearing a suit and he recounts a story to him from a few weeks prior. Y2J had gone to Vince McMahon to share an idea that he had for he and Kevin and the boss told him that the two of them may be doing something sooner than Chris thought and said he'd talk to him about it tomorrow. Jericho says for some reason the way McMahon worded it made him wonder if he was going to be made the champion again, so he showed up to work the next day with a suit on.
Unfortunately for Chris the news wasn't that he was getting the belt, but that Finn Balor was going to work a program with Seth Rollins for the title while he and KO would be paired up with Enzo and Cass. Owens laughs and says that he bought a suit when he first got called up to the main roster because he was told to. He doesn't understand how people wear them because he sweats massively in them. Due to his discomfort in suits he was stoked when they made the rule that talent could begin wearing Tapout gear, so he filled his wardrobe with all Tapout apparel to avoid wearing the suit.
Knowing he was going to be competing in the fatal four-way for the championship, he decided it would be the right move to wear a suit, but he didn't even do it right because he had thrown away his dress shirt so he had to wear a v-neck t-shirt with it, but feels he at least looked a lot better than he usually does. Everyone was surprised to see him dressed up and Reigns questioned if he knew the finish, which at the time he honestly didn't.
Ultimately he was told things were going his way in the match and he realized he'd be buying more suits. Owens says he didn't know until around 5:00 PM that he'd be going over and winning the title, and Jericho says he doesn't think people realize how last minute some of those decisions can be.