Even though John Cena has turned in a better performance than usual in his feud with Kevin Owens, its pretty clear that Owens is in another league right now. Unlike Cena, who played to the people who boo and cheer him and at times cant seem to control the volume of his voice, Owens spoke directly and evenly about how he doesnt care what anyone thinks of him. Owens also laid it out very simply: Hes here to win titles. He even went so far as to appeal to the jingoistic nature of wrestling fans, speaking French so they would cheer the mighty John Cena and boo the evil foreigner. Considering how Cena fought evil Russian sympathizer Rusev at four straight PPVs this spring, thats actually a pretty neat fourth wall moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNov9MI5RSY It was great to see Owens simply deliver on the mic, showing that hes got the total package. And while Cena is the veteran who is stepping up his game, Owens is just on fire right now.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
