This Major WWE Star's Contract Expires In January

The former world champion had his WWE contract reduced at the start of the pandemic.

by Andy H Murray
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Kevin Owens' WWE contract expires in January 2022, reports Fightful Select.

This news may catch some by surprise, given that Owens told TVA Sports that he had signed a new five-year deal lasting until 2023 back in May 2018, but it seems his WWE contract was one of several to be restructured before the COVID-19 pandemic's onset. Per Fightful, KO's deal's expiry date was brought forward to January 2022 at that time.

There's currently no word on why, exactly, this was changed.

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Owens has been with WWE for over seven years now, having signed his first developmental contract with the promotion in August 2014. He didn't wait long to debut in NXT, making his first appearance at TakeOver: R Evolution that December, squashing CJ Parker in the opening match before heinously turning on long-time frenemy Sami Zayn following Zayn's emotional NXT Championship win in the main event. Two months later, Owens was NXT Champion himself.

Plenty of success has come Owens' way since then, including a Universal Title run from August 2016 to March 2017. He currently finds himself feuding with the reborn Happy Corbin on SmackDown.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.