Kevin Owens

For the American basketball player, see Kevin Owens (basketball). For the British news anchor, see Kevin Owen.

Kevin Owens
Owens in 2023
Birth nameKevin Yanick Steen
Born (1984-05-07) May 7, 1984 (age 40)
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Spouse(s)
Karina Lamer
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(m. 2007)​
Children2
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Kevin Owens[1]
Kevin Steen[1]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[2]
Billed weight242 lb (110 kg)[2]
Billed fromMarieville, Quebec, Canada[2][3]
Trained byJacques Rougeau[4]
Pierre Carl Ouellet[4]
Serge Jodoin[4]
Terry Taylor[5]
DebutMay 7, 2000[4]

Kevin Yanick Steen (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kevin Owens.

Steen began his career in 2000, at the age of 16.[4] Prior to joining WWE in late 2014, he wrestled under his birth name for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he held the ROH World Championship and ROH World Tag Team Championship.[6][7] He also wrestled extensively on the independent circuit for 14 years, most notably in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he held the PWG World Championship a record three times, as well as the PWG World Tag Team Championship on three occasions.[8][9] Steen also competed for International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS), where he held the IWS World Heavyweight Championship three times, All American Wrestling (AAW), where he held the AAW Heavyweight Championship, and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he held the CZW Iron Man Championship.[10]

Steen signed with WWE in August 2014, and joined their developmental branch NXT before debuting on the main roster in May 2015. In WWE, he has won nine championships – the NXT Championship once, the Universal Championship once, the Intercontinental Championship twice, the United States Championship three times, and the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship (the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships) once with Sami Zayn. He has headlined the company's flagship annual event WrestleMania on two occasions; the first at Night 1 of WrestleMania 38, in which he lost to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a one-off match 19 years after Austin's retirement, and the second at Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, where he teamed with Zayn to defeat The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team championships. After the tag team championship win, Owens became WWE's 23rd overall Grand Slam Champion.

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  2. ^ a b c "Kevin Owens". WWE. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Kevin Steen". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
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  10. ^ "Cagematch title listing". Archived from the original on November 21, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2009.