4) He and Sami Zayn goes back a long way
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If one could, they would write columns after columns on Owens history with Sami Zayn. Earlier it was Kevin Steen and El Generico, now its Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. They cut their teeth in the business together and also came to the States at roughly the same time.
They’ve been tag team partners and rivals in promotions like Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerilla, located out of Los Angeles, winning the tag team championships in both promotions. Their feud in Ring of Honor throughout 2010 was one of the best stories ROH has ever done, and Owens had said in interviews that he and Zayn wrote most of the feud themselves with minimal input from the booking team in ROH.
Needless to say, when Owens slammed Zayn’s head to the ground back at NXT Takeover, a lot of wrestling fans who knew the history between the two men knew that the NXT audience will be in for one hell of a ride.
