#7 Kevin Owens
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Kevin Owens has always looked like a star in WWE. He won the NXT Title, two months to the day after making his debut, and quickly won the Intercontinental Title upon his graduation to the main roster, but it’s reasonable to suggest that his Universal Championship reign was totally unexpected.
To remind those who forget the context, a Fatal 4 Way match was declared on RAW involving Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens and Big Cass with the Universal Championship up for grabs.
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Rollins and Reigns were the clear favourites, Big Cass was the wrestler with an outside chance, and Owens was the man who nobody was particularly giving much thought about. To cut a long story short and get to the point, Triple H returned during the match to attack Reigns before shockingly turning on his protege Seth Rollins, hitting him with a Pedigree and enabling KO to sneak in and steal the victory.
The crowd were in utter disbelief at what they were seeing, and it wasn’t all negative reaction. Some people were ecstatic to see Owens finally reach the top of the WWE mountain, something made all the more unlikely due to a large portion of his career that was spent so far away from the company, let alone its top prize.
He followed up his shock title reign by holding the belt all the way through to Fastlane, where he was defeated by Goldberg.
