5 reasons why Kevin Owens is one of the best heels in WWE

#3 He's a prize fighter

Since his debut, Owens has refered to himself as a “Prizefighter”

Heels in wrestling, traditionally, are loud-mouths that run away from real competition or take shortcuts to get where they want. Since his debut, Kevin Owens has referred to himself as a prizefighter.

KO doesn’t mind competition, unlike most traditional heels who whine and complain when put in a tough spot or use help from others to win, but Owens heels it up by putting off a fight in order to have the fight on the biggest stage possible.

Nothing was more evident of this than his debut feud with John Cena. KO answered Cena’s U.S. Title Open Challenge back in 2015, but instead of fighting for the U.S. Title, Owens was more interested in making a statement against the man who had owned the top spot in WWE for over a decade.

Owens told Cena that he wouldn’t fight him on Raw but only at the upcoming PPV, which was Elimination Chamber. At the Chamber PPV, KO proved that he wasn’t all talk and wouldn’t back down from a fight, beating Cena clean in the middle of the ring in his first WWE match ever.

That set the tone for KO’s career moving forward and now he is the ultimate prizefighter as the WWE Universal Champion.

Since winning the title and joining forces with his best friend Chris Jericho, KO has lost a little of his prizefighter spirit. Hopefully soon, Kevin Owens will get back to being the prizefighter we all know him to be.