5 times Vince McMahon and WWE hinted Kevin Owens is the next big thing 

#2 Matching him against WCW Icon Bill Goldberg for the Universal Championship

Owens' stock rose up when he won the Universal Championship

While many WWE fans might despise the idea of having Owens buried by Goldberg at WWE Fastlane, Vince McMahon wouldn't have pushed The Prizefighter in this program if he had not believed in him.

Since he was already scheduled to square off against Chris Jericho at WrestleMania 33, he certainly managed to garner a lot of negative heat, after he betrayed his best friend once again.

With Kevin Owens already having his first major title run, he became an established heel and was pushed to the moon before he dropped the belt to Goldberg.

Owens might have been squashed that night, but it certainly proved that his Universal Championship run had definitely impressed the chairman.