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#2. We hope is true: Vince McMahon rewarding Kevin Owens with a push

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Kevin Owens has had an interesting 2019 - returning as a babyface, turning heel for a couple of months and now being the hottest babyface on SmackDown Live. He's in the midst of a feud with Shane McMahon and according to Tom Colohue, Vince McMahon is a huge fan of Kevin Owens and is probably the biggest in the company:

"The biggest fan of Kevin Owens in the company is Vince McMahon. He is absolutely Owens' biggest fan. He would not be pushing him in this Stone Cold position if he was not behind him."

He elaborated as to how Kevin Owens was one of the Superstars who was unfortunately affected by the Kofi Kingston rise in early 2019.

"The real misnomer here is not the face turn, but the heel turn. The heel turn was not supposed to be happening. Kevin Owens was very unfortunate in that he was the biggest victim of Kofi Kingston. Owens was supposed to be the one getting that momentum, going into Wrestlemania, and taking the title from Daniel Bryan. He was supposed to be a face when he came back, he was supposed to be a face Champion, he was supposed to be facing Randy Orton. He hasn't had that. Then as a result of an injury to Daniel Bryan, he had to be turned heel in order to feud with Kofi."

Colohue then stated that creative is now trying to "right a wrong" in that Owens should never have turned heel in the first place. It seems as though McMahon has a new favourite superstar and we couldn't be more excited for Owens.