What if Shawn Michaels had stayed on full time after Crown Jewel?

#3 Shawn Michaels vs. Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens would make a tremendous opponent for Shawn Michaels.

One of the rumored matches on Shawn Michaels’s wish list was an encounter with Kevin Owens. This pairing makes a good bit of sense given that, while Owens may not have always been pushed at the top of the card by WWE, he is a wrestler’s wrestler—respected for his in-ring performance and talents on the microphone. Of all the Superstars on the current main roster, Owens jumps out as one who could easily tell a compelling story with Michaels, and ultimately deliver a match that lives up to the hype.

As an added dimension that Owens is enough of a student of the game to introduce, he hails from Montreal and his gimmick last name is a tribute to Owen Hart. It feels likely he’d have brought the Montreal Screwjob into these proceedings, perhaps referencing how they taught him to hate Michaels from his teenage years.