After decimating undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes with a Package Piledriver following the conclusion of Saturday night’s Main Event, Kevin Owens is now claiming he is the new champion and showed up at the Netflix launch event of “WWE Raw” at the company headquarters with the Winged One. eagle championship wednesday. posted the video of Owens’ arrival to the event, to which he admits he was not invited, to X (formerly Twitter) and his subsequent conversation with Michael Cole. Owens, microphone in hand, burst into the press conference on a higher level among the fans and declared that the “real and rightful” WWE Champion had arrived.
“How come the real WWE Champion has to sneak around? Terrible security, by the way, and steal a microphone to be a part of all this? I belong here. I’m your WWE Champion,” he declared.
Cole replied that he was confused because Owens wasn’t doing a promo in a car from the parking lot, which is what “The Prize Fighter” did during the weeks he was banned from “WWE SmackDown” following a piledriver attack. on Randy Orton. Cole called Owens a “delusion” and a “bum.” Security ran to Owens and told him he had to leave.
“I just have to tell you that December 26th is my first show as WWE Champion, in Jacksonville,” Owens said before his microphone was turned off and he was taken away by security.
WWE provided an update on Rhodes’ condition on Monday and said the champion had been diagnosed with “axial compression of the cervical spine, as well as cervical strain with spasms.” While WWE stars are likely taking time off due to the holidays, Rhodes may not be seen on WWE television until “Raw” on January 6.