Rating The Champ: Kevin Owens

Apr 24, 2020
4 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE Universal Champion, Kevin Owens.

2014

Vs. CJ Parker (TakeOver: R Evolution) **

2015

Vs. Sami Zayn – NXT Championship (TakeOver: Rival) ****1/4
Vs. Sami Zayn – NXT Championship (TakeOver: Unstoppable) ***1/2
Vs. John Cena (Elimination Chamber) ****3/4
Vs. John Cena (Money in the Bank) ****1/2
Vs. Finn Bálor – NXT Championship (Beast in the East) ****1/4
Vs. John Cena (Battleground) ****1/4
Ladder: Vs. Finn Bálor – NXT Championship (TakeOver: Brooklyn) ****1/4
Vs. Cesaro (SummerSlam) ***3/4
Vs. Ryback – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Night of Champions) **1/2
Vs. Ryback – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***
Vs. Dean Ambrose (Survivor Series) ***3/4
Vs. Dean Ambrose – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) ***1/2

2016

Last Man Standing: Vs. Dean Ambrose – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Royal Rumble) ****1/4
Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Fastlane) ***1/4
Ladder Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 32) ****
Vs. Sami Zayn (Payback) ****1/4
Vs. The Miz vs. Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/2
Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
Vs. Sami Zayn (Battleground) ****3/4
W/ Chris Jericho vs. Enzo & Cass (SummerSlam) **1/2
Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Universal Championship (Clash of Champions) ***1/4
HIAC: Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Universal Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***
W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Survivor Series) ****1/2
Vs. Roman Reigns – WWE Universal Championship (Roadblock: End of the Line)***

2017

No DQ: Vs. Roman Reigns – WWE Universal Championship (Royal Rumble) ****1/4
Vs. Goldberg – WWE Universal Championship (Fastlane) DUD
Vs. Chris Jericho – WWE United States Championship (WrestleMania 33) **3/4
Vs. Chris Jericho – WWE United States Championship (Payback) ***1/2
Vs. AJ Styles – WWE United States Championship (Backlash) ***1/2
Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
Vs.AJ Styles – WWE United States Championship (Battleground) ***
Vs. AJ Styles – WWE United States Championship (SummerSlam) ***3/4
HIAC: Vs. Shane McMahon (Hell in a Cell) ****
W/ Sami Zayn vs. Randy Orton & Shinsuke Nakamura (Clash of Champions) **3/4

2018

Handicap: W/ Sami Zayn vs. AJ Styles – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ***
Six Pack Challenge – WWE Championship (Fastlane) ****1/4
W/ Sami Zayn vs. Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon (WrestleMania 34) **1/2
W/ Sami Zayn vs. Braun Strowman & Bobby Lashley (Backlash) *1/2
Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
Steel Cage: Vs. Braun Strowman (Extreme Rules) **1/2
Vs. Braun Strowman (SummerSlam) 1/2*
W/ Elias vs. John Cena & Bobby Lashley (Super ShowDown) *1/2

2019

Vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Mustafa Ali – WWE Championship (Fastlane) ****1/4
Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE Championship (Money in the Bank) ***1/4
W/ Sami Zayn vs. The New Day (Stomping Grounds) ***3/4
Vs. Dolph Ziggler (Extreme Rules) N/R (not rated)
Vs. Shane McMahon (SummerSlam) **1/2
WarGames: W/ Ciampa, Lee & Dijakovic vs. The Undisputed Era (TakeOver: WarGames) ****3/4
W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT (Survivor Series) ****1/4