Kevin Owens Opens Up About Sami Zayn’s Undisputed WWE Title Win
Sami Zayn’s Undisputed WWE Title victory was discussed by his longtime friend Kevin Owens.
It was at the 2026 WWE Night of Champions Premium Live Event that, for the first time in his career, Sami Zayn became Undisputed WWE Champion.
Zayn’s title win was discussed by Kevin Owens during Owens’ chat with the Toronto Sun.
“He and I have had such a crazy history together but really the last 23, 24 years of our careers have been linked to one another, for better, for worse, you know? We went everywhere together; people brought us together everywhere, and then he went to WWE, I followed suit… I got to the main roster, he followed suit really soon after and we’ve constantly been neck and neck. We’ve been partners, we’ve been enemies. We’ve been partners, we’ve been enemies,” Owens smiled. “But through it all, the one thing that remains constant is that we really are more like brothers than friends and I’ve said this so many times: You don’t get to choose your family. You’re born into a family and this is the family you have. Me and Sami didn’t have a choice. It’s not like we met and we’re like, oh man — we’re not the same. We’re very different people. But we got booked together everywhere. We had to spend 10, 12 hours in a car together driving to shows. 10, 12 hours back. We struggled together; we saw each other succeed. We’ve been through it all together and there was no other choice but to create this bond that now we have and no matter if we’re trying to kill each other or trying to win Tag Team Titles together, it’s always gonna be there. So for him to win that title after working so hard for it for so long, and you know, there were times where we didn’t think it would happen for him, and to see him actually get to do it was so special. The only thing is I wish I could have been there in person which obviously I wasn’t. But I made sure a few days later, I went to Raw just to be able to see him in person with the title, and yeah, it was very special to see somebody that you shared so much with on the road and throughout your whole career, and then beyond that. We both saw each other get married, have kids. We’ve been through our life together at this point. So to see him achieve the biggest dream he ever had, in wrestling, was incredible.”
Zayn’s title reign lasted for nine days before he dropped it to CM Punk. Present day, Owens and Zayn are at odds on WWE programming as they’re both in the title picture.
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