Backstage News On Plans For Kevin Owens, What WWE Officials Think Of Him

Kevin Owens got a lot of people talking when he beat John Cena at Elimination Chamber but things seem to have cooled off for him since. Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Live yesterday that Kevin Owens has been dropped down to an “upper mid-card position” and that some within WWE don’t see him as being on the same level as guys like John Cena, Randy Orton or Seth Rollins.

Owens has been on a bit of a losing streak on the main roster recently and as of right now there are no plans to use Owens at SummerSlam. It’s also being reported that Kevin Owens is the victim of a backstage power struggle at the moment as Kevin Dunn who has spoken negatively about NXT talent in the past seems to be the biggest detractor when it comes to Owens.

Dave Meltzer noted that Owens was given big opportunities when he arrived to the main roster with some hoping he would fail.

“To again explain this: there were two schools of thought on Kevin Owens from the start and the basic gist was that some people thought that he was going to make it and some people thought he wasn’t going to make it, and those who thought he wasn’t going to make it made sure that he got every opportunity to make it or else they would be wrong. You know what I mean? I shouldn’t say they would be wrong, they wouldn’t prove that they were right. So now whether he makes it or he doesn’t make it, there is a game going on and we’re in the middle of the game.”

Whatever the issue is, hopefully it gets sorted out soon because WWE is in need of top heels and Kevin Owens was the most believable heel to come around in a long time.