Rolling Stone Names Kevin Owens ‘Best Wrestler Of The Half Year’

Rolling Stone has named Kevin Owens ‘Best Wrestler of the Half Year.’ They had strong praise for the current NXT Champion saying the following:

“Forget Seth Rollins’ cowardly connivances or Bray Wyatt’s boogeyman shtick: You want to see some real heel heat? Tune in to Raw whenever Kevin Owens’ music hits and he moseys down the ramp to cut a promo or powerbomb your hero off the ring apron. Since his high-profile debut in NXT late last year, KO has become a phenomenon, jumping to the big leagues and turning the clock back to a pre-Attitude Era by committing himself to being a great, straight bad guy – with no chaser or chance of confusing him for an anti-hero.”

The rest of the list looks like this:

Best of the Rest of the Half-Year

Runner-Up Wrestler: Roman Reigns

Second-Best Heels: New Day

Most Unavoidable Face Turn: Brock Lesnar

Most Welcome Heel Turn: Tie: Sheamus/Naomi

Least Exciting Heel Turn: Adam Rose

Most Improved Wrestler: Nikki Bella

Silliest Promos: Bray Wyatt

Best Promos: Tie: John Cena/Kevin Owens

Most Improved Promos: Ryback

Worst Entrance Gimmick on Great New Main-Roster Wrestler: Neville

Most Puzzling New Finisher: Seth Rollins, Pedigree

Most Jaw-Dropping Finisher: Neville, Red Arrow

Most Deserved Push: Prime Time Players

Least Compelling Title Challenger: Big Show

Most Stagnated Storyline: Rusev vs. Dolph Ziggler/Lana

Best Briefly Resuscitated Storyline: Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins

Most Unfortunate Injury: Tie: Daniel Bryan/Tyson Kidd

Best PPV/WWE Network-Exclusive Event: WrestleMania

Worst PPV/WWE Network-Exclusive Event: Tie: Payback/Royal Rumble

Most Gratefully Non-Future-Endeavored: Woo woo woo! Zack Ryder

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