Kevin Owens Taking Some Time Off From WWE TV After HELL IN A CELL; Here's The Latest On Why That Is

Kevin Owens Taking Some Time Off From WWE TV After HELL IN A CELL; Here's The Latest On Why That Is

Former Universal Champion Kevin Owens recently took to Twitter to confirm that he's taking some time off from WWE, and we now have some backstage news on what's led to that following his loss at Hell in a Cell.

By JoshWilding - Jun 22, 2021 11:06 AM EST
Filed Under: WWE

Kevin Owens has been on something of a losing streak as of late and ended up taking another loss to Sami Zayn when they clashed at Hell in a Cell on Sunday. 

Yesterday, the former Universal Champion took to Twitter to say, "I fought like hell. Now, I need a little break. I’ll be back soon. Thank you, guys." That sounds pretty ominous, right? Well, before you start fretting too much about Owens' in-ring future, we have an update courtesy of Dave Meltzer.

Despite convincingly selling an arm injury at the PPV, Melzter noted that "[Owens is] taking time off, but I was told it’s storyline-related."

There's no word on how long this will be for, but it seems like WWE may be planning to turn this streak of bad luck into...something. Hopefully, Owens will return to a main event position in the company because it feels a lot like WWE has struggled to find a place for him on RAW and SmackDown since he held the title and feuded with Chris Jericho a few years ago. 

Honestly, we'd have zero issue with him returning to NXT to shake the Tuesday night show up a little...
 

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