The wrestling world is still reeling from Kevin Owens staying “I quit” this past Monday after his fantastic match against Seth Rollins.
While that story is still being told, Owens spoke with Chuck Carroll of
CBS Local Sports just before SummerSlam on who he'd like to take on at WrestleMania. Surprisingly, Owens chose a rival of his past, Finn Balor, as his choice opponent:
"There's so many guys I wish I could wrestle, but if it was up to me, whatever I would do would lead to me and Finn Bálor at WrestleMania next year, because he and I came to WWE the exact same time," Owens said. "We didn't know each other before we got there. We became pretty close pretty quickly when we did get to the NXT Performance Center. He's been my best friend ever since, so I'd love to share the ring with him on that stage in WrestleMania."
Both wrestlers slowly gained traction throughout the indie circuit before signing with WWE in 2014. Owens noted they had a match at WWE's Beast in the East event in Japan back in 2015, which is still one of his favorites. Balor would defeat Owens for the NXT Championship in that match.
"I love wrestling him and as far as I know he feels the same way," Owens continued. "I think we put on really entertaining matches that are very good. We had a match in Japan a few years ago that I still think was one of my best ones in WWE. So, I think we mesh pretty well."