UPDATED: Kevin Owens Signs New Multi-Year Deal With WWE, To Explain Decision Tomorrow

UPDATE: WrestleVotes has reported additional details on Kevin Owens re-upping with WWE. According to the report, WWE officials “felt strongly” about keeping Owens on the roster and has wanted to re-sign him “for a while now.”

Kevin Owens re-signs with WWE as first reported by @SeanRossSapp. I can add that WWE felt strongly in keeping Owens & wanted to get this deal done for a while now. I’d imagine KO will remain part of the main event scene going forward.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 15, 2021

Additionally, Pat Laprade also confirmed the news and that Owens appeared on Laprade’s Les anti-pods de la lutte podcast to discuss his decision. The podcast with Owens discussing his decision will be available tomorrow (Dec. 16).

I can confirm that Kevin Owens has signed a multi-year contract to stay with WWE. I had Kevin on my podcast yesterday, we were going to release it tomorrow, but Sean beat me to it. Still, more from KO tomorrow about his decision. https://t.co/BUia0Ay9zs

— Pat Laprade (@PatLaprade) December 15, 2021

ORIGINAL: Fightful Select reports that Kevin Owens has signed a new multi-year agreement with the WWE after his previous deal was close to expiring. WWE was interested in keeping Owensand made him “an excellent offer” to keep him on board. They “made it clear to him personally” how badly they wanted to keep him and are “over the moon” that he’s staying.

Owens’ deal was originally set to be up much later, but he restructured it in 2019 so that it would expire at the end of January 2022. WWE began negotiating with him in the fall.

Fightful spoke to talent in AEW who think there would have been interest in Owens, but didn’t think AEW would match what WWE would offer him to stay.