Kevin Owens Comments on WWE’s Resurgence in Popularity, Credits WWE Roster

In an interview with Collider, Kevin Owens spoke about the recent success and resurgence in popularity for WWE, which he says is because of the hard work of the roster. Owens will challenge Cody Rhodes for the WWE title on Saturday Night’s Main Event this weekend. Here are highlights:

On the roster being responsible for renewed WWE popularity: “It’s just really about how hard everyone’s worked for so long, and eventually, things kind of lined up right. People started paying attention more and realized the show’s pretty great. There are a lot of talented, hardworking guys and girls here, giving it their all every single week.”

On the change in WWE’s creative direction: “That change in direction made a lot of noise outside of WWE. I think that probably turned a few eyes toward us. Everybody started watching again and realized, like, hey, this is really good stuff now.”

On which past superstars he wished he could have faced: “Ricky Steamboat would have been pretty great. I think me, or anybody from this era, would have a fantastic match with him. Rowdy Roddy Piper would’ve been incredible too. I wasn’t in a match with him, but he was the referee for one of my matches about 15 years ago, and just being around him for that little bit was pretty great.”