>>9957402>>9957443Kevin Yanick Steen (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Kevin Owens and is one-half of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, holding both the Raw Tag Team Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship with Sami Zayn in their first reign each.[1]
Steen began his career in 2000, at the age of 16.[3] Prior to joining WWE in late 2014, he wrestled under his birth name for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he held the ROH World Championship and ROH World Tag Team Championship.[5][6] He also wrestled extensively on the independent circuit for 14 years, most notably in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he held the PWG World Championship a record three times, as well as the PWG World Tag Team Championship on three occasions.[7][8] Steen also competed for International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS), where he held the IWS World Heavyweight Championship three times, All American Wrestling (AAW), where he held the AAW Heavyweight Championship, and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he held the CZW Iron Man Championship.[9]
Steen signed with WWE in August 2014, and joined their developmental branch NXT, where he held the NXT Championship once, before debuting with the belt on the main roster in May 2015. In WWE, he has held the Universal Championship once, the Intercontinental Championship twice, and the United States Championship three times.[10][11] He has also main evented WrestleMania on two occasions, the first at WrestleMania 38, in which he wrestled "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a one-off match 19 years after Austin's retirement and the second at WrestleMania 39, where he teamed with Sami Zayn to face the The Usos. With his win of both the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 39, Steen has won six world championships in professional wrestling.
