Kevin Owens discusses being left off the Elimination Chamber 2023 card in Montreal.
Speaking with Spencer Love for Love Wrestling, Owens was asked to reflect on WWE Elimination Chamber 2023. While he was happy to have an appearance, he was hurt he was not on the match card.
“I gotta be honest, not being on the actual show was a real bummer. There’s no way around that. I really wish I could have been there. But to be a little part of it at the end was great, and to see Sammy get his really big moment they he deserved and to see everybody reacting to him the way they did after all these years, obviously any time he’d show up in Montreal, he’d get a great reaction, but to be in that spot in that moment, for him that was really big. It was great to see that, but not being on the show definitely hurt a little. But honestly it’s not even just because it’s Montreal. I feel the same way everywhere. Any time we go to Canada and I’m not on one of the shows, I’m like, why am I not on this show? Canada is funny this way where we’ve tried to explain this to people in WWE and other wrestlers and even people in management, but I don’t think they quite grasp that Canada is just one big city in a way for their homegrown guys. Whether we go to Winnipeg or Toronto or Quebec or Vancouver, anywhere across Canada, really, we’re welcome as being hometown guys. That’s really special, so any time there’s a show in Canada and I’m not on it, that hurts a little,”
Kevin Owens
Owens would appear at the event as The Bloodline attacked Sami Zayn, and Owens would hit the ring to make the save, albeit not for Sami’s sake at the time.
We will have to wait and see if WWE will make their way back to Montreal for a premium live event anytime soon.
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