Kevin Owens might be stepping away from the ring a lot quicker than originally thought.
The last two years have arguably been the biggest of Kevin Owens’ career, but the flip side of that success is that the Canadian star feels he has little left to achieve. Owens had already been World Champion, but competing in the main event of WrestleMania 38 with Steve Austin and then teaming with Sami Zayn in the main event a year later, were two monumental achievements.
As such, Owens feels he’s at a crossroads, and the desire to wrestle for another decade — which he has previously stated — seems to have dimmed. Speaking in a new interview with the Toronto Sun, KO admitted that he’s unsure what he wants to do when his current WWE deal expires in 18 months.
“I really don’t know. I used to say I don’t see myself not being in the ring for another five to 10 years. And if I said it right now, I’d be lying because over the last few months, I have to admit, I don’t know if that’s true anymore
I look at things and I don’t know where I stand going beyond the next year and a half. I know I want to be involved in wrestling. I know I want to be involved in the WWE and I know I have a place here. I just don’t know where it is exactly. Maybe it’s still in the ring, maybe it’s not. I don’t know.”
Kevin Owens Unsure On What Comes Next
While Owens doesn’t know what the future holds and seems more uncertain about his wrestling future than ever, he wants to focus on having fun and giving fans something to remember him by.
“I think for the next year and a half, my focus is just on enjoying everything I do as much as possible,” he said. “There’s not really a worry about winning a title or main-eventing WrestleMania or any of that stuff anymore, which are the dreams that everybody has because I’ve been so blessed and I’ve gotten to do all of that. So I just want to have fun and I want to give people fun times to remember me by
Whether this is the end for my wrestling, I don’t know and I don’t want to sound dramatic, I don’t want to say this is a retirement speech or anything because I might still be wrestling for 10 years. I have no idea. My thought process right now is just to try to enjoy the next year and a half as much as I possibly can because I don’t know what’s on the other side. That’s really all I’m worrying about.”
Kevin Owens is currently out of action with a fractured rib, but he’s expected back soon.