{"id":18917,"date":"2016-05-10T21:46:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T02:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=18917"},"modified":"2016-05-10T21:52:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T02:52:11","slug":"510-wwe-espnews-kevin-owens-talks-1632-wrestlemania-debut-cena-initiation-hes-high-flyer-big-man-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/10\/510-wwe-espnews-kevin-owens-talks-1632-wrestlemania-debut-cena-initiation-hes-high-flyer-big-man-body\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/10 WWE on ESPNews &#8211; Kevin Owens talks 16\/32, WrestleMania debut, Cena initiation, why he&#8217;s a high-flyer in a big-man body"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-73898486\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>WWE on ESPNews Recap<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, May 10, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Guest: Kevin Owens<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hosts: Jonathan Coachman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Owens joined The Coach for a satellite interview first discussing the interesting numerical connection\u00a0of wrestling for WWE on his 32nd birthday last Saturday, May 7 after having his\u00a0very first match on his 16th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Owens, who has now spent half of his life in wrestling, talked about being one of the first big NXT roster call-ups in the past year. Owens said he went from training in a barn to the Performance Center, which prepared him for the main roster, like taking out John Cena on his first night.<\/p>\n<p>Coach wanted to know about the pressure of being immediately thrust into a major program with Cena. &#8220;You know, I wish I could say I did (feel pressure),&#8221; Owens said, &#8220;But, I felt very confident in my abilities. I felt like it was exactly where I belonged. To me, it made perfect sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Owens reflected on his WrestleMania debut in April, adding that he&#8217;s looking forward to topping it in the years to come. Owens stopped short of entering heel mode talking about losing the IC Title and vowing to get it back.<\/p>\n<p>Coach then set up Owens&#8217;s face turn way down the road by labeling him an\u00a0&#8220;every man&#8221; who relates to many fans, but also an &#8220;every man who does things in the ring that others cannot do,&#8221; making him special. Owens attributed his skills to starting out wrestling training at 150 pounds, then of course he packed on a few pounds, but never stopped worked on his moves inspired by Shawn Michaels. &#8220;Now I&#8217;m 266 pounds and I&#8217;m still able to do that stuff, which others might not be able to do,&#8221; Owens said.<\/p>\n<p>Coach closed by asking Owens about shooting back on people on Twitter. Owens said he likes to dish back\u00a0when he feels people are disrespectful to him as a public figure. Owens said he started doing this before he was even a blip on WWE&#8217;s radar, and carried it forward to WWE (essentially to enhance his TV heel persona).<\/p>\n<p>Owens closed with note about wildfires in Alberta, Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/22vqm7w\" target=\"_blank\">promoting a GoFundMe campaign<\/a>\u00a0that he started with Tyler Breeze to help people who lost their homes and more.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1165584894\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-265994894\"><div id=\"pwtor-2399516042\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE on ESPNews Recap Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Guest: Kevin Owens Hosts: Jonathan Coachman Owens joined The Coach for a satellite interview first discussing the interesting numerical connection\u00a0of wrestling for WWE on his 32nd birthday <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/10\/510-wwe-espnews-kevin-owens-talks-1632-wrestlemania-debut-cena-initiation-hes-high-flyer-big-man-body\/\" title=\"5\/10 WWE on ESPNews &#8211; Kevin Owens talks 16\/32, WrestleMania debut, Cena initiation, why he&#8217;s a high-flyer in a big-man body\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,495,20],"tags":[760,322,222,258,997,71,2551],"class_list":["post-18917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tvshowsandevents","category-wwe-on-espn","category-tv_wwetvreports","tag-espnews","tag-jonathan-coachman","tag-kevin-owens","tag-sportscenter","tag-the-coach","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-on-espn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2015\/11\/SportsCenter_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18919,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917\/revisions\/18919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}