Kevin Steen (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler who is signed to WWE under the ring name Kevin Owens. Owens is a one-time WWE Intercontinental Champion. Prior to debuting on the main WWE roster in May 2015, Owens wrestled in WWE's developmental branch NXT, where he held the NXT Championship.

Steen began his career in 2000 at the age of 16. Prior to joining WWE in late 2014, from 2007 Steen wrestled under his birth name for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he held the ROH World Championship and ROH World Tag Team Championship. He also wrestled extensively on the independent circuit for 14 years, including stints in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he held the PWG World Championship and PWG World Tag Team Championship, All American Wrestling (AAW), where he held the AAW Heavyweight Championship, and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he held the CZW Iron Man Championship.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2000–2004)

Steen first developed an interest in professional wrestling after watching a match between Shawn Michaels and Diesel at WrestleMania XI at the age of 11. Three years later, his parents allowed him to start training with Serge Jodoin, a wrestler based in Quebec. The following year, he began training with Jacques Rougeau. He also trained with Terry Taylor, whom he has called his "main trainer". Steen had his first match on his sixteenth birthday in L'Assomption, Quebec on May 7, 2000. Steen trained with Rougeau and wrestled for Rougeau's promotion for four years, before beginning to wrestle with several other Canadian promotions, including the International Wrestling Syndicate.

Kevin Owens (born (1980-06-09)June 9, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. In 2009 Owens played with Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Super League. Prior to that Owens played for the Wellington Saints in Wellington, New Zealand and the Ulsan Mobis Phoebus in Ulsan, South Korea of the Korean Basketball League. In the 2006-2007 season Owens played for the Cairns Taipans in Cairns, Australia. Before playing in Australia, Owens played three seasons with the Roanoke Dazzle in the NBA Development League, a minor league system for the National Basketball Association.

Born in Haddonfield, New Jersey, Owens attended Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He played Division I college basketball at Monmouth University.

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