New RAW star plans to win WWE Championship from Large E

Kevin Owens is hoping to win Big E’s WWE Championship after shifting from SmackDown to RAW within the 2021 WWE Draft.

The 37-year-old was chosen by the crimson model because the 11th overall pick on the second evening of the draft. He beforehand held the Common Championship for 188 days between August 2016 and March 2017, however he has by no means received the WWE Championship.

Talking on RAW Talk, Owens made it clear that his sights are set on profitable Large E’s title. He additionally commented on presumably capturing the RAW Tag Group titles for the primary time.

“It’s the WWE Championship [title that has evaded him], which occurs to be on Monday Night time RAW, so I see the place you’re going with this. You wanna know if I wanna win the WWE Championship? In fact I wanna win the WWE Championship. There’s loads of issues I’d like to do on RAW. You understand I’ve by no means been a Tag Group Champion in WWE both? I’d love to try this. The crimson tag group titles look cool. I’d go for that, the WWE Championship,” Owens stated.

The WWE Championship and RAW Tag Group Championship are set to be defended at Crown Jewel on October 21. Drew McIntyre will problem Large E for the WWE Championship, whereas RAW Tag Group Champions Randy Orton and Riddle will face AJ Types and Omos.

Kevin Owens’ WWE Championship and RAW Tag Group Championship historical past

Kevin Owens has unsuccessfully challenged for the WWE Championship 4 occasions in televised matches. In 2018, he did not win the title from AJ Types on the Royal Rumble (handicap match, additionally involving Sami Zayn) and Fastlane (Six-Pack Problem).

A yr later, Daniel Bryan retained the WWE Championship towards Owens and Mustafa Ali at Fastlane 2019. Kofi Kingston then received the title from Bryan at WrestleMania 35 earlier than defending it towards Owens at Cash within the Financial institution.

Owens has additionally challenged for the RAW Tag Group Championship twice on WWE tv. The New Day retained the titles towards Owens and Chris Jericho in 2016, whereas Buddy Murphy and Seth Rollins defeated Owens and Samoa Joe in 2020.

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