Kevin Owens pitched match to Shawn Michaels (Patreon)

Kevin Owens vs. Shawn Michaels? Well, if Kevin Owens had his way, that would have happened.

Kevin Owens appeared on Kevin Raphael's podcast this week (link below) and said that he recently inquired about a potential match with Shawn Michaels. In the interview, Owens noted that after the Stone Cold match at WrestleMania, he figured ntohing was impossible. When Owens went to NXT for the KO Show, he had a sit down with Shawn Michaels and asked him if he'd considered having one last match with him. For Owens, he said it was so he could say that he wrestled his two favorites of all-time.

Fightful followed up for clarity and learned Michaels told Owens that he'd be lying if he didn't think about doing another match, especially when he saw the kind of match that Steve Austin had with Kevin Owens at WrestleMania this year. However, he also said that he doesn't think he should.

AJ Styles had also once pitched a match with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania that got turned down. Michaels did come out of retirement for a WWE Crown Jewel tag team match that he told numerous people was the biggest payday of his career. Fightful's Jimmy Van had actually heard the one-match number for that was in the neighborhood of $3 million.

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