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Kevin Owens goes in-depth regarding his neck injury and missing WWE WrestleMania 41.
WWE Superstar Kevin Owens was a recent guest on My Mom’s Basement. When asked about when he believes his neck injury took place, Owens was able to put a close timetable on it due to getting checked via a full-body MRI back in December.
“I know for a fact there was a specific moment because in December, I did a full body MRI just on my own for curiosity, just like to make sure and see if there is anything I need to be aware of,” Kevin Owens said. “It’s a thing where you can see if you have issues with your bone structure or organs or anything like that. At the time, the report came back that my knees were shit, but I’ve been well aware of that for a long time. There is no concern there.
“There was something about my spine and mild to moderate stenosis, which, for what we do, and I showed it to WWE doctors and they’re like, ‘For what you guys do, everyone has a level of stenosis. Everyone on Earth has a level of stenosis. Your spine and neck, everything looks good. For what you’ve been doing, you’re fine.’
“Great, and I felt great. In January, I had a match. In the match, two things happened that really jarred my neck. That’s when the issues started. I knew there was something. We ended up doing an MRI this week and found out it’s serious. I think that match in January is what did it because I had an MRI a month before that and everything looked fine.”
It should be noted that Owens wrestled two incredibly dangerous matches in 2025, between his ladder match with Cody Rhodes at the Royal Rumble and followed it up with an unsanctioned match with Sami Zayn the following month at Elimination Chamber. Despite appearing on TV multiple times, Owens hasn’t wrestled since that match.
Missing WWE WrestleMania 41
When asked about having to miss his match with Randy Orton at WrestleMania 41, Owens expressed his shock over how bad his neck was that he wouldn’t be able to do the match.
“When the WWE doctor called me to tell me about it, I was so shocked because I knew there was something wrong, but I didn’t expect it to be so wrong that I couldn’t do WrestleMania. I thought we’ll take care of it after WrestleMania,” Kevin Owens admitted. “When he told me I couldn’t do it, I was so shocked that I stopped listening to him almost.
“He was explaining to me everything that is happening, what we’re going to do, and honestly, right now, I can’t even sit here and tell you I know…I know what the next step is, but I almost don’t know what the exact injury is. I know something is wrong with my neck and it is affecting my mobility, I was so zoned out. I don’t know if it’s similar or not to other people, I know the solution is very similar to what a lot of other people have done.
“It sucks. Not getting to wrestle Randy Orton at WrestleMania really sucks. That’s the part that bugs me the most. I know I’ll come back. At the very least, I hope I come back. I never take anything for granted in what we do. Who knows, but pretty likely to come back. Maybe we can do it eventually, but this year was going to be me vs. Randy Orton at WrestleMania, which is huge to me. I take comfort in knowing that I did it last year. I was in the ring with him at WrestleMania last year. This year we wouldn’t have had the other annoying guy in it. That would have been nice, but it’s okay.”
When asked if he had a timetable on a potential return, Owens admitted that he didn’t know.
“I don’t know. I haven’t talked to the surgeon or anything like that yet,” Kevin Owens said. “I’m going to do all that on Monday. I know that most of the people who have gone through similar things (were out) six months to eight months to a year. I would assume it’s in that range, but I don’t really know. It’s all really new right now.” [H/T: Fightful]
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