Kevin Owens claims to be the ‘true WWE Champion’

  • Ian Carey
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Kevin Owens is claiming to be the “true WWE Champion.”

Cody Rhodes retained the WWE Championship against Owens in the main event of Saturday Night’s Main Event this weekend, but the win only came after two ref bumps and a Cross Rhodes onto a steel chair. Owens later attacked Rhodes after the show went off the air, giving him a package piledriver that resulted in Rhodes being stretchered out. 

On Tuesday, Owens posted to social media that his first matches as the “true WWE Champion” will take place on this year’s Holiday Live Event tour. 

He wrote:

“BALLZ!!! Now that I have your attention, I have great news for you all! I am proud to officially announce that I will be competing in my first matches as your new, true WWE Champion on this year’s Holiday loop (that’s a term people in ‘the business’ use that refers to a string of consecutive shows in different cities over a short period of time) starting in Jacksonville on the 26th, followed by 3 more shows in Florida and then one in Detroit for some reason. Be there to witness history! Oh, the Raw crew has shows too. Whatever.”

WWE LIVE HOLIDAY TOUR

  • Thursday, 12/26 – New York, NY (Raw)
  • Thursday, 12/26 – Jacksonville, FL (SmackDown)
  • Friday, 12/27 – Pittsburgh, PA (Raw)
  • WWE SmackDown – Friday, 12/27 – Tampa, FL (SmackDown)
  • Saturday, 12/28 – Orlando, FL (SmackDown)
  • Saturday, 12/28 – Baltimore, MD (Raw)
  • Sunday, 12/29 – Chicago, IL (Raw)
  • Sunday, 12/29 – Miami, FL (SmackDown)
  • WWE RAW – Monday, 12/30 – Houston, TX (Raw)
  • Monday, 12/30 – Detroit, MI (SmackDown)

Owens is only advertised for the dates above with “SmackDown” in parenthesis. 

The dates listed are the same as the ones Rhodes posted last week.