Kevin Owens recently spoke with James Delow for Gorilla Position; you can read a few transcribed highlights below:
Kevin Owens on the homage to Mick Foley’s infamous Hell In A Cell bump in his match with Braun Strowman:
The tribute to Mick Foley, I can’t even say [it] was voluntary because we happened to be in that city, and we happened to be in a steel cage match. As far as whose idea it was and why it happened, I’m going to keep that one under wraps for now. Once I realized what was going to happen, in my mind comparing it to what Mick Foley did 20 years before was an obvious thing, but I’ll never be arrogant enough to say what I did equaled what he did. His will live on forever, and I don’t think I could say the same about mine. I will remember forever Mick Foley getting thrown off of [the Hell In A Cell structure].
I wasn’t trying to emulate or top what he did. I don’t think that anybody could ever top it, but the fact that some people thought it was similar—he sent me a text a few days later congratulating me and making a special moment, all of that—I really appreciated that and it’s flattering, but I would never put what I did and what he did in the same category ever. His was legendary and a history making moment, and it’s something that people will always remember. It’s 20 years later and people remember it like it was yesterday. It’s still played in WWE programming all of the time, so I would never put myself in the same class as him.
What was going through his head?
Nothing. I can tell you, people have asked me that—nothing. I knew where we needed to be on the cage and I had a general idea of where I was going. That’s about it; I didn’t look down, I didn’t look at it. It just happened, and now I’m standing here. The fact that I’m standing it means it was successful.
