Kevin Owens has been considering what his future holds in pro wrestling.
In December 2021, WWE signed Owens to a contract extension, and in December 2022, he announced that two years remained on his deal, setting him up to become a free agent in late 2024.
Owens only has under 18 months left on his WWE contract, leaving him to wonder what will come after it expires. He previously said he would stay in a pro wrestling ring for the long term, but his recent interview with the Toronto Sun suggests he is uncertain about his next steps once the time comes.
“That’s a great question,” he said when asked what’s left for him to accomplish. “I really don’t know. I used to say I don’t see myself not being in the ring for another five to 10 years. And if I said it right now, I’d be lying because over the last few months, I have to admit, I don’t know if that’s true anymore. I look at things and I don’t know where I stand going beyond the next year and a half. I know I want to be involved in wrestling. I know I want to be involved in the WWE and I know I have a place here. I just don’t know where it is exactly. Maybe it’s still in the ring, maybe it’s not. I don’t know.”
The former WWE Universal Champion also said that he no longer worries about winning titles or headlining WrestleMania, but instead wants to give fans fun memories of him.
He continued, “I think for the next year and a half, my focus is just on enjoying everything I do as much as possible. There’s not really a worry about winning a title or main-eventing WrestleMania or any of that stuff anymore, which are the dreams that everybody has because I’ve been so blessed and I’ve gotten to do all of that. So I just want to have fun and I want to give people fun times to remember me by. Whether this is the end for my wrestling, I don’t know and I don’t want to sound dramatic, I don’t want to say this is a retirement speech or anything because I might still be wrestling for 10 years. I have no idea. My thought process right now is just to try to enjoy the next year and a half as much as I possibly can because I don’t know what’s on the other side. That’s really all I’m worrying about.”
This is a refreshing way of looking at the journey ahead. Owens wants to enjoy and live in the moment because he doesn’t know what the future holds, and that’s okay. WWE fans now have the chance to enjoy his in-ring performances and anticipate seeing him at more shows until at least the end of 2024.