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Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were a Canadian professional wrestling tag team.The teams' members are both signed to WWE, but each member is assigned to a different WWE brand.. The team originated in 2007 in Ring of Honor, where Zayn and Owens were known as El Generico and Kevin Steen respectively., Nicknamed "Steenerico" by fans, the duo won the ROH World Tag Team Championship in 2008.
The main event of the TakeOver: Rival was a storyline between long time real life friends and often in-ring opponents Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. The storyline played on the decade long friendship between the two, predating both of them working for WWE, back when they were known as Kevin Steen (Owens) and El Generico (Zayn).
Owens ran out to save Zayn and embraced him, officially reuniting their tag team. [281] At Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 on April 1, Owens and Zayn won the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship (consisting of both the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships) from The Usos in the main event, his first title win in six years. [282]
Neville hugged Zayn and raised his hand in a show of respect. After the NXT roster left, Zayn celebrated with his close frenemy Kevin Owens. Suddenly, Owens pushed Zayn down onto the entrance ramp and performed a powerbomb on Zayn onto the ring apron. NXT General Manager William Regal checked on Zayn as the event ended. [2]
After Kevin Owens moved to SmackDown, Zayn declared on the October 16 episode of Raw that he will show the world what he can do on his own, until he was interrupted by The Judgment Day, but was able to fend them off alongside Jey Uso, starting a feud with the stable in the process. [302]
In the main event, Kevin Owens defended the NXT Championship against Sami Zayn. Zayn performed a "Blue Thunder Bomb" on Owens for a near-fall. Zayn executed an exploder suplex into the turnbuckles on Owens and attempted a "Helluva Kick", but Owens rolled out of the ring. Zayn performed an exploder suplex on the floor on Owens.
The following week, Zayn and Owens' promo was interrupted by The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) and Sikoa. Afterwards, a brawl broke out, with Zayn, Owens, and Riddle standing tall. [127] On April 17, a six-man tag team match pitting The Bloodline (The Usos and Sikoa) against Riddle, Zayn, and Owens was scheduled for Backlash. [128]
As Zayn was leaving, Jey called him back, referenced a joke about not feeling "Ucey", and offered the handshake, however, Zayn instead embraced Jey. Later, WWE official Adam Pearce revealed that a member of the Raw roster, which was later revealed to be Zayn's partner Kevin Owens, was traded to SmackDown and because of that, Jey could join Raw ...