In last April, Kevin Owens announced during an episode of Wwe Smackdown that suffers a neck injury that will require surgery, which forced him to get lost His scheduled fight against Randy Orton in Wrestlemania 41 (and wear a particular shirt for the event). At the moment, it is speculated that his absence could last one year or more, although the fighter himself previously confirmed that he hopes to return before, as his recovery progresses.
► Kevin Owens will miss for at least one year
Weeks after he met about the absence of Kevin Owens, reports arose that the fighter had already operated, but it was not true, until a new report from Sean Ross Sapp de Fightful Select confirmed that on July 18 Owens finally He successfully submitted to neck surgery and is finally in the process of recovery. Internal sources of the WWE have affirmed that the injury and subsequent surgery to which Owens were subject to take at least one year to recover, which means that Owens is very likely to lose Wrestlemania 42 in April 2026. However, the recovery process of each person is different, and the company will supervise this process in which fighter trusts that it is in the shortest possible time.
Kevin Owens has not appeared at the WWE since he announced his injury, and although in the weeks prior to the announcement, Owens had explained that, although he no longer felt any real pain, that frustrated him because His spinal cord was so bad that there was no way to be discharged. Now, after its operation, it only remains to expect Kevin Owens to recover completely and return to the ring as soon as possible.
Kevin Owens's last fight was a brutal street fight against Sami Zayn in Elimination Chamber 2025, which was victorious.
