Did Seth Rollins put Kevin Owens in his place last week or light a fire under the former Universal Champion? All signs point to the latter; not only did Owens score the deciding pinfall in a Six-Man Tag Team Match, but he responded to a post-bout blindside attack by The Monday Night Messiah with his most passionate promise yet.
The match, pitting Owens and The Street Profits against Rollins, Angel Garza and NXT’s Austin Theory — recruited by Zelina Vega to sub in for an injured Andrade — ended via Stunner to Garza, but Rollins got the metaphorical last word with a Stomp to Owens immediately after the bell. Owens, however, got the literal last word with an impassioned post-match speech: “Your past doesn’t matter. My past doesn’t matter,” he said, evoking Rollins’ words the previous week and promising to take his first WrestleMania moment from The Monday Night Messiah.