Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn had a homecoming of sorts at WrestleMania 39 as they returned to California for the biggest match of their careers.
Owens & Zayn built their name and reputation in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, an independent promotion based out of California before eventually coming to WWE. Both men sported the PWG logo on their trunks for their main event match against The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso).
Speaking at the WrestleMania 39 press conference, Kevin Owens revealed what he said to Zayn at the top of the stage.
"I'll say what we said at the top of the ramp. After everything had kind of set in and everything that happened and we realized what we had accomplished and where we were at this point, we walked on the ramp, we looked at the WrestleMania set, we turned around and saw the sea of people and the stadium. The one thing I said to him was, 'None of this would have happened without Super Dragon and PWG.' We made our name here in California and without the opportunities that he gave us, I really don't think things would have turned out the way they did for us. It meant a lot to be here, to do it here together. It's really hard to put into words," he said.
Before leaving the press conference stage, Owens closed by saying, "I said PWG helped us get here. Super Dragon helped us get here. There are two other guys who helped us get here. Their names are Mark and Jay Briscoe. We lost Jay recently. I really hope we made him proud tonight. Great guys."
The world lost Jay Briscoe on January 17 in a tragic car accident. Zayn & Owens last faced The Briscoes in a tag team bout at PWG DDT4 2013.
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