Vince Russo has been vocal in his criticism of Kevin Owens, but Owens isn't buying it.
The former WCW, WWE and TNA writer, and Fightful's own Russo has often declared that Owens doesn't "look like a star" citing the WWE Universal Champion's physique and ring gear, among other things. Despite this, Owens doesn't think that Russo actually buys in to those statements.
"As far as Vince Russo is concerned, I don't think he means a single word of what he says. I think he says all of it to get attention. I think he knows how good I am and that me being the champion is a great move, he's just trying to rile people up," said Owens.
Russo isn't the only one who has thrown shade Owens' way. Russo's rival Jim Cornette infamously criticized Owens. Cornette has said subsequently that the criticisms that he made were things that Owens cleared up and led to his success. Owens told Main Event Radio he doesn't see things that way.
"Jim Cornette and I have never really seen eye-to-eye. Ultimately, he knew that I could make it if I wanted to but he just didn't think I had the right attitude. But that's just because the way he and I saw things differently. He's been saying that he thinks that I must have changed the way I see things because now I have success and it must be because I changed things. But it's not; now I just work with people who I agree with more. The people who I work with now have the same vision that I do of what professional wrestling should be and what it is now. Jim and I just didn't share that vision," said Owens.
Owens is currently slated to defend his WWE Universal Championship later this month at WWE Backlash.
