Kevin Owens Recognizes Himself As The 'New, True WWE Champion'

♕Kevin Owens is the "new, true WWE Champion," according to Kevin Owens.

💞Though Owens did not defeat Cody Rhodes at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, he did walk away with the Winged Eagle Championship after delivering a package piledriver to Rhodes. Rhodes was taken out on a stretcher while Owens took the Winged Eagle Title.

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♏On social media, Owens announced himself for upcoming WWE live events and is calling himself the "new, true WWE Champion."

WWE announced that ✨Rhodes has been diagnosed with an "axial compression of the cervical spine, as well as a cervical strain with spasm."

It is unknown when he will return to television.

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