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**Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were guests on Wednesday’s edition of “Talk is Jericho” with a conversation that was recorded after Christmas a few weeks back. There were several notable issues discussed throughout the conversation:
-The biggest takeaway for me was the level of stress that Zayn underwent the day of the Hell in a Cell show and his role in the finish of the Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens match. Zayn had to appear out of nowhere to rescue Owens from the table at the last second as Shane plunged off the top of the cell and crashed through the announcer’s table. Zayn described how small the margin of error was and that if it was mistimed at all, someone could have been seriously injured. This brought up a larger issue for me and that is the level of stunt work that is being assigned to professional wrestlers and it goes beyond just the WWE. As Zayn explained in the interview, if this were a scene in a movie it would be rehearsed over-and-over, there would be a crash pad and numerous safety measures taken while also using trained stuntmen to perform. In this instance, you left it to the three performers to execute this intricate stunt that could have gone wrong with the slightest hiccup. Owens added that he was also having lower back problems at the time and needed to sit up and get away from the desk to make matters worse.
-Kevin Owens discussed the headbutt onto Vince McMahon from last September and explained that it’s a spot that will probably never be done again. When Owens performed the headbutt, he wasn’t even aware of the injury sustained by Katsuyori Shibata earlier in the year as he doesn’t follow a lot of non-WWE wrestling. He stated that when Vince McMahon put his microphone down before the headbutt, he started cussing at Owens and Owens laid it in on him.
-The biggest takeaway for me was the level of stress that Zayn underwent the day of the Hell in a Cell show and his role in the finish of the Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens match. Zayn had to appear out of nowhere to rescue Owens from the table at the last second as Shane plunged off the top of the cell and crashed through the announcer’s table. Zayn described how small the margin of error was and that if it was mistimed at all, someone could have been seriously injured. This brought up a larger issue for me and that is the level of stunt work that is being assigned to professional wrestlers and it goes beyond just the WWE. As Zayn explained in the interview, if this were a scene in a movie it would be rehearsed over-and-over, there would be a crash pad and numerous safety measures taken while also using trained stuntmen to perform. In this instance, you left it to the three performers to execute this intricate stunt that could have gone wrong with the slightest hiccup. Owens added that he was also having lower back problems at the time and needed to sit up and get away from the desk to make matters worse.
-Kevin Owens discussed the headbutt onto Vince McMahon from last September and explained that it’s a spot that will probably never be done again. When Owens performed the headbutt, he wasn’t even aware of the injury sustained by Katsuyori Shibata earlier in the year as he doesn’t follow a lot of non-WWE wrestling. He stated that when Vince McMahon put his microphone down before the headbutt, he started cussing at Owens and Owens laid it in on him.
