Former WWE Champion casts doubt over future after ‘backstage fights’

WWE superstar Kevin Owens has insisted helium doesn’t cognize ‘if oregon when’ he’ll beryllium returning to SmackDown.

The 40-year-old erstwhile satellite champion has near fans shocked successful caller weeks aft attacking Cody Rhodes successful an untelevised assault by his circuit autobus aft Bad Blood earlier taking retired Randy Orton successful a akin beatdown.

On Friday night, the Prizefighter shared a video connected social media casting uncertainty implicit his aboriginal plans amid speculation astir his declaration status.

He said: ‘I gotta beryllium honorable with everybody, with everything that’s happening close now, betwixt the disrespect shown to maine by WWE and Randy breaking my spot similar that, I truly don’t cognize if oregon erstwhile I tin travel back.’

KO insisted Orton chose Rhodes implicit him, portion helium claimed WWE bosses person been hypocritical successful the mode they’ve dealt with caller events.

‘I’ve been successful WWE present for astir 10 years, really it’s been implicit 10 years conscionable recently. And I’ve had a batch of ups and downs implicit those 10 years, but I don’t deliberation things person ever felt arsenic atrocious arsenic they bash close now,’ helium claimed.

‘Because for WWE officials to archer maine to enactment location and not travel to work, not to travel to SmackDown wherever I belong, due to the fact that of what I did to Cody Rhodes aft Bad Blood, is conscionable truthful unfair and ridiculous.

‘I mean look astatine what we’ve seen WWE Superstars bash to each different successful and retired of the ring, successful the locker rooms, each the ambush attacks, the beatdowns, and I get told to enactment distant due to the fact that I dropped their small aureate lad extracurricular of his anserine bus? Come on.

‘It truly makes maine inquire myself however appreciated and valued I americium by this company. But that I tin unrecorded with, I tin benignant of get past that.

‘What I can’t get implicit though is what Randy Orton did to me. Randy, I can’t judge that you betrayed maine similar that. You tin fto radical accidental immoderate they privation astir me, “Kevin Owens turns connected each his friends, blah, blah, blah”, it doesn’t matter.

‘I would person ne'er done that to you ever. I thought what we had was different. Dude, I conscionable can’t judge you picked Cody Rhodes implicit me. ‘

The fascinating storyline continues to blur the lines betwixt world and fiction, which comes months aft KO confirmed his declaration is acceptable to expire early successful 2025.

Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk in Lyon, France earlier this year, KO confirmed his declaration is presently acceptable to extremity aboriginal successful 2025 aft he signed his erstwhile hold successful 2021.

Hours earlier Backlash backmost successful May, helium said: ‘I truly don’t instrumentality thing for granted, I’ve 9 months near connected my contact, and I don’t cognize what tin hap from present connected out.’

There has been reports suggesting AEW are funny successful signing AEW, but astatine the clip KO indicated helium has nary plans to permission WWE of his ain accord, peculiarly aft spending a decennary with the institution since arriving successful NXT nether Triple H’s leadership in 2014.

Owens – who does person friends similar The Young Bucks successful AEW – explained: ‘This has been my location for 10 years and it’s beyond the locker room.

‘There’s immoderate very, very, precise peculiar radical that enactment down the scenes that I’ve go precise adjacent with, and I truly can’t ideate not seeing them arsenic portion of my life.’

WWE SmackDown airs Friday nights astatine 1am connected TNT Sports 1.

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