Kevin Owens provides update on his recovery from neck surgery

While appearing at 2025 Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR event over the weekend in Daytona, FL, WWE star Kevin Owens provided an update on his recovery from neck surgery in July of 2025…

“I needed neck fusion. It was very stressful going into it because we weren’t really sure how severe the fusion was going to be, how many levels, all this stuff. Thankfully, it ended up only being one level, which is the best case scenario for something like this. But the surgery was successful. I had a great doctor.

The thing is now we have to see how the bones fuse, and there’s no guarantee that it’s going to work. It’s all my body heals, and we’ll see. Some guys had success, some guys didn’t. Fingers crossed, I get to come back to wrestling in the next year. Really don’t know, though. But my goal is to come back, so hopefully that’s what happens.”

WWE Superstar Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) details his neck surgery he had last month, his timetable and next steps in his recovery, and how he has been enjoying his time away from the ring. pic.twitter.com/hT9eUlMAPR

— Scotte Sprinkle (@ScotteSprinkle) August 23, 2025