Kevin Owens reveals when he was cleared to wrestle again in WWE
As seen during the 2026 WWE SummerSlam Sunday PLE, Kevin Owens made his surprise return to WWE after being gone for over a year due to a neck injury. While speaking on the post-show, Owens spoke to Big E about the process of being cleared…
“There was a moment I thought it wasn’t going to happen, and I definitely did not make peace with it because I thought it would not happen.
When you’re not ready, it’s hard. But I had such a great group around me to support me through it. My wife, my kids, my parents that got me through all this. My friends. The medical staff. Even you. I would talk to you a lot. I was never okay with it.
But thankfully, and honestly, up to a month ago, I was like ‘this may be it.’ We kept doing scans. It kept not showing exactly what we were hoping for as far as the healing process from the surgery, and then I was like, ‘Well, I don’t know. Maybe it’s just not going to happen.’
And then a few weeks ago, we did a scan, and we finally saw what we needed to see. You can get back in the ring, and from there, here I am.”