WWE superstar Kevin Owens has revealed his mother is ‘fighting like hell’ in hospital after falling ill this week.
The former world champion is scheduled for tonight’s Money In The Bank premium live event in Toronto, Canada after spending the week at his mum’s bedside.
In a heartfelt speech on Friday Night SmackDown, Owens – who is set to team with Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes against The Bloodline – candidly spoke to fans about an emotionally draining few days.
He also explained why he decided to leave his family in Montreal and still take part in this weekend’s blockbuster match.
Owens, who recently gave a major update on his WWE contract status, told the fans: ‘Monday morning I got a call from my dad telling me my mom was rushed to the hospital and I needed to get home.
‘So I jumped on a flight and I flew back to Quebec, and that’s where I’ve been for the last five days or so. In the same hospital where she gave birth to me, with my dad and my brother at her bedside, watching her fight like hell.
‘And the shows in Toronto are always super special for all of us cuz the family gets to get together, the kids get to see their grandparents, all the family’s there, and everybody gets to enjoy wrestling together.
‘But my dad and my mon are not here tonight, they won’t be here tomorrow, because my mom is still in that hospital bed fighting like hell.’
The AGE-year-old wrestler insisted he could have skipped this weekend’s shows and it ‘wouldn’t have been a problem with anybody’ either behind the scenes or in the ring.
However, he admitted his mother wouldn’t have been happy to know he’d missed out on doing what he loves.
‘I probably should have stayed home. But I didn’t. Because the one person it would have been a problem for is my mother,’ he said.
‘Because ever since I was 11 years old and I discovered professional wrestling and WWE, she did everything she could, along with my dad, to make sure I would realise my dream, get to WWE.
‘She wanted me to fight like hell. She told me every single time to come in here and leave it all in the ring. So if she knew, if she heard, that I had missed a show because of her, she’d be so p***ed.’
Turning his attention to his rivals at Money In The Bank, KO promised he would be inspired by his mother to take the fight to them like never before.
He continued: ‘So here I am. And Bloodline, let me tell you this — I am more serious than I have ever been in my entire career — tomorrow, win, lose, or draw, all I care about is that I do what my mom has wanted me to do for the last four years.
‘And that is not just kick the living hell out of The Bloodline, it’s to beat their asses worse than ever before.’
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Money In The Bank 2024 airs tonight at 1am on the WWE Network.
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