The Rock Praises Current WWE Superstar

The Rock has been making big waves in the WWE this week. From getting "fired" by Vince McMahon to actually making Vince McMahon wish he could fire him when he dialed up CM Punk in the middle of a WWE ring, The Great One's visit to RAW has dominated the wrestling headlines.

During his visit to RAW to work on his upcoming film, Fighting With My Family, the Attitude Era icon also took some time out to give some praise to one of the New Era's biggest heels.

Appreciate The Champ himself, Kevin Owens stopping by "The People's Hood" to say hello. People's Hood is the nickname for my dressing rooms. We had a good laugh about the story of when I was training for my WWE comeback and title run (2012) I was training with Kurt Hawkins and Joe Hennig. After our workout, me and Kurt were chopping it up about great independent wrestlers. I said "Dude I just saw this guy last night on YouTube named Kill Steen or something like that. He's amazing." Kurt said, "That's my good friend Kevin Owens". I said "We'll tell your friend he's bad ass and I hope WWE signs him." Now 5yrs later and relentless hard work, he's WWE Universal Champion. I like when good things happen to good hard working people. He's an asshole though for growing a better beard than I can. #RAW #StaplesCenter #PeoplesHood #UniversalChamp #KevinOwens #FightingWithMyFamily

A post shared by therock (@therock) on Feb 22, 2017 at 10:34am PST

Coming from The Rock, this is high praise. The Great One only posted one photo with a current star and it was Owens. I guess he learned a few years ago that posing with Roman Reigns isn't all that popular with the WWE Universe.

Coming off his break-up with BFF, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens is preparing to defend his Universal Championship in one of the highest profile matches of his career with WCW Legend, Goldberg, at Fastlane in less than two weeks. Whether he remains champion or not, Owens' new alignment with Triple H should keep him in the spotlight heading into Wrestlemania.

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