NXT Takeover: War Games III - 4 Reasons why Kevin Owens returned to NXT
Tommaso Ciampa lost Matt Riddle from his team last week when it was revealed that the Original Bro would be battling Finn Balor at War Games in the absence of Johnny Gargano. This meant that Team Ciampa consisted of just the former NXT Champion, Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic and heading into the show there was still a question mark over the final member.
Going up against Undisputed Era, there was no shortage of NXT stars in the locker room who would want to step up to the challenge, but Triple H revealed that it would be someone big which is why many fans believed that it would be either a huge return or a debut.
The main names in the hat were John Morrison and Johnny Gargano, but when the clock hit zero and The Undisputed Era looked up the ramp, it was Kevin Owens who made his return to NXT and interestingly there are a number of reasons why.
#4 Tommaso Ciampa and Kevin Owens are close friends
Kevin Owens was the fourth member of Team Ciampa, and in the end, it was Tommaso Ciampa that picked up the victory and put himself back into contention to reclaim Goldie, since he pinned the NXT Champion Adam Cole.
Kevin Owens was always a viable option when it came to being the fourth member since he is close friends with Ciampa outside of WWE. Owens has worked with almost all of the stars in the match having come through the ranks in Ring of Honor a few years ago and probably decided that he wanted to share the ring with some of his friends once again.
Owens only recently Tweeted a picture of Ciampa with his daughter, which shows how close the two stars must be outside of WWE, despite being on different brands.