A video was published on Reddit of Kevin Owens hitting a 450 splash at the start of his wrestling career:
User KneeHighMischief provided details about the clip:
“His opponent is Gorgeous Mike & the match took place on 5/7/00 at a Lutte International 2000 show. Lutte International 2000 was Jacques Rougeau’s Montreal promotion that was active from 1999-2011.”
The event took place on Owens’ 16th birthday and was documented by SlamWrestling.net as being his first match.
Owens talked about the early part of his career in a shoot interview:
