Kevin Owens Sparks a WWE Title Debate: Who is the Real Champion?

Cody Rhodes defended his Undisputed WWE Championship against Kevin Owens at the Saturday Night’s Main Event. The match was won by Cody Rhodes, but after the show ended, things changed when Kevin Owens put Cody Rhodes on the shelf, and now The Prizefighter refers to himself as the “True WWE Champion."
Here’s what Kevin Owens said about being the champion after Saturday Night’s Main Event 2024.
During WWE’s Holiday Tour, Kevin Owens will wrestle his first matches as the “true WWE Champion,” he announced on X (formerly known as Twitter). On December 26, 2024, the tour begins in Jacksonville. It then moves on to Florida for three more shows before concluding in Detroit, Furthermore, Kevin Owens made fun of the “Holiday loops,” a wrestling term for a string of consecutive matches in various cities.
He said, “BALLZ!!! Now that I have your attention, I have great news for you all! I am proud to officially announce that I will be competing in my first matches as your new, true WWE Champion on this year’s Holiday loop (that’s a term people in “the business” use that refers to a string of consecutive shows in different cities over a short period of time) starting in Jacksonville on the 26th, followed by 3 more shows in Florida and then one in Detroit for some reason. Be there to witness history! Oh, the Raw crew has shows too. Whatever.”

Kevin Owens wasn't finished with Cody Rhodes after the main event. The fans were shocked when Owens used a vicious package piledriver to ambush Rhodes after the cameras had stopped rolling. Medical personnel hurried to Rhodes' aid after the move seriously injured him. The attack was so severe that Rhodes was carried off the arena on a stretcher.
Triple H rushed out and grabbed the title from Owens as he was making his way backstage holding it. Referees intervened to break up the heated altercation between the two as they were pushing each other.
Owens subsequently asserted his claim to the winged eagle title, announcing his conviction that he was the legitimate winner.
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On the other hand, the company released a press release more than a day later that provided a brief summary of the angle, which has not yet been broadcast on television. WWE also disclosed the extent of Rhodes' injuries, though it is thought that the champion did not sustain any long-term wounds. As stated in the press release, Rhodes is experiencing "axial compression of the cervical spine, as well as a cervical strain with spasm."