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Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were a professional wrestling tag team. They are both signed to WWE.

The team originated in 2007 in Ring of Honor (ROH), where Zayn portrayed the luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler) El Generico and Owens wrestled under his real name, Kevin Steen. Nicknamed "Steenerico" by fans, the duo won the ROH World Tag Team Championship in 2008. They also teamed up on the independent circuit, most notably in Pro Wrestling Guerilla (PWG), holding PWG World Tag Team Championship twice. Zayn and Owens signed with WWE in 2013 and 2014, respectively, and have since remained in the company, feuding or teaming up several times over the course of their careers in WWE; in the main event of WrestleMania 39 - Night 1, they won the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.

Kevin Steen and El Generico debuted in Ring of Honor as a team losing to the Briscoe Brothers on February 17, 2007. On April 14, Mark Briscoe returned in the middle of the match between his brother Jay and Erick Stevens against Steen and Generico; Mark was beaten up by the duo and was pinned by Steen. On May 11, Steen (as a heel) and Generico (as a face) defeated Jason Blade and Eddie Edwards.

At Respect is Earned in a dark match, Steen and Generico defeated The Irish Airborne (Jake Crist and Dave Crist), Pelle Primeau and Mitch Franklin and Jimmy Rave and Adam Pearce with Shane Hagadorn in a Tag Team Scramble match. That same night, Steen and Generico brawled with the Briscoe Brothers, ending with Mark Briscoe suffering a mild concussion from a steel chair shot. At Driven, the Briscoe Brothers defeated Steen and Generico to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Steen and Generico then suffered losses to the Briscoes at Caged Rage in a Steel Cage match, at Manhattan Mayhem II in a two out of three falls match and at Man Up in a ladder match. Their only tag team win over the Briscoes was at Death Before Dishonor V Night 1 in a non title Boston Street Fight.

On June 6, 2008, Steen and Generico participated in the one night tournament to crown new ROH World Tag Team Champions. They defeated Go Shiozaki and ROH World Champion Nigel McGuiness in the first round and Chris Hero and Pearce in the second round before losing to Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black in the finals. On September 19, Steen and Generico defeated Jacobs and Black to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship. They later lost the Championship to The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards).

On December 19, 2009, at Final Battle 2009, ROH's first live pay-per-view, after a loss to The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), Steen turned heel by attacking Generico. Steen and Generico's feud ended a year later on December 18, 2010, at Final Battle 2010, where Generico defeated Steen in an unsanctioned Fight Without Honor match, where he put his mask on the line against Steen's Ring of Honor career.

December 16, 2012 marked the final battle between Steen and Generico in Ring of Honor. At Final Battle 2012, the fourth Ladder War match took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. What ended up being Generico's final match in Ring of Honor, Generico came up short against Steen after Steen hit the package piledriver on a ladder contraption built throughout the match by both competitors.

On July 29, 2007, at Giant Size Annual #4, Generico and Steen defeated Pac and Roderick Strong to become the PWG World Tag Team Champions for the first time. They successfully defended the belts for almost three months, losing them to the team of Davey Richards and Super Dragon on October 27 in England as part of PWG's European Vacation II tour. The next night, Steen teamed with Pac in an attempt to regain the belts from Richards and Dragon, announcing pre-match that if he lost, he would leave the company indefinitely. He was unable to win the bout.

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