Kevin's Heaven

A moment from 2017 as Kevin and Sami began a new chapter of their story.

After Sami saves Kevin at Hell in a Cell in 2017, Kevin announces to the fans that they are now all officially in “Kevin’s Heaven,” and invites Sami out to talk about his change in attitude. It’s a fascinating promo because while Kevin is clearly overjoyed that Sami has thrown in his lot with him, there are hints that Sami’s glee is… less heartfelt.

Wrestling stories, because they (of necessity) often intersect with other unfolding storylines, can end up developing a lot of details and sidetracks that obscure a particular arc. And while I hesitate to call Daniel Bryan’s return to wrestling a “sidetrack,” it was a fun challenge in this chapter to streamline the events down and focus on what happens specifically to Kevin and Sami’s relationship from October 2017 to about June 2018, and the ways in which “Kevin’s Heaven” slowly becomes something closer to Hell for him.