diff --git a/shell/components/formatter/InvolvedObjectLink.vue b/shell/components/formatter/InvolvedObjectLink.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0fbf90272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/components/formatter/InvolvedObjectLink.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<script>
+
+import LinkName from '@shell/components/formatter/LinkName.vue';
+import { NAME as EXPLORER } from '@shell/config/product/explorer';
+
+export default {
+  components: { LinkName },
+
+  props: {
+    value: {
+      type:     null,
+      required: true
+    },
+    product: {
+      type:    String,
+      default: EXPLORER,
+    }
+  },
+
+  computed: {
+    kind() {
+      const versionParts = this.value.apiVersion.split('/');
+
+      if (versionParts.length === 1) {
+        return this.value.kind.toLowerCase();
+      }
+
+      return `${ versionParts[0] }.${ this.value.kind.toLowerCase() }`;
+    }
+  }
+};
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <span v-if="value.kind && value.name">
+    <LinkName
+      :type="kind"
+      :value="`${value.kind} ${value.name}`"
+      :object-id="value.name"
+      :namespace="value.namespace"
+      :product="product"
+      :show-type="true"
+    />
+  </span>
+</template>
diff --git a/shell/components/formatter/LinkName.vue b/shell/components/formatter/LinkName.vue
index 01c913c86d..376ad83e1a 100644
--- a/shell/components/formatter/LinkName.vue
+++ b/shell/components/formatter/LinkName.vue
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ export default {
       default: '',
     },
 
+    objectId: {
+      type:    String,
+      default: '',
+    },
+
     product: {
       type:    String,
       default: EXPLORER,
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ export default {
       const params = {
         resource:  this.type,
         namespace: this.namespace,
-        id:        this.value,
+        id:        this.objectId ? this.objectId : this.value,
         product:   this.product || EXPLORER,
       };
 
diff --git a/shell/config/product/explorer.js b/shell/config/product/explorer.js
index c6aa245f95..1564564015 100644
--- a/shell/config/product/explorer.js
+++ b/shell/config/product/explorer.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   STORAGE_CLASS_PROVISIONER, PERSISTENT_VOLUME_SOURCE,
   HPA_REFERENCE, MIN_REPLICA, MAX_REPLICA, CURRENT_REPLICA,
   ACCESS_KEY, DESCRIPTION, EXPIRES, EXPIRY_STATE, SUB_TYPE, AGE_NORMAN, SCOPE_NORMAN, PERSISTENT_VOLUME_CLAIM, RECLAIM_POLICY, PV_REASON, WORKLOAD_HEALTH_SCALE, POD_RESTARTS,
-  DURATION, LAST_SEEN_TIME,
+  DURATION, MESSAGE, REASON, LAST_SEEN_TIME, EVENT_TYPE, OBJECT,
 } from '@shell/config/table-headers';
 
 import { DSL } from '@shell/store/type-map';
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export function init(store) {
   ]);
   headers(INGRESS, [STATE, NAME_COL, NAMESPACE_COL, INGRESS_TARGET, INGRESS_DEFAULT_BACKEND, INGRESS_CLASS, AGE]);
   headers(SERVICE, [STATE, NAME_COL, NAMESPACE_COL, TARGET_PORT, SELECTOR, SPEC_TYPE, AGE]);
-  headers(EVENT, [STATE, { ...LAST_SEEN_TIME, defaultSort: true }, 'EventType', 'Reason', 'Object', 'Subobject', 'Source', 'Message', 'First Seen', 'Count', 'Name', 'Namespace']);
+  headers(EVENT, [STATE, { ...LAST_SEEN_TIME, defaultSort: true }, EVENT_TYPE, REASON, OBJECT, 'Subobject', 'Source', MESSAGE, 'First Seen', 'Count', NAME_COL, NAMESPACE_COL]);
   headers(HPA, [STATE, NAME_COL, HPA_REFERENCE, MIN_REPLICA, MAX_REPLICA, CURRENT_REPLICA, AGE]);
   headers(WORKLOAD, [STATE, NAME_COL, NAMESPACE_COL, TYPE, WORKLOAD_IMAGES, WORKLOAD_ENDPOINTS, POD_RESTARTS, AGE, WORKLOAD_HEALTH_SCALE]);
   headers(WORKLOAD_TYPES.DEPLOYMENT, [STATE, NAME_COL, NAMESPACE_COL, WORKLOAD_IMAGES, WORKLOAD_ENDPOINTS, 'Ready', 'Up-to-date', 'Available', POD_RESTARTS, AGE, WORKLOAD_HEALTH_SCALE]);
diff --git a/shell/config/table-headers.js b/shell/config/table-headers.js
index 543ed88484..0fcecc0da8 100644
--- a/shell/config/table-headers.js
+++ b/shell/config/table-headers.js
@@ -481,6 +481,14 @@ export const REASON = {
   value:    'reason',
   sort:     ['reason']
 };
+export const OBJECT = {
+  name:          'object',
+  labelKey:      'tableHeaders.object',
+  value:         'involvedObject',
+  sort:          ['involvedObject.kind', 'involvedObject.name'],
+  canBeVariable: true,
+  formatter:     'InvolvedObjectLink',
+};
 export const RECLAIM_POLICY = {
   name:     'reclaimPolicy',
   labelKey: 'tableHeaders.reclaimPolicy',
diff --git a/shell/pages/c/_cluster/explorer/EventsTable.vue b/shell/pages/c/_cluster/explorer/EventsTable.vue
index cdc43290d4..9555e19caf 100644
--- a/shell/pages/c/_cluster/explorer/EventsTable.vue
+++ b/shell/pages/c/_cluster/explorer/EventsTable.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script>
 
 import SortableTable from '@shell/components/SortableTable';
-import { REASON } from '@shell/config/table-headers';
+import { MESSAGE, NAME, OBJECT, REASON } from '@shell/config/table-headers';
 import { EVENT } from '@shell/config/types';
 import { fetchClusterResources } from './explorer-utils';
 
@@ -21,14 +21,9 @@ export default {
 
     const eventHeaders = [
       reason,
-      {
-        name:          'resource',
-        label:         'Resource',
-        labelKey:      'clusterIndexPage.sections.events.resource.label',
-        value:         'displayInvolvedObject',
-        sort:          ['involvedObject.kind', 'involvedObject.name'],
-        canBeVariable: true,
-      },
+      OBJECT,
+      MESSAGE,
+      NAME,
       {
         name:        'date',
         label:       'Date',
@@ -61,14 +56,5 @@ export default {
     :paging="true"
     :rows-per-page="10"
     default-sort-by="date"
-  >
-    <template #cell:resource="{row, value}">
-      <n-link :to="row.detailLocation">
-        {{ value }}
-      </n-link>
-      <div v-if="row.message">
-        {{ row.displayMessage }}
-      </div>
-    </template>
-  </SortableTable>
+  />
 </template>