Braun Strowman: Destined for Battle Royals & Silly Segments

[The Heartbreak TWERK]

So like, why did Braun get the pin in the tag match tonight? He's not doing shit at Mania and supposedly Finn is. Finn should've gotten the finish in the match.

Please use Finn better. Thanks.

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Strowman's never been in a serious match at WM. At 32 he didn't wrestle, 33 he was in the ARMBAR, 34 he wrestled with a kid and now he's back to the ARMBAR. Dude's destined for not having a good WM match.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Because Strowman is going to be a REAL STAR feuding with the REAL CELEBRITIES who will surely get MAINSTREAM EXPOSURE FROM ENTERTAINMENT OUTLETS over his segments with REAL CELEBRITIES.

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They literally did a whole segment promoting a car toy, Braun's career is over basically.

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So the ATGMBR is gonna be full of SNL characters, right?

PLEASE?!

[Ben Wyatt]

Mar 19, 2019 7:10:40 GMT -5 @knapp said:

So the ATGMBR is gonna be full of SNL characters, right?

PLEASE?!

The mental image of Braun powerslamming a helpless Chris Kattan in full "Mango" attire made me laugh for a solid 3-4 minutes

[chronocross]

Wow, he went from main events with Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar to the Battle Royal on the preshow.

[Dub H]

Mar 19, 2019 8:23:53 GMT -5 chronocross said:

Wow, he went from main events with Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar to the Battle Royal on the preshow.

" why cant we make big stars?!" - WWE

[MrElijah]

Mar 19, 2019 7:10:40 GMT -5 @knapp said:

So the ATGMBR is gonna be full of SNL characters, right?

PLEASE?!

Sean Connery: Hey, Kalisto, I had a Lucha House Party with your mother last night! AHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Kevin Hamilton]

Braun is new Kane basically. A 'monster' they can feud with main guys but also lose a bunch and do nonsense.

If he has the longevity of Kane, it ain't a bad spot really.

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I would have done Shane McMahon vs Braun at WM. Shane always works great with big guys and a Hardcore match between the two could have been fun. You could have had Braun flip over Vince’s limo with him inside or something. Go on a complete rampage leading up to it.

I have no interest in Miz vs Shane... especially a Face Miz vs Shane.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

It's been impossible for me to care about Braun since they started focusing on him as a singles guy. You take a beast like him and proceed to make Sami Zayn, who towards the end of 2016 was turning into an afterthought, competitive against him, made him struggle against 2017 Big Show, and lose flukes to KALISTO of all people, and I'm supposed to buy him as being able to beat 2017 OP Roman Reigns, much less God Mode Sue Brock Lesnar? This honestly feels to me like this was inevitable after all their sincere yet hamfisted attempts to make him good.

[Sparkybob]

I am fine with him in this role really. He's a limited guy but the things he does well are fun. He's got himself a long career if he wants one.

[sunnytaker]

Mar 18, 2019 22:37:08 GMT -5 @kn said:

Strowman's never been in a serious match at WM. At 32 he didn't wrestle, 33 he was in the ARMBAR, 34 he wrestled with a kid and now he's back to the ARMBAR. Dude's destined for not having a good WM match.

hmm all these appearances of braun in the ARMBAR...

Jericho vs braun confirmed

[Prince Petty]

The problem for Strowman is, the WWE doesn't know how to present him as serious yet vulnerable. Like, he's either a comedy guy or a big, scary, monster. They don't have the writing ability to come up with anything that's outside those two archetypes.

Can he lose credibly to someone who is half his size? Not really, unless you factor in outside shenanigans. So a feud between a serious, babyface Strowman and a chickenshit heel who has a bunch of mooks to protect him could be great fun. Strowman spends weeks trying to get hold of this guy, but he keeps escaping, keeps weaselling out, pulling stunts to keep Strowman at bay. And then, in the end Strowman gets a match where, even with the aforesaid mooks interfering, the heel is finally caught.

But that requires more energy and staying power than I think anyone in WWE creative has.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

WWE ventures to the extremes with this man. He’s either OP or doing the Vince comedy segments

Not winning the title when Roman vacated it spoke a lot on how they see him as an attraction

[The Legend of Groose]

He's become The Big Show 2.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Mar 18, 2019 22:40:01 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Because Strowman is going to be a REAL STAR feuding with the REAL CELEBRITIES who will surely get MAINSTREAM EXPOSURE FROM ENTERTAINMENT OUTLETS over his segments with REAL CELEBRITIES.

Dude does have personality tho. He can f*** around and get the Nathan Jones type roles in movies and make a career of that

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

Mar 19, 2019 7:10:40 GMT -5 @knapp said:

So the ATGMBR is gonna be full of SNL characters, right?

PLEASE?!

Somehow, it's Strowman vs. a whole bunch of old, white politicians all played by Kate McKinnon, and then one dude played by Kenan Thompson.

The Kenan Thompson character wins, of course. If there's one thing we've learned, it's that Kenan Thompson stays around as long as he damn well pleases.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Mar 19, 2019 9:37:21 GMT -5 @negan said:

I would have done Shane McMahon vs Braun at WM. Shane always works great with big guys and a Hardcore match between the two could have been fun. You could have had Braun flip over Vince’s limo with him inside or something. Go on a complete rampage leading up to it.

I have no interest in Miz vs Shane... especially a Face Miz vs Shane.

I would be fine with this if Braun just killed Shane almost throughout. If Braun is the new Kane, book him like Kane. Shane could even win if he's cheap/cheats/uses weapons, but that match should mostly be Shane getting thrown down many, many flights of stairs by Braun.