5 potential back-up plans for Braun Strowman in his feud against The Shield

On the Raw after Summerslam, WWE shocked the fans when Braun Strowman’s Money in the Bank cash-in attempt was interrupted by Roman Reigns’ Shield brothers, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose.

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Now, it’s unclear whether The Shield reunion was just a one-night special or will it be a full-time thing for a few months before Dean Ambrose will turns heel on either Reigns or Rollins according to the rumours.

Nobody was expecting a Shield reunion at this point but now that we did get one, it’s too soon to predict where the WWE might head now with this story-line. We can probably see a Team Shield vs. Team Strowman match at Survivor Series.

If The Shield remains as a group and feuds with Braun Strowman, then the Monster Among Men would most certainly need backup. Now, Strowman may not look like a team-player but desperate times require desperate measures.

Now, it’s unclear whether anyone’s a heel in this feud or this feud is beyond the heel/face dynamic but the story-line definitely has us invested in it.

Here, we will discuss five potential teams/superstars who might help Braun Strowman in evening the odds against the Hounds of Justice.

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#5 The Authors of Pain

Breaking free from Paul Ellering has hurt The Authors of Pain on main-roster

Ever since arriving on the main roster, The Authors of Pain haven’t done anything special. They are still directionless and need a solid story-line to establish their dominance as they did in NXT.

The Tag Team title picture is still crowded with the B-Team feuding with The Revival. If Authors of Pain could somehow align themselves with Strowman to feud with The Shield, they would be a part of an intense story-line which would help them get the chance to showcase their potential both as a team and as individual performers.

Being involved in such a high profile feud would also allow Authors of Pain to connect with the WWE Universe as right now, their forgettable feuds isn’t allowing them to be either cheered or booed by the fans.

#4 Bobby Lashley

Bobby Lashley hasn't done anything special since returning to WWE in April.

Bobby Lashley made his return to WWE this year. Since returning to WWE, Bobby Lashley hasn’t been a part of a proper story-line.

The only thing worth remembering about his current run is his short feud with Reigns in July. Lashley wasn’t even a part of Summerslam this year.

Now if you may remember, Lashley used to occasionally team up with Strowman in April and May. A short-lasting re-union is likely at this point.

Teaming up with Strowman would allow Lashley to be involved in a main-event story-line and could also put him in the title picture and Lashley might be one of the few superstars who could be trusted by Strowman.

#3 Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler

Ziggler and McIntyre are currently advertised to face Rollins and Ambrose at Hell in a Cell

If the team of Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler doesn’t break up in the following weeks, then there’s a strong chance that we haven’t seen the last of their feud with Ambrose and Rollins.

Although it’s unlikely that Strowman would team-up with Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler as the duo are two of the top heels in WWE right now and from the storyline perspective, they can’t be trusted.

But if Strowman wants to win the Universal title, then he needs to pull out all the stops to battle The Shield and if it requires that he should put his differences with Drew and Dolph aside, then he must put his differences with them aside and focus on Reigns while Ziggler and Drew would take care of Ambrose and Rollins.

#2 Finn Balor

Finn Balor is supposed to enter a title picture soon.

Ever since returning from injury in 2017, Finn Balor has been wasted. He has become more of a glorified jobber than an upper mid-card player. Finn Balor has hardly found himself as a part of interesting story-lines lately.

According to Kurt Angle, Balor wasn’t being pushed properly because the company wanted to test if he was durable and now when they are sure of it, a push for Balor seems likely and a title run seems imminent.

Now, Balor lost clean to Roman Reigns on Raw this week but there’s another title holder within The Shield and that is the Kingslayer, Seth Rollins who won the Intercontinental Championship from Dolph Ziggler at Summerslam.

If Balor aligns with Strowman, he could go for the Intercontinental Championship and at the same time, would help Strowman in his fight against the Hounds of Justice.

Strowman and Balor have teamed up multiple times in the past so a Demon/Monster team-up would make sense.

#1 Lars Sullivan

Lars Sullivan and Braun Strowman were a part of a tag-team once.

Don’t count Braun’s former partner out just yet. Lars Sullivan is currently a part of the NXT roster and is a potential suspect in the Attack on Aleister Black Mystery.

If he turns out to be the attacker, then he would most likely stay with NXT for some time but if he isn’t the attacker, then there’s no point in him staying there.

Sullivan looks more like a main-roster talent than an NXT talent and apart from being in a lot of squash matches and feuding with Aleister Black, he hasn’t done anything special and it looks like it’s his time to get called up.

If he gets called up, a potential story-line would be him coming to the aid of his former partner Strowman in his feud with The Shield.

Sullivan is a beast himself, often referred to as “The Freak”. If he indeed makes his main-roster debut through this story-line and teams up with Strowman, then overcoming this team would be the most difficult task for The Shield.