5 reasons why Braun Strowman isn't winning the WWE Universal title

One of the strangest cases in all of professional wrestling today is that of "The Monster Among Men" Braun Strowman.

The 35-year-old gigantic Superstar is a well-respected former professional strongman, who made his pro-wrestling debut at an NXT live event back in December of 2014. Since then, Strowman went on to perform as a part of The Wyatt Family, and subsequently became the only member of the group -- apart from its leader Bray Wyatt -- to find success as a singles performer in the WWE.

After running through most of his competition in 2016, Strowman gained a considerable amount of notoriety last year, as he, alongside Roman Reigns, were regarded as the two top Superstars of Monday Night RAW -- with Reigns having been an elite star since 2015, whereas Strowman truly broke through as a legitimate top-tier performer in 2017.

However, with Reigns already having captured and then vacated the WWE Universal Championship, due to his unfortunate battle with leukemia -- the WWE Universe is now a bit confused as to why the company hasn't booked Strowman to become Universal Champion yet.

With recent rumors regarding Strowman's backstage issues in WWE taking the professional wrestling world by storm, today, we also examine a few rather overlooked reasons why Braun Strowman isn't winning the WWE Universal Title!

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#5 Backstage issues

Braun Strowman seems to have gotten himself in trouble with management in WWE

The ongoing talk about Braun Strowman's push being halted by the WWE higher-ups due to a few backstage issues has undoubtedly come as a huge surprise to both fans and experts alike in the world of sports-entertainment. After all, Strowman has been training as a pro-wrestler since 2013, and has spent a decent amount of time in WWE without getting into any sort of trouble backstage...until now.

Here's what's so very interesting about Strowman's rumored problems behind the scenes in the WWE -- Despite the fact that he is incredibly popular with the WWE Universe, it's only logical that any performer who clashes with a company's management backstage, is bound to be restricted to a certain extent.

Let's face it, in a perfect world, Strowman would've won the Universal Title in early 2017 itself, when his popularity really skyrocketed! Well, that isn't the case, and the following WWE Superstar may be yet another big reason behind the WWE hesitating to push Strowman...

#4 Brock Lesnar's new contract with the WWE

Brock Lesnar is one of the biggest hurdles Braun Strowman faces in his path to the WWE Universal Championship

Dave Meltzer of MMAFighting.com recently revealed that Brock Lesnar "secretly" agreed to a new deal with the WWE. In fact, the belief is that after Roman Reigns' public announcement -- addressing his leukemia diagnosis and break from in-ring competition -- Lesnar and WWE are said to have reached a deal, whereby The Beast Incarnate will work multiple dates for the WWE.

However, perhaps the biggest detail which caught my eye in the aforementioned report, was that Lesnar's new WWE contract runs up to April of 2019, all the way to WrestleMania 35! Furthermore, Lesnar's UFC 235 fight on March 2nd, 2019, for Daniel Cormier's UFC Heavyweight Championship, is apparently unlikely to feature Lesnar, and may instead have Cormier's arch nemesis Jon Jones take Lesnar's spot in the fight.

What this means for us, the WWE Universe, is that Lesnar is probably set to be involved in the Universal Title picture in the months to come. Besides, with Lesnar just having successfully defended his Universal Championship against Strowman at Crown Jewel on November 2nd, the WWE is unlikely to have The Monster challenge The Beast anytime soon...

#3 Drew McIntyre's sudden rise to the top

Drew McIntyre has now become one of the top-tier Superstars on WWE's RAW brand

Back in 2014, Drew McIntyre parted ways with the WWE and seemed to be out of sight, and out of mind, when it came to most people in the WWE Universe. Regardless, the 6'5" young Scotsman meticulously hit the gym, and built himself up to the hulking "Scottish Psychopath" he is today.

The rest, as they say, is history -- McIntyre debuted on NXT in 2016, won the NXT Championship, battled an injury, and then was promoted to RAW earlier this year. McIntyre alongside his ally Dolph Ziggler has been a force to reckon with ever since.

In fact, the professional wrestling community have been quite excited over the past few weeks, after learning that McIntyre could perhaps face none other than Braun Strowman at WWE's TLC (Tables, Ladders & Chairs) PPV which takes place at the SAP Center in San Jose, California on December 16th. However, the WWE now seems to be planning to insert McIntyre in a feud with current Universal Champion Brock Lesnar -- a rivalry for the Universal Title!

Moreover, Strowman is now rumored to be facing Baron Corbin, and not McIntyre, at TLC. Well, frankly speaking, that's bad news for The Monster Among Men...

#2 Booking Braun Strowman with Baron Corbin

Booking Braun Strowman with Baron Corbin prevents the former from pursuing the WWE Universal Title

Alright, I must confess that I should have seen this one coming. When the WWE booked "Acting General Manager" of Monday Night RAW Baron Corbin to attack Braun Strowman with the Universal Title belt -- before Strowman's match against Brock Lesnar -- the company dropped a rather subtle hint about their potential plans for The Monster Among Men.

The WWE seems to be going ahead with a rivalry pitting Strowman against Corbin, and the angle which had Strowman hunting for Corbin throughout this week's episode of Monday Night RAW, solidifies our belief. Strowman is "not finished" with Corbin yet, and while that's all well and good in the storylines, it doesn't bode well for giant when you look at the bigger picture!

Let's be honest, guys, if you were Braun Strowman -- one of the WWE's top stars today -- would you pursue a relatively meaningless feud with Baron Corbin? Or would you rather fight Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship?

The answer is straightforward. Strowman wants the Universal Title, but the WWE booking him in a fruitless feud with Corbin, is simply preventing Strowman from getting his hands on the Universal Championship...

#1 Chaos after Roman Reigns unfortunately vacated the Universal Championship

Roman Reigns' departure had a butterfly effect on RAW's top storylines

It's a fact that certain sections of fans consider Braun Strowman to be a brute who cannot represent the WWE at corporate events -- Well, they simply couldn't be more wrong!

Strowman is actually incredibly well-spoken, and has represented WWE at several corporate and social events in the past. Additionally, I truly believed that the WWE had big plans for Strowman for the 2018 calendar year, however, after Roman Reigns had to unfortunately vacate the Universal Title due to the return of his disease; the WWE has to revamp the entire show -- changing up everything on the top end of Monday Night RAW.

It's in the chaos which followed Reigns' shocking announcement, that the company brought about several changes in the Universal Title picture on RAW.

Per general consensus, Lesnar "secretly" signing a new deal with the WWE, coupled with the ongoing chaos in RAW's storylines, is a sort of deadly combination that has adversely affected Strowman's standing in the Universal Championship picture.

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