5 Top WWE Superstars who once had enormous backstage heat

#1 Braun Strowman

MONSTER among CHAMPIONS.@BraunStrowman defeats @Goldberg to become the NEW #UniversalChampion! #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/Lwq3yBJdb5

— WWE (@WWE) April 5, 2020

The current WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman has had a great year so far. While he was always a top guy in WWE ever since breaking away from the Wyatt Family, 2020 has proven to be a great year for the Monster Among Men who won his first world title by defeating Goldberg at WrestleMania 36.

Braun Strowman was in the title picture for a long time but was unable to get his hands (no pun intended) on the Championship. According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, Strowman had heat in WWE because of his backstage etiquette, often showing up late for shows.

“One of the things that I heard from multiple people – we’re talking 4 different people. There are times where Strowman is negligent when it comes to showing up on time,” Johnson said. He added “He has a reputation at times for leaving a little early and sometimes he makes mistakes in terms of etiquette in the backstage in the locker room. Sometimes, as one person put it, he’s his own worst enemy and his worst advocate. They would be high on him and just when he gets to the point where you would think the next step is putting him into the centerpiece position for the company [then] something happens and he makes some sort of misstep backstage and people within management kind of cool on him and they take a step back.” (h/t WrestlingNews.co)

Can’t believe it’s been 7 years already!!!! @wwe #Blessed pic.twitter.com/M1FSoDgdHr

— Braun Strowman (@BraunStrowman) July 7, 2020

Braun Strowman looks to have learned from his mistakes as WWE has been high on him for some time now, with him first having a run with the Intercontinental Championship, and now being the current WWE Universal Champion.