The road to the Universal Title
Let’s be honest here; Braun Strowman isn’t going to be winning the Universal Championship anytime soon. Not at the next pay-per-view, not at SummerSlam – maybe never.
But he will be a top contender for the title this summer. In fact, he is probably going to be the big challenger that WWE rears up to feed to Lesnar at SummerSlam this year in Brooklyn.
On the way to SummerSlam, Braun is going to go back to running roughshod over the RAW roster.
He will have his final match with Roman Reigns later this month at Payback. After that, WWE might find themselves going back to the tried-and-true formula that gets Strowman riled up. Local talent.
The Abominable Strowman can spend a few weeks beating up 2 or 3 “local wrestlers” at a time until he gets upset at the new General Manager Kurt Angle and once again demands to be put in the ring with real competition, or else.
They can’t have Sami Zayn step up to him, but they have to find somebody credible enough, and big enough, but also expendable enough, to pose a challenge. I’d use Kane. The Big Red Machine is likely going to come back eventually for one final run, and why not use it to give Braun Strowman a solid victory?
He can defeat Kane once in a regular match and destroy him afterwards, leading to a second match with some sort of gimmick attached to it, putting the final nails into Kane’s coffin, and maybe even his career.
Heck, they could even do a casket match if they want to make the point really clear cut.
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