#3 Braun Strowman
How in the world has Braun Strowman gone from one of the favourites to win the Royal Rumble and an unstoppable juggernaut to a guy who had nothing going for him at WrestleMania until the last minute, where he was more of a footnote in a pre-show match than anything else?
At the very least, Strowman should have walked out of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal as the dominant victor but even that would have felt like a step down from what he had been previously built up to be.
Instead, his rushed appearance was made to feel even less significant when he was tossed out midway through the match—a match, mind you, that Jinder Mahal of all people was a finalist in.
Now, it appears WWE’s game plan is to feed Strowman to Roman Reigns as the main event of Payback since Brock Lesnar will do his usual thing by holding the Universal Championship hostage for the majority of the year, and we won’t see him again until SummerSlam at the earliest.
This is nothing but bad news for Strowman, who needs to get back on track as a beast. He shouldn’t be someone WWE built up just to be sacrificed to Reigns, as someone nicknamed The Guy certainly doesn’t need to belittle The Monster Among Men repeatedly to prove a point.
We all know Reigns is main event material. It’s been well established for years. Strowman, on the other hand, has the potential to do just the same if WWE doesn’t kill all his momentum, which is the direction he seems to be heading.
Even though he used to wear a sheep mask, Strowman can’t be treated as a sacrificial lamb—he should be the one doing the slaughtering.
