Rumor: WWE Bringing Back Former Universal Champion
WWEhas seen a myriad of changes ever since Vince McMahon was canned under dubious circumstances and there’ve been quite a lot of changes made under Triple H, the new head of creative for the whole show. The latest shake up to hit the sport is the rumor that Braun Strowman, the former WWE Universal Champion is returning to WWE.
This report, sure to whet the appetites of wrestling fans everywhere, comes from the team over at PWInsider.com, who are among the first to break the story of the champ’s return to the ring, confirmed from multiple WWE sources who say Strowman will appear at Monday’s WWE Raw in Kansas City.
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When he first started out, Strowman was being groomed for stardom by Vince McMahan himself in the way, way back of 2013, trying to sculpt another star champion to line the hallowed halls of the WWE. Enter Braun Strowman (real name Adam Scherr), a former strongman competition who first wrestled with the Wyatt Family and was managed right down to the ground. The guy couldn’t sell for anyone without getting say-so from the top down, and the same went for what kind of bumps he was allowed to take, all as part of the process of making the next megastar.
Getting drafted to WWE Raw in 2016, Strowman’s job for audiences became a monster singles competitor, taking on one, two, three guys at once and dusting them all during the course of a match. A longstanding feud with Roman Reigns developed but it was WWE’s strange pulling away that almost felt like a betrayal. He’d take home the Money in the Bank briefcase and become the big winner of the first Greatest Royal Rumble, but whenever the time came for Strowman to claim the title in a scheduled match, word from management
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