Was Braun Strowman Any Good Before I Started Watching Him??

[Metal Face]

He ruled in 2016/2017

we not finna act like ya'll in here ain't fukk with him heavy then

All went downhill when he lost to Brock at No Mercy 2017 with 1 finisher

 

[DANJ!]

He was never good Roman made him look serviceable all the fake outrage needs to stop

He was always destined to be a decent big guy that they could always use if they needed him to be a "threat" but I don't know why anybody thought he was ever gonna be the face of the company or THE guy when you can look at almost any era in WWE and see how 'giant' wrestlers are utilized. They might win a title here or there, do some big matches, get used for some celeb stuff... but they're rarely the one that Vince has as the flagship star.

If he was really being paid 1.2 million a year, he stole a lotta money... I don't know if anything specifically led to the release but if they looked at what they were paying him and measured it up against whether he was worth paying that much... That's the kinda money they were paying Cena and Taker 10 years ago or so... Strowman was never THAT guy.

 

[Wacky D]

people keep talking about him being a big monster, but hes really not THAT big, he just moves slow like hes taller & wider.

i'm skeptical about some of this,

 

[BlackAchilles]

His only good run was the feud w/Rome IMO

 

[Wacky D]

I remember it clearly Braun was literally destroying the buildings, wrecking vehicles, squashing people never took an L. He looked like a legit monster and was decent in ring for a big guy. And then Roman Reigns was injected into his title pursuit against Lesnar. It really soured things up for what was a legit buzz worthy title match for WWE. The book was then turned to complete fukkery, and they actually turned him heel when he was still mad over. And THEN, He would lose to Lesnar in a squash match. From that point on, he was no longer monster.

were his signature moves always a super outdated powerslam, and him running around outside the ring in slow motion until he applied a winded shoulderblock??

 

[julesocean]

people keep talking about him being a big monster, but hes really not THAT big, he just moves slow like hes taller & wider.

i'm skeptical about some of this,

You will be hard pressed to find a guy that is both tall and beefy. Now think of other people that have this build. Big Show is the obvious example. In his prime he had about the same movement speed as Braun. And think about all the tall or big dudes who were like Show or Braun that just couldn't move AT ALL compared.

were his signature moves always a super outdated powerslam, and him running around outside the ring in slow motion until he applied a winded shoulderblock??

The powerslam worked for him, he didn't need anything flashy, any type of slam from a big dude look like it hurt. It's safe, and allows him to show off his strength, as he could hit on anyone (that I saw). Well his running tackle was legit at first, not many big men can even run, so it's something to show off a big of athletics, but of course WWE turned it corny by making it a signature, where he had to hype it up, then even cornier where he had to do a full lap of the ring to hit it, and the final straw was the choo choo sound effect.

I bet if you ask any big man wrestlers they would say Braun is great. But everything lose it's shine when you don't protect the gimmick. He was an absolute joke by his final days booking and gimmick wise, and I can't get mad if people think he was trash now.

 

[Wacky D]

i didnt realize he was that big, he doesnt look much bigger than brock.

i wasnt around for when he fought people like kane & big show.

 

[methodz]

He was a trash talent, a trash human being that only fit in within a company where trash talent was pushed and appreciated. He's done.

 

[Microfracture]

Short answer is no but they did miss the boat on his push the first time

 

[El Cocodrilo]

He had a good run for being in the WWE

For a moment it seemed cokeboy liked him more than Roman, maybe he was just using him to motivate Roman

 

[Leonard Washington]

The I'm not finished with you run was fun. The crowd always pops for him no matter what

 

[Chris Cool]

Naw. Trash like the rest of the Wyatt family. He was over though do to size and them actually treating him like a monster.

 

[mattw1313]

He was legit in 2017

He officially became a joke after what brock did to him at summerslam 2018

this. I got back into wrestling at the beginning of that year, gradually.

summerslam was the first ppv I was hyped for, and specifically for Braun to cash that shyt in. genuinely hyped when that music hit.

I can't think of a conscious moment when I went from that to 'man get this fukking dude off my tv', but the way they did him on that show was the subconscious beginning of it.

 

[R=G]

A few years ago, you could argue and it would of made sense to give him the belt but they kept choosing to put Lesnar over him and that's that.

 

[Rell84shots]

He wasn't necessarily good but he was just over, and the bigger problem is that his body is breaking down and people have moved on.