Braun Strowman has quickly ascended into one of the biggest stars in WWE at the moment. Braun signed with WWE in 2013 after a successful career as a strongman. After only a handful of matches under his belt, he made his debut on WWE television as a member of the Wyatt Family.
Braun was recently interviewed by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (h/t to StillRealToUs for the transcript). During the interview, he spoke about some resentment from the WWE locker room about his push.
Here is what Braun said:
“Yeah, there was a little bit of animosity, I could tell. But, you know, this is a great place. It’s a great company to work for. And I won everyone over because of how hard I worked, putting my body on the line and doing everything I can to get better — listening, watching other matches, watching the whole entire show.”
At first, yes there were some of those guys who had been working years and years and years just to get here. But it’s not like I didn’t put in my time and pay my dues to get here. I traveled around the world competing in strongman contests, paying my way to do all that on my own dime for years. And then I had an opportunity when WWE saw me at The World’s Strongest Man. We talked, exchanged information.”
While saying that, Braun says that he has worked his tail off to get to where he is:
“I went down and had a trial and earned a spot in the developmental program down at the Performance Center and worked my tail off down there, earned a spot on NXT, got called up, and continued to work hard and get to where we’re at now.”
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