Before Braun Strowman was the “Monster Among Men”, he served as one of Adam Rose’s ‘Rosebuds’. These were the men and women who dressed up in costumes for Rose’s matches, similar to No Way Jose’s conga line.
Braun was recently a guest on the Notsam Wrestling podcast and spoke about the experience of being a Rosebud. Specifically, he revealed how Vince McMahon reacted when he saw him as one.
Here is what Braun said (h/t to Sportskeeda for the quotes below):
“The only reason Vince McMahon ever knew who I was [and] ever saw me was because I was a Rosebud. That’s how Vince saw me. He goes, ‘Who is that and why the f*** is he doing that?’”
Strowman also spoke more about the experience of being a Rosebud:
“It was an opportunity they gave me and I gave it everything I had. I was over-the-top and that’s probably why I stuck out. The crazy thing, it really dawned on me recently, while we’re on the Rosebud gimmick talk, how many Rosebuds are just absolutely killing it now in this industry?!”
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