One of the biggest surprises of the WWE Crown Jewel event was Brock Lesnar winning the Universal Championship. Many fans (including myself) thought that Braun Strowman was a lock to walk out with the vacant Title. WWE decided to put the belt back on Lesnar.
Crown Jewel left many fans wondering why WWE hasn’t pulled the trigger on a Braun Title run.
A rumor is making the rounds that Braun could have some backstage heat.
Mike Johnson provided some interesting details about Strowman on PWInsider Elite audio. Here is what he said (via WrestlingNews.co)
“One of the things that I heard from multiple people – we’re talking 4 different people. There are times where Strowman is negligent when it comes to showing up on time… He has a reputation at times for leaving a little early and sometimes he makes mistakes in terms of etiquette in the backstage in the locker room.
Sometimes, as one person put it, he’s his own worst enemy and his worst advocate. They would be high on him and just when he gets to the point where you would think the next step is putting him into the centerpiece position for the company [then] something happens and he makes some sort of misstep backstage and people within management kind of cool on him and they take a step back.”
If true, that would make sense why WWE put the belt back on Lesnar instead of Strowman. I was pretty certain that it was Strowman’s time to shine after Roman Reigns was forced to vacate the Title.
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