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So Braun Strowman's Push Was Just To Feed Reigns A Good Opponent.

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#1 · (Edited)
That's pretty encouraging knowing nothing has changed in the business of wwe. it's all about feeding the top dog credible opponents. never mind their careers long term. it's all about vince's current male fling. just the bray wyatt career model.

maybe if strowman sticks around long enough and jobs long enough at the end of several feuds he'll get to be champion just cuz there is no other option creatively speaking. so fucking sad this system vince has created. he's the king yet his system is broken.
 
#14 · (Edited)
If anyone thinks Strowman is getting "fed" to anyone you're mad. Even Vince can see his has something special in this man surely. Both he and Reigns will benefit from Fastlane and go into Mania looking strong.
You don't know how many times I've heard this type of thing over the years. And you know what happens? WWE always manages to do the exact opoosite of what they logically should. If Braun loses clean don't be surprised.
 
#10 ·
If its not happening at fast lane then at some point in late 2017

Remember khali?
He looked strong against everybody on smackdown in 2006.
In 2007 he jobbed to cena twice in a row.
The history just tells it all.

Roman > Roster
Its just a matter of time untill strowman being fed to roman. They allready fed the half roster to this goon. If they are planing with taker putting over roman then you can be fuckin sure that vince plans strowman vs roman where strowman puts roman over (which will fail everytime there is no escape)
The current tag team champs looked in the past 2 weeks like fucking jokes like jobbers like goons.
Why should i follow the raw tag team divison now when the champs look more weak than owens ever looked?
(you wont see this on smackdown no way the current sd tag team champs american alpha would be fed to orton cena or styles thats why most of the guys here WANT nxt tag teams and superstars on SMACKDOWN because they wont be fed to a talentless failed superheros.
Its just bad being in the same roster with roman)
 
#16 ·
We don't know that yet, but if true why are people surprised? This has been happening for years. Vince builds up a monster wrestler to only lose to their top guy. Then come next year that monster wrestler is in comedy skits. The same thing will happen to Strowman. Bank On It
 
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#20 ·
I really don't know what to expect. Reigns has taken some losses. It's not like a year ago. A year ago I'd be right on board the train with those assuming Braun will just be fed to him. I think the company is far higher on Braun than they are on Rusev so I can't see a repeat of the lopsided feud with Reigns just dominating.
 
#21 · (Edited)
Jesus fucking Christ. Who actually thinks this match will have a conclusive finish? This will be what people will bitch about the night after Fastlane (or later in the night for those who can't help themselves):

"UGH! WWE PROTECTS REIGNS AGAINST BRAUN!"

Taker will most likely distract Reigns which leads to a win for Braun. I'm guessing the bell tolls and Reigns turns around to get hit with a running powerslam. In my opinion WWE should just have Reigns lose clean to Braun, People seem adamant that Reigns NEEDS to lose clean to Braun. Whatever it's fine. Reigns can lose clean and it won't hurt him. Same with Cena. It's not because of how WWE books them; it's because of the aura they created with themselves.
 
#58 ·
Yeah right, if Roman didn't come in and and run roughshod with a stable and then by himself he wouldn't have shit for an "aura". He's had over 4 years of the strongest booking possible. I'd like to see an alternate history where he got booked like Ziggler and what his aura would be like.
 
#24 ·
I'm hoping the booking and the reaction from the crowds changes their minds but it has a definite Hogan feel to it where they build a guy up and have the "good guy" (Reigns) put him firmly in his place.

If Reigns is fighting Taker at WM there is no way they will have Braun beat him, i cool swerve would be to have Braun win and give him Undertaker instead. The crowd reacted to Big Show vs Strowman which i thought was decent and no more so by using that logic they would freak for Taker vs Strowman squaring up to each other.
 
#25 ·
This is what they should do:

Reigns is in the corner setting up for the spear. He does his taunt but we hear Taker's bell toll. Reigns glances at the entrance then quickly charges Braun only for Braun to catch him in the powerslam for the win. Surely that would be good enough for most, right?
 
#26 ·
Reigns is about to face The Undertaker at Wrestlemania (and for all we know, possibly win); Explain why he shouldn't defeat Strowman. He could certainly use the bump in credibility going into that match, and it's hardly gonna do irreversible damage to Strowman if he loses; He's a 6'8, 385 pound man of immense strength and power, and it would take him all of one night to restore any credibility that was 'lost', especially if they book it so that Roman has to pull out multiple spears and superman punches just to put him away.

Regardless, they'll probably end up producing a finish that protects both guys - I.E. Reigns looks like he has Strowman beat but the referee is unconscious, and by the time he wakes up, the match falls into total chaos and ends in a double countout or double disqualification. Reigns ends up spearing Braun through the barricade or something and stands tall over him, thus making him look like the dominant male that night while also allowing Strowman to avoid taking an actual loss.
 
#27 ·
Reigns is about to face The Undertaker at Wrestlemania (and for all we know, possibly win); Explain why he shouldn't defeat Strowman. He could certainly use the bump in credibility going into that match, and it's hardly gonna do irreversible damage to Strowman if he loses; He's a 6'8, 385 pound man of immense strength and power, and it would take him all of one night to restore any credibility that was 'lost', especially if they book it so that Roman has to pull out multiple spears and superman punches just to put him away.

Regardless, they'll probably end up producing a finish that protects both guys - I.E. Reigns looks like he has Strowman beat but the referee is unconscious, and by the time he wakes up, the match falls into total chaos and ends in a double countout or double disqualification. Reigns ends up spearing Braun through the barricade or something and stands tall over him, thus making him look like the dominant male that night while also allowing Strowman to avoid taking an actual loss.
Are you kidding me? Right now Braun is #1 in the pecking order for the vocal fans. He's more liked at the moment than AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Cesaro. People want him pushed to the moon. Having Reigns go over Braun would only make sense if WWE was planning to turn Reigns heel at WM because he would get an insane amount of hate for beating the IWC's new golden boy. WWE should have Braun go over Reigns at Fastlane. Give him a big WM moment/win. Then at Summerslam have him DESTROY Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship. At WM 34 he can drop the title to the guy that the vocal fans pick as "their next guy." It could be Nakamura, Cesaro, Styles, or someone else.
 
#28 · (Edited)
Just sucks that once again WWE is far too predictable in building up a monster for the sole purpose of feeding him to an overpushed superface. It's not like Reigns needs the rub or the credibility boost to face Old Taker.

Side note, Braun is what Reigns could have been if he was booked better. Just a badass asskicker.
 
#29 ·
Just sucks that once again WWE is far too predictable in building up a monster for the sole purpose of feeding him to an overpushed superface. It's not like Reigns needs the rub or the credibility boost to face Old Taker.

Side note, Braun is what Reigns could have been if he was booked better. Just a badass asskicker.
See this is ideal for the male fans. But would a badass asskicker be a good way for him to appeal to kids? Because Reigns is OVER with the young kids, females and families. This is the issue that WWE had to deal with regarding the fans: the reason why fans liked him in The Shield wasn't going to be effective in having him appeal to the "casual" demographic.

Reigns is a failure when it comes to the 18-34 demographic. But he's a major success with the demographic that the 18-34 one doesn't really acknowledge.
 
#30 ·
Strowman's push reminds me a lot of Rusev's push in 2014 - 2015. Strowman has even gone through Mark Henry and Big Show back-to-back, just as Rusev did in September 2014 - October 2014.

We all know what happened to Rusev once he lost his first match to Cena at 'Mania ...
 
#35 ·
All of their house show matches have been ending in DQ and Strowman has stood tall in every encounter since the night after the Royal Rumble. Yes, it's a recipe for a Reigns win...but I don't think that's going to happen. They saved the Rusev defeat for Wrestlemania, why not Strowman? This match will more than likely end in a way that protects both men, so don't expect a clean loss either way.
 
#38 ·
Wait, OP only just realised/found out that Strowman's push was so that Roman could beat him?

Only way Strowman doesn't lose at FL is if there's an angle there to set up Roman/Taker, or, if 'Taker's condition is significant enough, they may book some kind of no contest or dodgy Strowman win and have Roman face Strowman again at 'Mania.
 
#40 ·
I've had a lot of "I'm done watching RAW" moments since the roster split. But I swear, if Braun has to put over Roman Reigns, then I am officially done watching Raw and I'll focus on Smackdown. Roman is a failure in his current role, how they can't come to grips with that is beyond me. And until they do, everyone around him on RAW is going to suffer for it. When a company prioritizes one guy as much as they do him, they end up handcuffing themselves into making other very talented people look weak.
 
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