WWE’s storyline update on Roman Reigns following last night’s brutal attack by Braun Strowman notes that he is suffering from internal injuries, cracked ribs and a possible separated shoulder. Reigns vs. Strowman should be announced soon for the Payback pay-per-view.
In the video below from a dark match at last night’s RAW, you can see Luke Harper injury his right knee at the 0.05 mark. Harper is in the corner punching away at Reigns when his right knee appeared to blow out. Bray Wyatt tagged into the match while Harper rolled to the outside. At the 2:50 mark, Harper is helped to the back by Wyatt and Strowman.
In the same video you can see at the 1.20 mark, Braun Strowman was attacked by a fan and Strowman alerted officials about it.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter via WrestlingINC
After lots of talk about Braun Strowman vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania 32, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the match is most likely not happening now.
According to The Observer, the current plan is for Strowman to compete in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and go on to get a major push as WWE’s new monster.
The idea is to build him to a feud with future WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and a potential pay-per-view match with Brock Lesnar. That match could happen at SummerSlam.
We noted before that there was talk of dropping the match due to fan backlash.
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I mentioned over the weekend that the planned Braun Strowman vs. The Undertaker singles match at WrestleMania 32 may have been nixed already. While several ideas for The Wyatt Family have been tossed around lately, Taker vs. Braun was penciled in as Vince McMahon was a big fan of doing the match and has taken an interest in building Strowman.
The online backlash in the first 24 hours after the Braun vs. Taker news broke may have changed WWE’s plans, according to PWInsider. A very well-placed source noted that the bad reaction to the match may have caught on within the company and the match may have been nixed within 24 hours of the news getting out. It should be noted that Vince is always changing plans and they could go back to Taker vs. Braun.
In regards to what the back-up plan for Taker would be, a source noted that those details had not trickled down to other sources yet and likely only a small circle of people were aware of exactly what those plans are. It was noted that Taker’s opponent at WrestleMania will likely be someone totally unexpected.
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As noted earlier this week, multiple sources reported The Undertaker vs. Braun Strowman and Brock Lesnar vs. Bray Wyatt matches currently penciled in for WrestleMania 32. Vince McMahon is high on Strowman and really wants to do the match with Taker.
Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Live today that it’s still unknown if The Undertaker has been asked to do the match and it’s assumed by some that Taker may say no.
It sounds like those two singles matches are currently the plan but other ideas are still being bounced around. It was noted by Alvarez that there’s also been talk of having Strowman in an Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal or having a multi-person match, possibly with The Undertaker, Kane and Big Show vs. Strowman, Erick Rowan and Luke Harper or some other combination.
Last night on Raw during the SummerSlam rematch of The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper) VS Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, a new member of The Wyatt Family appeared, a huge monster of a man wearing a black sheep mask, he took out Reigns and Ambrose.
Later in a video Bray introduced the mew member as Braun Strowman and referred to him as Sister Abigail’s black sheep.
Strowman (real name is Adam Scherr) won the 2012 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships. He made his NXT debut as Braun Stowman on December 19, 2014. Now on the WWE main roster he will called Braun Strowman with a r.
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