Braun Strowman has come a long way over the past year. He went from being a member of The Wyatt Family to becoming one of the most dominant forces on Raw, but his push hasn’t felt forced.
Strowman is establishing himself as a force to be reckoned with, and although WWE might not get every push right, what they’re doing with Braun Strowman seems to be working at the moment. WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross praised WWE for how they’re handling Braun Strowman in his recent blog and he noted that he’s impressed with how he’s being built.
“Impressed regarding how WWE is building Braun Strowman especially the past 4 weeks. Strowman will get every opportunity to “get over” because his size combined with his agility can’t be manufactured. Plus, wrestling fans have always been willing to invest in a monster athlete especially one who is ‘protected’ when necessary and who is to focus of positive booking. WWE is doing all that and more for Strowman. Strowman cannot become a victim of 50/50 booking and WWE is going to have to be willing to make some creative sacrifices of some to accomplish the best end result with this massive talent who has a discernable upside.”
Braun Strowman isn’t the only star who has impressed Jim Ross as of late. He also had good things to say about Samoa Joe’s recent performances on Raw and suggested that WWE match Joe up with Brock Lesnar somewhere down the line.
“Same goes for one of my favorite talents in all of the biz, Samoa Joe, whose debut and subsequent appearance on RAW has been impressive. About now is when many fans will begin to second guess the booking because they can’t figure out where Joe is headed creatively. Hmm..how’s this? Goldberg vs Lesnar at WM33 for Universal Title, Lesnar wins, Lesnar is the Champ until he meets, gasp, Samoa Joe on a big stage for the title. Joe gets the duke. Case Closed. Builds to a Kevin Owens versus Samoa Joe rivalry around the title that could be epic.”
Samoa Joe had a good showing this week on Raw and he managed to score a win over Roman Reigns. It remains to be seen where Samoa Joe goes from here now that Seth Rollins is out of action, but judging from how he was featured on Raw WWE officials seem to be high on him.
As for Braun Strowman, The Monster Among Men will get his chance to settle the score with Roman Reigns when they face off at WWE Fastlane in March.
