Braun Strowman has tried a few times to capture a major championship over the last few years, and he finally did it when he defeated Goldberg to become the new Universal Champion at WrestleMania 36.
Originally Roman Reigns was set to face Goldberg for the title at WrestleMania, but after Reigns pulled out of the event WWE was forced to make some last minute changes.
Strowman opened up about his crazy travel schedule during an interview with Super Sport, and he noted that he found out about the match with Goldberg after making a 21 hour drive to Wisconsin.
“I have some land up in Wisconsin, I have 80 acres out in the middle of nowhere, I think there are 400 people in the whole town. I thought ‘if I’m going to be on lock down, I’d rather it was out in the middle of nowhere’ so I loaded up my things in my car and drove 21 hours to Wisconsin. I got 1 hour away from my property in Wisconsin and I got a phone call from the Chairman of WWE saying there has been some last-minute changes… we need you; we’re sending a jet, it lands at 9pm. So, I made it to Wisconsin long enough to grab a quick bite of dinner… and headed to the regional county airport and jumped on a four-seater jet. It reminded that you have to be on 24-hours a day because – you never know. Kudos to our team for making it happen and getting me back to Florida, then returned back in a 24-hour period with minimal contact with other human beings. Kudos to the company for getting me down there and making it happen.”
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