A few weeks ago on Raw, Braun Strowman challenged Kevin Owens for the Universal Title in a singles match. Unfortunately for Braun he wasn’t able to win the title due to interference from Roman Reigns, and it sounds like he also got an earful from Vince McMahon that night.
Raw General Manager Mick Foley was recently a guest on Lilian Garcia’s “Making Their Way to the Ring” and he revealed that Vince McMahon was very unhappy with one of Braun Strowman’s promos, and he let Strowman know it.
“I was about to go out there a couple weeks ago, and I heard Braun Strowman say, I want a title shot. Mr. McMahon’s behind the curtain, at the board watching the monitor, and he goes, oh god, it’s not a title shot. I was thinking to myself, then what is it? That’s exactly what I would go to call it when I would go out there. You want a title shot? He’s like, it’s a title match. It’s a match! So if you ever wonder what it’s like to see a six-foot-eight, three hundred pound behemoth get chewed out, you should’ve been there.”
Braun Strowman truly is a “Monster Among Men” but it sounds like even he knows better than to cross the boss.
With stars such as Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn, Charlotte, Sasha Banks and more on the roster, Raw is loaded with talent right now. However, the buzz on social media seems to indicate that fans enjoy SmackDown more than Raw nowadays.
The Raw General Manager wasn’t afraid to talk about the lack of love that the show seems to be getting these days. In regards to what makes the two shows so different, Foley pointed the finger at Monday Night Raw’s third hour.
“Even though SmackDown has been kind of like the internet darling, I believe that if they had three hours instead of two they would find out that it’s tough to be a darling when you’ve got that massive three hour anchor around your neck.”
You can watch the full interview with Mick Foley below and you can also subscribe to Lilian Garcia’s “Making Their Way to the Ring” on iTunes by clicking here.
I miss Lillian. Title shot, titled match… come on!
Vince has some sort of mentality illness i believe, one minute he’s laughing and joking the next he’s kicking off over minor shit
Bring back Hulk Hogan. Let Hulkamania run wild on all of them. LOL
Roman has no charisma.Kevin Owens has no charisma. Chris Jericho is old and sad.
It should be telling to Vince that his new stars suck when people are clamoring for old stars like Samoa Joe, Rhyno, Bubba Ray and Devon, or even Goldberg to make appearances. Who writes these scripts? Probably a 12 year old.
I want a shot at the title. I want a title shot. FFS, Vince that’s the way people have referred to it forever. So he didn’t memorize the entire promo word for word….at least the man didn’t say I want a shot at your BELT…hell that probably would’ve brought VKM down to the ring (without warming up so he could tear his quads one more time, of course).
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