For a while I have been asking myself this question and I don't think any results on Raw have given us a clear indication, as of yet.
Braun Strowman is clearly favoured by the WWE, there is no doubt about it. Whilst Harper and Wyatt went over to Smackdown, the WWE seen enough in Strowman to keep him on the flagship show and left him there on his own, no less. It is clear, at least to me, that the WWE believe that Strowman is ideally set up for something in the future, and when that happens, they want to keep him on Raw to make the most of it. With that being said, they haven't done anything about making him a top star yet. Maybe it could all be down to the opinion that the WWE are keen to make this a slow build to the top for Strowman; defeating rank amateurs and nobodies as anticipation continues to build.
We seen on Raw that Strowman is crying out for top class opposition and now might be the time to give him it. I broached the subject in another thread but, perhaps, Goldberg might be the man to finally test Braun Strowman at the top level. I opined that there isn't much to lose in a feud between Goldberg and Strowman and, in fact, some similarities exist between the big man of the Wyatt Family and Goldberg. Strowman has gone undefeated, albeit against absolutely jobbers, and it is only a matter of time before the WWE start marketing it like that. Moreover, no one would really expect Goldberg to come through the match with a victory. The WWE have been careful to protect Strowman since he turned up in the WWE and he has been proven to be somewhat destructive in a ring. He would go up against Goldberg, who wouldn't have wrestled more than one match in the WWE in over 10 years. This is the same Goldberg who will be 50 by the time the turn of the year comes around. But, more importantly, he is the same Goldberg who made a career of taking on the biggest and best that WCW and WWE had to offer. My point is that Goldberg still has enough reputation left to to give Strowman a rub.
That, of course, is a short term plan. Lesnar, I believe, is the long term goal. The problem with Lesnar is that he is a part time employee who might get bored with wrestling before the WWE can make the best use of him. His win against The Undertaker has put him on a pedestal that someone needs to take him off of. Why can't Strowman be that person? In trading Lesnar for Strowman, you have a young man who is with the WWE every night and can carry it forward in a way that Lesnar doesn't care to do. A WrestleMania match between the two might not be the best wrestling match but it is a torch that needs to be passed, sooner rather than later.
But what about you? What do you feel would be the ideal destination for the Strowman experiment that is currently underway? How far do you see him going?
Braun Strowman is clearly favoured by the WWE, there is no doubt about it. Whilst Harper and Wyatt went over to Smackdown, the WWE seen enough in Strowman to keep him on the flagship show and left him there on his own, no less. It is clear, at least to me, that the WWE believe that Strowman is ideally set up for something in the future, and when that happens, they want to keep him on Raw to make the most of it. With that being said, they haven't done anything about making him a top star yet. Maybe it could all be down to the opinion that the WWE are keen to make this a slow build to the top for Strowman; defeating rank amateurs and nobodies as anticipation continues to build.
We seen on Raw that Strowman is crying out for top class opposition and now might be the time to give him it. I broached the subject in another thread but, perhaps, Goldberg might be the man to finally test Braun Strowman at the top level. I opined that there isn't much to lose in a feud between Goldberg and Strowman and, in fact, some similarities exist between the big man of the Wyatt Family and Goldberg. Strowman has gone undefeated, albeit against absolutely jobbers, and it is only a matter of time before the WWE start marketing it like that. Moreover, no one would really expect Goldberg to come through the match with a victory. The WWE have been careful to protect Strowman since he turned up in the WWE and he has been proven to be somewhat destructive in a ring. He would go up against Goldberg, who wouldn't have wrestled more than one match in the WWE in over 10 years. This is the same Goldberg who will be 50 by the time the turn of the year comes around. But, more importantly, he is the same Goldberg who made a career of taking on the biggest and best that WCW and WWE had to offer. My point is that Goldberg still has enough reputation left to to give Strowman a rub.
That, of course, is a short term plan. Lesnar, I believe, is the long term goal. The problem with Lesnar is that he is a part time employee who might get bored with wrestling before the WWE can make the best use of him. His win against The Undertaker has put him on a pedestal that someone needs to take him off of. Why can't Strowman be that person? In trading Lesnar for Strowman, you have a young man who is with the WWE every night and can carry it forward in a way that Lesnar doesn't care to do. A WrestleMania match between the two might not be the best wrestling match but it is a torch that needs to be passed, sooner rather than later.
But what about you? What do you feel would be the ideal destination for the Strowman experiment that is currently underway? How far do you see him going?
