WWE SmackDown star and a formal WWE Universal Heavyweight champion Braun Strowman who is also a former two times WWE Raw Tag Team Champion recently talked about the big men in professional wrestling like Andre The Giant and others and their contributions in wrestling history.
Braun Strowman has always been treated as a main event star in WWE. He was introduced to the WWE Universe as a member of The Wyatt Family. Later he started working solo and he had been portrayed as a big star from the very first day of his solo career. He had some big feuds with the life of Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt and he has registered victories over this big names as well.
Braun Strowman Discusses The Contributions Of Big Men In Pro Wrestling
At WrestleMania 36 he defeated Goldberg to win the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship and that was his only World title win in WWE so far. Surely he will win more world titles in the near future. In 2021, during the covid 19 pandemic outbreak WWE shock the entire world when they released him.
But he was not the only victim of this releasing spree of WWE. A lot of wrestlers lost their job including some big names as well like Bray Wyatt. After his WWE release, he worked in some different Pro wrestling promotions like Ring Of Honor.
Recently he is brought back by WWE once again after Triple H became the Head of Creative of WWE and he is doing quite well since his return. Even though he has not be treated as a main event star yet as the World title picture is pretty much filled with other wrestlers. But he is doing a very good job in the mid card level and we are pretty sure that soon he will be elevated on to the main event status once again and he will start winning World Championships as well.
Braun Strowman who is also a former two times WWE Raw Tag Team Champion recently spoke to Shakiel Mahjouri of CBS Sports where he talked about the big men in professional wrestling like Andre The Giant and others and their contributions in wrestling history. He said;
“At the end of the day, a lot of it comes out of the question, who could I wrestle if I could wrestle anyone of all time, and it’s the same answer every time; Andre The Giant. Andre The Giant is sports entertainment, he is the reason why this industry is what it is, and it’s world-renowned and a global industry. When you talk WWE, you cannot mention this company without saying Andre The Giant.
“From him, to Big Show, Kane, Undertaker, Mark Henry, all these other giant men that have come and gone, I’m one of the very few of a dying breed. In my mind, I’m carrying on a tradition and legacy that is fading. As much as that hurts my heart because of the stereotype of being this bigger guy that I’ve had things handed to me in life or that I ‘Fee-fi-fo-fum’ my way through life, grinding up people’s kids to make my bread, there is more to it than that.
“I look like this big imposing scary monster, but at the end of the day, I’m this passionate, caring, loving, articulate human being. I want to be able to not only portray that, the aspect of the monster side of things, but I want to show the world that there is more than meets the eye, don’t judge a book by its cover. Not just with big people, but any walk of life. Some people are quick that when they get a glance at someone, they automatically have this stereotypical opinion of what this person is going to be.
“I love the opportunity to break these stereotypes and show the world that there is more to me than meets the eye. On the performing side of it, I like being able to go out there and do stuff as a big man that no one has ever seen before. I don’t pat myself on the back very often [air quotes and a wink], but there is no one else like me on earth. I’m a firm believer that, if there was, they’d have found them already.” Concludes Braun Strowman.
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