5 Reasons why Braun Strowman is the legit monster we all wanted

#5 He's seen as a 'WWE Guy'

A success story.

There's no denying that in the past few years WWE has been a lot more willing to take people on who made their names for other promotions. If you look at the main event scene of both RAW and Smackdown at the moment, you'll realise just how much of an influence other indie or Japanese promotions have had on modern day WWE.

On RAW you have guys like Samoa Joe and Finn Balor who are never too far away from the Universal Title picture. On Smackdown guys like Kevin Owens, Shinsuke Nakamura and Bobby Roode are being embraced by the McMahon family and there are many others we could mention.

While this is a step in the right direction for the company, it is going to start looking a little embarrassing for the WWE's developmental system if all the top names aren't thought of as WWE-made. Vince and Triple H are going to need people who stand as worthy examples of their company's systems working just as well as they do in the indies.

Braun Strowman's professional wrestling career has pretty much all been based in WWE. He was signed to the company in 2013 after previously making a living in 'Strongman' competitions. Braun didn't even spend that much time on NXT, making the odd appearances here and there. His debut on RAW wasn't met with the usual huge pop we hear today when a former ROH or NJPW legend turns up. People genuinely didn't know who he was, and only had his size to go on.

To go from an additional member of the Wyatt Family to taking on Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title is a very impressive ascension and we only really have WWE to thank for it. If Strowman's fortunes continue, maybe the company will be encouraged to foster other names that don't have a huge resume behind them and perhaps the WWE won't have to rely too much on former name recognition to make the main event scene.

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