5 reasons why Vince McMahon won't allow Braun Strowman to beat Seth Rollins at Clash of Champions 2019

#4. WWE is still hesitant to put the Universal title on Braun Strowman

Braun Strowman in the contract signing this past week on RAW

As we mentioned before, Braun Strowman and the Universal title isn't a happy story. It was 2016 when Strowman got started on his singles run and in a matter of months, he had gotten over purely from squash matches.

His momentum led him to become one of RAW's top stars and eventually a babyface as well. But everytime he came close to the Universal Championship, it was crystal clear that WWE were hesitant to put him in that spot.

First, they had him destroy Lesnar at SummerSlam 2017 but protected him by having Roman Reigns get pinned. The following month, he had a somewhat underwhelming match with Lesnar where he lost clean for only the second time in his career.

On the road to WrestleMania 34, he was easily the hottest star on RAW, similar to how Dean Ambrose was on the road to WrestleMania 32. Unfortunately, they had him take another clean pin from Roman Reigns, the man they wanted to push.

It's crystal clear that WWE is very hesitant to pull the trigger on Strowman. What the reason for that is, we'll probably never know.