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#2. Hope isn't true: Paul Heyman rejected Braun Strowman while being the WWE RAW Executive Director

Paul Heyman.

As we mentioned earlier, Paul Heyman did a great job as the RAW Executive Director, but it became problematic for certain WWE Superstars. With that said, there is still a lot more positives to take away from his tenure as a backstage figure than negatives.

One is the fact that he utilized several of WWE's most underutilized stars - a group described as the catering crew. One Superstar that Paul Heyman reportedly rejected, however, is Braun Strowman.

According to Fightful Select, Paul Heyman passed on Braun Strowman to RAW:

The Fightful report has claimed that Paul Heyman passed on Braun Strowman, who was on RAW when Heyman became the RAW Executive Director. Strowman was moved to SmackDown during the 2019 Draft and became the Universal Champion earlier this year at WrestleMania 36 when he defeated Goldberg.

We hope this isn't true, but it worked out for the better when Braun Strowman became the Universal Champion at WrestleMania 36.