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On-screen, Braun Strowman’s monstrous WWE character has always had a problem finding allies who he can trust.
In 2015, Bray Wyatt welcomed Braun Strowman to The Wyatt Family, which also consisted of Erick Rowan and Luke Harper at the time, but The Monster Among Men separated from the group after just one year.
Since then, Braun Strowman has joined forces with various people – Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, and even 10-year-old Nicholas – but the alliances have either been short-lived or they ended with somebody “getting these hands”.
Fortunately for the man behind the Braun Strowman persona, Adam Scherr, he has no such problems with keeping friends in real life, as followers of his Instagram account (@adamscherr99) will no doubt be aware.
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In this article, let’s take a look at five colleagues who Braun Strowman is friends with outside of WWE.
#5 Braun Strowman is friends with Drake Maverick
Remember when Braun Strowman dressed as an elf to take part in a parody video for WWE’s YouTube channel? Well, on the same day that he went to the company’s headquarters to film that video (see above), Drake Maverick was also at the building to discuss his new role in WWE.
Speaking on The Bump, Braun Strowman spoke about meeting Maverick for the first time that day and discussed the close bond that they have formed over the last couple of years.
“Something on a cellular level just connected with this man. He’s literally my brother, like I would die for him. It’s that serious and stuff. It’s just cool knowing that I have somebody in my corner like that and I hope he knows that, no matter what, I’m always in his corner and that’s hard to find in life. There’s not many people, anybody, in the world who can say they have friends this close, so it’s very special.”
Maverick said he looks out for Braun Strowman in the same way that former WWE referee Tim White was known for helping out Andre The Giant whenever he needed something or when he was being hounded by fans.
#4 Braun Strowman is friends with Bray Wyatt
In August 2015, Braun Strowman emerged as a new member of The Wyatt Family when he attacked Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose on the post-SummerSlam episode of RAW.
Bray Wyatt moved to SmackDown alongside Erick Rowan and Luke Harper in July 2016, which meant Braun Strowman had to go it alone as a singles competitor on RAW for the first time in his WWE career.
Speaking to SPN Action in August 2018, Braun Strowman discussed his real-life friendship with Wyatt and credited his former Wyatt Family colleague with teaching him a lot about the wrestling business.
"Behind the scenes, I'm friends with everyone at work, but without a doubt, my best friend is Bray Wyatt. The man pretty much brought me into the industry when they tagged me up with The Wyatt Family, it was my seventh match I'd ever had. I didn't know the difference between a headlock and a beetle throw.” [H/T Wrestling Inc.]
As you can see in the Instagram post at the top of this page, Braun Strowman is a godfather to Wyatt and JoJo’s son, Knash Sixx Rotunda.
#3 Braun Strowman is friends with Alexa Bliss
The real-life friendship between Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss became part of a storyline on WWE SmackDown after Bliss appeared in the Wyatt Swamp Fight at Extreme Rules 2020.
Prior to that, the only time that the two Superstars appeared together on-screen as their WWE characters came in 2018 when they joined forces to form Team Little Big in the Mixed Match Challenge tournament.
Away from a WWE ring, Braun Strowman has allowed fans to see a fun side to his personality when he has appeared with Bliss in out-of-character WWE shows, especially when they spoke on The Bump about the friendship that they formed while performing in the Mixed Match Challenge.
“It was a fun thing because there was no pressure. We just got to play off of each other’s energy. I mean, you guys see how much energy Alexa radiates through the screen, and then with my over-the-top personality. She’s the firework and I’m the lighter, man, and we just blew the place up.”
Braun Strowman also acknowledged that Bliss has had to calm him down sometimes when he gets frustrated on WWE tours.
“She still is the voice of reason, even in reality at times, she’s still the voice of reason. When I’m getting a little hot-headed on tour or something, she goes, ‘Braun, you’ve gotta calm down.’ I say, ‘Okay…’”
Although their Team Little Big pairing proved popular with WWE fans, Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss were knocked out of the competition in the semi-finals by The Miz and Asuka.
#2 Braun Strowman is friends with Dana Brooke
Anybody who follows Dana Brooke on social media will know that she has been friends with WWE colleague Braun Strowman for several years.
Before WWE Superstars took part in an official episode of Carpool Karaoke, Brooke filmed herself singing in a car with Braun Strowman (04:12 in the video below) and posted it on Snapchat.
After receiving good feedback on their performances, Brooke wrote on Twitter that she considers Braun Strowman to be “the best road hubster ever”.
Brooke began her WWE career in July 2013, shortly after Braun Strowman reported to the Performance Center for the first time.
Around the time that the karaoke videos were filmed, Braun Strowman was beginning to cement his status as one of the next top singles Superstars on the RAW roster.
Nowadays, almost every Superstar writes and speaks on social media as the real-life person behind their characters, but it was rare for The Monster Among Men to be seen out of character at that stage of his career.
#1 Braun Strowman is friends with Vince McMahon
Speaking in an interview on NotSam Wrestling in 2019, Braun Strowman gave a fascinating insight into how frustrated he was with his role in WWE earlier in the year.
Braun Strowman was originally supposed to challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at the 2019 Royal Rumble but he was replaced in the match by Finn Balor.
In storyline, Vince McMahon removed Braun Strowman from the match after he tore a door off the WWE Chairman’s limousine. In reality, The Monster Among Men was “miserable” around this stage of his career and he wanted to speak to his boss shortly after the Royal Rumble.
McMahon decided to kick everyone out of a production meeting two hours before an episode of RAW and he reassured Braun Strowman about his future with the company during a 45-minute, heart-to-heart conversation.
“Vince doesn’t get the credit that is due to him. He’s an unbelievable man and I’m fortunate to not only work for him but to also call him my friend.”
Braun Strowman added that he stopped worrying about his role in WWE after that conversation with McMahon.
