The Monster Braun Strowman’s WWE Release is big surprise for the wrestling community as he considered to be the top superstar in the WWE. He also involved in the WWE Title past few weeks also battled Almighty Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania Backlash with title on line.
On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer stated that Braun Strowman’s huge contract played a big part in his release but he also reported that current Raw Tag Team Champion Omos could also have a role in Vince McMahon’s surprise decision.
He stated that Omos is 7 foot 3 and he became the new giant in WWE replacing Braun Strowman.
“All of a sudden Braun Strowman at a legitimate 6 foot 6 when you got Omos, who is the new toy who is 7 foot 3…Braun Strowman’s big thing was that he had size and power and now they are going with a new giant. He can’t be the giant anymore when you got this guy who is legitimately 9 inches taller than him. Granted, Strowman’s got the big body and everything like that but you can only do the giant thing when you’re the giant of the company on the brand but he isn’t that guy anymore. Like with Big Show. If you remember with Big Show, when Strowman came, Big Show was obsolete. They put Big Show in there Strowman to get Strowman over because Big Show was a good enough worker and had pretty good matches with Strowman,” said Dave Meltzer.
WWE has come to terms on the releases of Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Lana, Murphy, Ruby Riott and Santana Garrett.
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Omos signed with WWE in 2019 and used on main roster in 2020. He first appeared as a giant ninja in Akira Tozowa faction, then as bouncer of RAW Underground and later introduced him as AJ Styles bodyguard.
Dave Meltzer also stated that his short stint is entertaining but he’s yet to prove himself as the individual wretsler and star. Omos surely had potential and still has long way to go in WWE before he reach the level of Braun Strowman.
“The problem is Omos is not as good as Strowman and Strowman is not close to as good as Big Show and so the big thing, under other circumstances, if they were gonna make this cut they would book Strowman in there with Omos and then have Omos beat him and they would cut Strowman. The problem is if you think about that…is because [the matches would] absolutely totally s*ck. They got big guys there, you can’t be the giant and he’s not versatile enough to be something but the giant monster,” said Dave Meltzer. (H/T: WrestlingNews.co)
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