Is Braun Strowman the most successful WWE homegrown male talent since Roman Reigns?

[KaiserGlider]

He's been on fire all year even after losing his undefeated streak all the way back at Fastlane, which I thought was going to be the beginning of the end for him, but surprisingly his momentum kept going after that. Had an impressive performance in the Royal Rumble, arguably the feud of the year with Roman Reigns, and was extremely over when he obliterated Brock Lesnar two nights in a row. Now he's going on to face Brock for the title at No Mercy. Is this the era of BRAAAAAAUUN?

[Circled Square]

He actually took big steps forward and noticeably developed on TV it's what seperates him from Buried Snorbin and Big Meme

[Ali]

Braun Strowman works because he's simple. He's a big dude that eats all of the people, and all he wants to do is eat all of the people. The only reason he even wants the Universal Championship is that it is unequivocal proof that he is the best at eating all of the people. And fans can get behind that! It is very easy to look at him and say, "Go, Braun, you go eat all of the people!"

And its fun to just watch a big dude destroy people, it always has been, going back to Haystacks Calhoun. Andre the Giant, Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, Batista, even guys like Bobby Lashley and Ryback all got massively over at one point just by being big dudes that wrecked everyone and everything in their path. Not a lot of character depth, but you don't really need that. As long as Braun Strowman keeps being the Monster Among Men, he's gonna be over. He's not really even face or heel, he just IS, and that's refreshing.

Putting the title on him and giving him a nice, long, dominant reign is the best thing WWE can do at this point. If he can easily put away all challengers, it'll build a natural story of who can possibly beat him? And if the guy that gets the nod is a scrappy, tough-as-nails, super skilled small guy like Finn Balor or Sami Zayn to name examples, that's even better in terms of a story.

Braun Strowman is one of the best things going right now in WWE, because WWE isn't trying to fix what isn't broken. He doesn't need to be a great "worker", he's a throwback. He's a sure fire gimmick that will basically always work. As long as they let him be, its great.

[prophet]

Yes.

"I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOUUUUUUUU" is my favourite WWE catchphrase of the last decade.

[KaiserGlider]

I hope they give Braun the ball at No Mercy. It's one of those "strike while the iron is hot" moments that may not be there again for him. Joe was also getting hot a month ago but it wasn't like this, there was less long-term momentum behind him and I feel like Joe is still going to win the title at some other show, whereas with Braun this is the best chance ever to establish him as the ultimate monster. Otherwise, I don't know who the hell is going to beat Lesnar at this rate. Lesnar has beaten everybody. Hell, he beat everybody at the same time at Summerslam and he even pinned Roman, the guy who he is supposedly penciled-in to face at the next Wrestlemania.