WWE: 15 Predictions for 2017
By Carl Gac
WWE.com
1. Braun Strowman Rules the Roost
One man who looks set to be a big deal in 2017 is Braun Strowman. He started 2016 as a member of the Wyatt Family, was split from them as part of the draft and then ran roughshod over Raw. He heads into 2017 as a man on a mission to destroy everyone on the Raw roster.
Since his singles debut on Raw, he has destroyed everyone put in front of him. It started with a selection of “local talents” (the most famous of which being James Ellsworth) and has ended up with Sami Zayn being the David to Strowman’s Goliath. Strowman has been booked as an old fashioned monster who destroys everything in front of him.
Following the match with Sami Zayn at Roadblock, Strowman made his mark on Raw by destroying Titus O’Niell and Sin Cara, then attacking everyone in the main event. This should only serve as a wake up call that Strowman is heading to the main event scene and may very well be a big player in the upcoming Royal Rumble. There’s a reasonable chance he will win the Rumble as well.
It’s well known that Vince McMahon loves a big guy. Men like Strowman, the modern day giants, will always have a spot in WWE as they are the larger than life characters that people expect to see in professional wrestling. Strowman is in the great position that he may very well be in the right place at the right time.
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If Strowman can go on to win the Royal Rumble, and head to WrestleMania with a Universal Championship opportunity in the bag, then there’s no stopping him on the grandest stage of them all. In fact on the current run he’s having, there may be nobody that can stop his demolition of the entire WWE, maybe not even the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar.