WWE Raw: Braun Strowman Pushing The Boundaries Of Being A Monster

Braun Strowman has suddenly introduced a different side of his Monster persona on WWE Raw. Here is why I think it will benefit the Monster Among Men even more.

If you watched WWE Raw this week then you probably would have noticed this already. Braun Strowman was out there with a bass and it was hilarious. The Monster Among Men went head to head with Elias in his own game and literally beat him at it. I mean he literally beat up Elias with a bass. But before that, he took a moment to show the entire WWE Universe why he should be the real face of the WWE.

Strowman is known and admired for being a monster, capable of achieving inhuman feats inside the ring as well as backstage. He has destroyed everything from the ring, to steel cages to production trucks and even an entire set. Every time when we think he is at the top of his game, Strowman outperforms himself the next week. This week, he took things to a whole new level.

Boy did it bring out a new side of Strowman. When the segment started, I was worried for the Monster Among Men. What was he doing with a mic and stool? Why is he walking out with a bass? When he sat down to perform, it was too funny because he was holding it like a guitar and seeing how Strowman is a big guy, it seemed like a page out of a Looney Toons cartoon, with a giant and his giant guitar.

But still I wasn’t convinced that this segment was going to work. In all honesty, there was no need for Strowman to do this. He could have just showed up, power-slammed Elias and walked away after breaking his guitar and the crowd would have gone nuts. But no, Strowman had other plans.

He wanted the world to see he was just as charismatic and entertaining as anyone else could ever be. The last time I saw someone so dominant look so funny without it being ridiculous was probably with the Rock. Yes, that’s the closest analogy I can find at the moment.

Once Strowman started playing the bass, I knew this segment was going to be gold. His body language and expressions and the crowd’s reaction were all on point. By the time the bridge broke and Strowman did a ‘oh well’ gesture I was laughing. And then he started singing and boy oh boy was it good. It was short and to the point and the fact that a man who has demolished the competition left and right was doing this made it even more entertaining. Then came the epic conclusion to his performance where Strowman said ‘well now that it’s broken, there’s only one thing to do with this’. He would then pick it up and place it on his massive shoulders, just like Elias would and proceed to walk down the ramp towards the ring.

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If he was wearing a scarf this would have been even funnier from the beginning. But I remember Strowman telling Chris Jericho once that he hated scarfs. So kudos to the creative team for ensuring storyline consistency. The biggest takeaway from this segment though was Strowman’s flexibility and his evolution as an entertainer.

When he made his main roster debut, he was a very unpolished wrestler and even some of his initial promos, even the short ones were largely hit or miss. But now it seems like Strowman can pull off just about anything. Can you imagine Roman Reigns doing the same shtick with the same comedic timing as Strowman did? Eight out of ten times, Reigns would not be able to pull this off. The rest two times, he will be booed and criticized for trying to be someone he is not.

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But with Strowman, none of that happened. Nor will it happen in the future either. That kind of gives you the impression that the Monster Among Men should be the face of the WWE. At least, heading into WrestleMania 34, he should be the focal point of the PPV. Rather than a coronation for Roman Reigns, the event should serve as an epic venue where Strowman finally captures the Universal title.