WWE Raw Predictions: Braun Strowman Has an Answer for The Shield
By Bryan Heaton
Playing the Numbers Game
The big story last week was, of course, The Shield reuniting at the expense of Braun Strowman. The Monster Among Men fell victim to a three on one assault, which ended with a patented Hounds of Justice Triple Powerbomb™ through an announce table. Because of the devastation, Strowman was unable to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Roman Reigns and become Universal Champion.
If history has told me anything about Braun, it’s that he doesn’t take too kindly to things not going his way. There was that one time he was so angry with Reigns that he put him in an ambulance and flipped it over, just because. So it’s pretty obvious that Strowman is going to show up this week having worked out a way to get even.
And rather than immediately resort to physical violence or property damage, instead Braun is going to try and find some backup. Popular fantasy booking has Strowman calling upon his former Wyatt Family brethren Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper, but I think that’s only half right. Harper is likely going to stick around on SmackDown a bit longer.
So who will be the third man? Why not Braun’s good buddy of late, Finn Bálor? Finn has been lurking around the Universal Championship picture long enough to belong, and he’d want another crack at the title. And Bray is probably done teaming with Matt Hardy, since the Woken Warrior is being transitioned out of active competition.