New Report On How WWE Views Braun Strowman; WWE’s Decision To Go w/ Roman v Brock At WrestleMania

Dave Meltzer sheds some light on the booking of the men’s Elimination Chamber match and the storyline futures of the men involved in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

We have included some highlights below.

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• The Elimination Chamber was booked in a way where Roman would win but Braun would look as strong as possible by eliminating everyone but Reigns
  • Meltzer notes that WWE “limited the effectiveness of both” in the process
• Braun Strowman is apparently the ideal version of a pro wrestler in Vince McMahon’s eyes
  • Strowman’s combination of size as well as his ability to do WWE styled comedy effectively is something that Roman Reigns has not been able to do as well
  • Strowman has also noticeably improved as an in-ring worker and now has the crowd behind him
• WWE could have changed direction and gone with Braun v Brock at WrestleMania but they chose to stay the course
  • WWE has been protecting Lesnar’s F-5 so that it means more when Reigns kicks out of it at WrestleMania
• While Rollins does have a nice buzz right now Meltzer says he is only just now starting to thrive as a babyface again
• Similarly Finn Balor is expected to re-enter the WWE Universal Championship picture at some point but he has been too marginalized recently to be elevated to that level