On Braun Strowman's Injury

Another injury to talk about. This time, it's Braun Strowman. It seems his injury is legit and he could miss up to two months.

Braun Strowman was getting a monster push for the last few months. Some fans have said he was the best part of Raw, although ratings haven't exactly been rising these last few weeks. But was all that work to build him to put over Roman Reigns? Or Brock Lesnar?

Before looking down the road, what is lost right now? Braun Strowman is someone I would consider an upper-midcarder. Yes, he was main-eventing a bit in recent weeks, but he doesn't feel like a long-term main-eventer, so I call him an upper-midcarder. Whatever you want to call him, I don't think his loss for a few months would hurt the depth too badly. Raw has a ton of guys they can push as main-eventers, and raiding Smackdown of some of their stars last month helped. They have Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Miz, Samoa Joe, Finn Balor, and a few other guys that can be promoted to a bigger push rather easily, like Sheamus or one of The Hardys. It probably won't even come to pushing Sheamus as a top heel prior to Strowman coming back. This is not an emergency situation right now.

Now, look down the road. A collision between Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman just seemed likely. It can still happen down the line, but what does Lesnar do for his first title defense in a few months? Strowman will likely not be back in time for it to make it a proper feud. This seems like a bigger issue than the main-event depth losing Strowman. It is too soon for Reigns to once again go against Lesnar. The WWE would save that for a bigger PPV. Of course, since this is a throwaway PPV, the WWE might just get lazy with it and do whatever. Pick any of the other guys I recently mentioned and toss them against Lesnar. Dean Ambrose? Finn Balor? Bray Wyatt and Lesnar have unfinished business. Still a few options to go with and lots of time to plan. It will be interesting to see what the WWE chooses to do.

Aside from Lesnar, you have to wonder what Roman Reigns will do. He was feuding with Strowman right now. That feud was certainly not over. Maybe the WWE should have just had him stay away for a little while longer and come back to start a fresh feud. Instead, the WWE had Reigns and Strowman go at it again on Raw this week. Strowman should probably not try to work through the injury for a hardcore-style match that this feud was obviously leading to, likely an Ambulance Match. You have to wonder if all the stunts they are having him do might be a little responsible for his injury issues. In any case, Roman Reigns is in an even worse position than Brock Lesnar. The WWE has less time to react for him before the next Raw PPV he will likely be performing at.