10 Wrestlers EVERYBODY Was Wrong About

10. Braun Strowman

When the newest member of the Wyatt family announced his colossal presence by attacking Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns at the tail end of a August 2015 episode of Raw, the prognosis for his prospects were singularly pessimistic. Here was a near-seven foot mountain of meat with approximately five minutes of NXT experience under his sizable belt, looking for all the world like an evil Father Christmas, and absolutely not the sort of stellar superstar fans had grown accustomed to being called-up from Full Sail.

The very superficial reasons for his fast-tracking were enough to inspire resignation over his future, and after an opening few matches in which he looked like a danger to himself and just about everybody in the building, hope didn't exactly proliferate. When it leaked that Braun was to be positioned alongside Sami Zayn for seasoning, heads dropped at the absolute waste of the Canadian's talents. What was the point? The big lump would never amount to a mountain of beans.

Well, welcome to Mt. Heinz, altitude 2.03m. By virtue of being positioned opposite boo-boy Roman Reigns in 2017, Strowman automatically inherited a degree of popularity, and once WWE focused his matches on his strengths - that is, unbridled chaos - the strongman earned plaudits in his own right.

Though his once seemingly inextinguishable steam has cooled considerably thanks to the usual WWE malaise which has seen the draw of his character woefully misunderstood, Braun has nevertheless already confounded the admittedly grim expectations of his early detractors. Put it this way: people are now asking if it's too late to redeem Strowman's Universal Title credentials, rather than whether he will ever be a level above terrible.