10 Candidates For WWE's Bizarre Post-WrestleMania 36 Push

3. Robert Roode

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Braun Strowman is going to need a heel opponent he can smash through on a B-level pay-per-view, and certain people can be ruled out through the process of elimination. Possibly.

You'd expect WWE to make a go of this push, ruling the Fiend out for the foreseeable, though there's always the classic "just go to a f*ck finish" scheme with which to get two pay-per-view matches out of it. Sheamus is another, better option for the empty Performance Center. Only stiff matches work, and he can lay 'em in beautifully, but that's not quite inexplicable nor damaging enough for this time of year.

No: Robert Roode is the one. He has a real way with a chinlock, and Vince's highly specific kink is watching his babyfaces endure them for minutes on end. Combine that with Roode's more ostentatious dress sense - top WWE babyfaces must also double as an unimpressed Lisa Turtle critiquing the fashion choices of their opponents - and we're onto a winner.

Whatever happens - wherever this unprecedented, fluid situation leads us - Braun Strowman is going to run around the ring, with no fans rallying behind him, and it will be funny.

Thank you, WWE, for providing us with a source of comfort in these trying times.

 
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