10 Exact Moments Vince McMahon Lost Faith In His Own WWE Creations
2. Braun Strowman - Backstage Heat Leads To A Beastly Beating
It seems strange to label this as the moment that Vince McMahon lost faith in The Monster Among Men, seeing as though the star would go on to lift the Universal Championship a few years later, but there's no questioning that Braun Strowman's booking noticeably shifted following his Crown Jewel showdown with Brock Lesnar in 2018.
Strowman was the odds-on favourite to walk out of the Saudi super show with the big red belt. Yet, by the time the dust had settled on the seismic event, it was Lesnar who walked out with the Universal title.
Following on from this shocking conclusion, it was reported that Strowman had generated a sizeable amount of heat backstage. Though his loss at the event wasn't officially attributed to his reported behaviour backstage, it's telling Strowman's stock took something of a hit following the defeat, with the star rarely feeling as hot again as he did coming into Crown Jewel.
Ultimately, the fact Strowman was one of the latest names let go by the company in 2021, tells you all you need to know about how far down the pecking order he'd fallen in recent times.