10 Most Infamous Backstage WWE Royal Rumble Moments

Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman's history of ropy Royal Rumble interactions began during the 2016 bout, when 'The Beast Incarnate' couldn't hide his frustration following a series of awkward, sloppy exchanges with the Wyatt Family behemoth. Lesnar ended up throwing the future 'Monster Among Men' over the top, though something was clearly off.

Two years later and Strowman found himself challenging for Lesnar's Universal Championship in a Triple Threat bout that also featured Kane. Again, the duo shared what looked like an uncooperative moment. Braun accidentally potatoed Lesnar with a knee to the face and Brock redeemed his receipt immediately, battering Strowman with a very stiff, very real right hand. It was the kind of blow that would've at least sent a smaller man to the shadow realm (if not caved his skull in), but not brawny Brauny.

One might assume that this could lead to a heated confrontation between the two behind the scenes. Not according to Strowman, though. He told talkSPORT that rather than arguing (or worse), he and Lesnar shared a laugh about it afterwards, saying that "we're both very dominant males and neither of us wanted to give an inch, so in the end we took an inch from each other."