10 Secrets Behind WWE Magic Tricks

5. Braun Strowman Tips The Ambulance

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If you were cynical, or simply informed by history, you might have written the last chapter of Braun Strowman’s career shortly after watching the first: lumbering giant with little personality fails to get over, ends up dancing to make Vince McMahon and Vince McMahon alone laugh, gets released. 

In 2017, though, Strowman got over huge as an impossibly larger-than-life character who, in addition to performing awesome backstage stunts, leaned out and proved himself capable of working bombastic, dynamic hoss battles in WWE Raw’s fondly-remembered super-heavyweight division. 

In one such stunt, Strowman - who, lending it a degree of credibility, was an accomplished amateur strongman - tipped over an ambulance that Roman Reigns was purported to be inside of. 

Reigns obviously wasn’t - he was removed from the vehicle, which was obscured through editing trickery - but the fans watching at home did see Braun physically lift and tip over the vehicle using only his hands. 

That is because you didn’t see what was on the other side: while this has never been officially “revealed”, it can be easily inferred that a hydraulics system did the work (particularly since you can actually hear it!)

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!