10 WWE Wrestlers That Bumped The Best For Braun Strowman

7. Sami Zayn

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As the first longterm opponent of any major renown for Braun Strowman during his post-brand split 2016 push, the pressure was on Sami Zayn to make the 'Monster Among Men' look far superior than the hybrid flat-track bully he'd been since his redbebut.

Zayn's work (and especially his bumping) achieved far more.

In crushing lowly jobbers, Braun looked as though he was merely making mincemeat of the mugs that had stupidly signed up to fight him. Against 'The Underdog From The Underground', he had to prove that his mind could function in tune with his ginormous body. And he managed it. Zayn, subsequently became something of a torture victim.

His hope spots in a January 2017 Last Man Standing match hit all the harder because of the unique dynamic, but none were as powerful as the powerslam he took on the arena floor at the contest's climax. Somehow combing both a thud and a splat, Zayn's lifeless frame appeared to stop functioning entirely. To paraphrase Gorilla Monsoon, he was out for a count of 10,000, let alone a simple 10.

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