7 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (August 27)

3. Roman Projects… In The Wrong Way

For the better part of the past two years, Braun Strowman has largely run roughshod over Raw, dominating opponents and building a following by performing incredible feats of strength.

Roman Reigns has (for better or worse) been on the receiving end of a lot of those moments, and their rivalry has been a bitter struggle between two behemoths.

That’s what made Roman’s insults toward Braun Monday night so strange and – quite frankly – stupid. After Braun came down to ringside to confront Reigns, the Universal Champion mocked him and told Strowman to “step up, act like a man” and cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase. When Braun proposed a cash-in at Hell in a Cell, Roman said he was “finally starting to sound like a monster.”

This came a week after Braun tried to do exactly that, only for the Shield to gang up on him and protect Roman’s title. But Reigns is the one telling someone else – a guy who has charged right at everyone in his path – to step up and be a man?

Either Reigns is projecting his own insecurities, he’s turning heel, or the writers are morons. You decide.