How The Fiend Could Affect These 8 WWE Superstars

5. Braun Strowman

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When looking across the landscape of WWE right now, if ever there was one performer who was in need of a serious do-over, it's Braun Strowman - even if that do-over means going back to the past.

Strowman famously debuted in WWE as the muscle of the Wyatt Family, and it soon became clear that big things were in store for this hulking specimen. The thing is, regardless of several shots at the biggest prizes in the game, the Monster Among Men has consistently come up short.

Braun has lost so many title shots that audiences now largely view this former Tag Team Champion as a choke artist when it comes to the big time. And that is a sad, sad indictment of how badly WWE has handled Strowman over these past few years.

After WWE has failed to pull the trigger on Braun Strowman as Universal Champion or WWE Champion, the superstar now finds himself currently in the midst of a burgeoning rivalry with Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura.

To get Strowman back to being the unstoppable beast that he once was, crossing paths with The Fiend could serve to either put Braun on a tear that sees him challenging for Wyatt's Universal Championship... or could even have Braun Strowman giving in to the power of Bray and taking a place at his side as an enforcer figure.

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