Braun Strowman believes he’s one of the very last of a dying breed in the world of professional wrestling.
SmackDown Superstar Braun Strowman recently sat down with Shakiel Mahjouri of CBS Sports to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about being one of the few big men left in professional wrestling right now, Strowman talked about Andre The Giant’s legacy and how important it is for him to carry on the tradition that he started.
“Andre the Giant is sports entertainment,” Braun Strowman said. “He is the reason why this industry is what it is. It’s world-renowned as a global entity. When you talk about WWE, you cannot mention this company without saying Andre the Giant. So from him to the Big Show to Kane to Undertaker to Mark Henry to all these other giant men that have come and gone in this business, I’m one of the very last few of a dying breed of these dinosaurs, as I like to call it. So in my mind, I’m carrying on a tradition and a legacy that is fading.”
Strowman hopes he can continue to break down the big man stereotypes and convince the WWE Universe that people of his size aren’t one-dimensional characters.
“The stereotype of being this bigger guy is that I’ve had things handed to me in life or that I Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum my way through life, grinding up people’s kids to make my bread,” Braun Strowman said. “There’s more to it than that. I look like this big, imposing, scary monster, but at the end of the day, I’m a passionate, caring, loving, articulate human being. I want to be able to not only portray the monster side of things, but I want to show the world that there is more than meets the eye. Don’t judge a book by its cover.”
In the past, Strowman has made comments about “flippy wrestling,” but he revealed that he can execute a top rope moonsault, and when the time is right, we might see him break one out on WWE programming.
“I can do one, not a problem,” Braun Strowman said. “It’s not a matter of being able to do one, it’s a matter of doing it at the right time.”
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