• Braun Strowman Names One Man In WWE He Doesn’t Want To Mess With
Braun Strowman says the difference between pro wrestling and real danger often comes down to who’s standing across from you. Speaking during an interview with Brad Leone, the former Universal Champion explained that most WWE performers operate within a shared margin of control. In his experience, Brock Lesnar exists outside that margin.
When Leone asked Strowman who he would least want to cross paths with inside a WWE ring, Strowman picked Brock Lesanr and said Lesnar’s reputation isn’t based on aura or presentation, but on how quickly situations can turn real.
Braun pointed to an exchange during the Royal Rumble 2018 PLE as the moment that crystallized that reality. According to Braun, the incident began with an accidental knee to Lesnar’s face. The response that followed was immediate and unscripted.
He described Lesnar firing back with a legitimate overhand strike – one strong enough to be clearly visible in slow-motion footage that WWE shwed – emphasizing that it was not part of the planned match.
The situation de-escalated quickly when Brock said to Braun: “slow the f**k down.” Braun said both men recognized they had crossed out of performance and reset before it went any further. But the moment stayed with him, not because of ego or intensity, but because it highlighted the difference between simulated violence and actual combat instincts.
Braun attributed that difference to Lesnar’s background, citing his résumé as a national collegiate wrestling champion and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. In Scherr’s view, those instincts don’t disappear in a wrestling ring, which means mistakes carry more weight.
During an interview with Wrestling Travel in 2019, The Monster Among Men said the following about this incident with The Beast Incarnate:
“We laughed about it afterwards. It is what it is. We got to the back and I said ‘Hey, my bad’ and he said the same thing and we went about our business.”
• Steve Austin Reveals What Killed Potential CM Punk Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin addressed the long-rumored matchup with CM Punk while reflecting on past near-misses on the Insight podcast. Rather than dismissing the concept outright, the WWE Hall of Famer explained that the brief moment when fans read something into it simply came at the wrong time physically.
Austin traced the speculation back to a joint appearance tied to a WWE video game promotion, when he and CM Punk crossed paths publicly. While the visual sparked immediate buzz, Austin said he was in no condition for anything beyond the appearance itself, having recently undergone major knee surgery involving ACL and PCL reconstruction.
The timing made the idea unrealistic before it could ever become actionable.
Austin framed the situation as part of a broader pattern across wrestling history. He noted that plenty of high-profile matches fans wanted never happened, including bouts involving himself and other top stars, like Hulk Hogan, simply because circumstances never aligned.
From Austin’s perspective, the absence of a Punk match isn’t unusual or regretful, it’s just the nature of wrestling careers. Some ideas surface, get talked about briefly, and fade when reality intervenes, while others actually reach the ring.
In the case of Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. CM Punk, the window never truly opened.
