1. Braun Strowman Talks About How WWE Discovered Him
During a recent appearance on the Steve Austin Show, Raw Superstar Braun Strowman talked about his time as a Stronman competitor, how the WWE discovered him & more. Below are the highlights:
“Mark Henry was the one that turned the company on to me. Mark and I got to be good friends after doing the Arnold in 2010 and I met Mark there for the first time, and I have been a huge fan of his throughout his wrestling career, and we got to talk, and Mark turned to them and say that I am not your average Strongman because I had a way of turning the crowd involved, while others just pick up the weights and put it down, and then they turn around and go in the back; not me, the louder the crowd got the stronger I was becoming, so the thrill that gets me going, and the crowd is out there having fun, I am having fun and I think that was one of the big thing that drew WWE to me to see that I enjoy going out there and being entertaining and that I basically am an attention whore. So, I met Canyon Ceman (Former professional Volleyball player turned Senior Director of Talent Development) in 2012 and it was pretty short and sweet. He said, Hi, I’m Canyon, I’m with WWE and you know Mark [Henry], so if you are ever interested, give me a call, and I was like, ok, thank you. During that year I was an alternate, and basically out there testing the events and making sure everything would be ran right, so I knew that I wanted to compete in Arnold in 2013 and got in touch with Canyon, and said, hey, I am definitely interested but I want to do one more Strongman contest and what not, and met them in September of 2012 and by December of 2012 they sent me to FCW, where developmental was at the time in Tampa. I went down and had me run the ropes and move around and cut a promo and feel me out to see what I had to offer. In a couple of days of seeing me they liked what they saw and signed me in May of 2013. I did the Arnold Classic, took a couple of months off and then signed, moved to Orlando in July 4th, 2013 and started July 7th of 2013. I walked in with a lot of confidence but I’ll tell you what, it didn’t take long for me to have second thoughts. They wanted to make sure that you want it, you don’t get nothing here, which I was more than happy with because my entire life there wasn’t anything I didn’t work for, nothing was handed to me. So, it was just another thing that I knew when I came in I would start from the bottom with no experience. I mean, I wrestled in High School, but I came in with no sports entertainment background in me other than hammering it up on the Strongman competition.”
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