KANSAS CITY — Braun Strowman’s still mad, but what was looking like it was going to be a three-hour marathon of destruction turned into a fateful bit of horse-trading when Stephanie McMahon struck a borderline-unholy bargain with The Monster Among Men moments after he plowed through a Tag Team Battle Royal (not the first time he’s done that, funnily enough) set to determine Raw’s Tag Team Survivor Series captain.
Per their agreement, Strowman would receive a match with Acting General Manager Baron Corbin where he could pick the stipulation and The Lone Wolf signed a waiver absolving Strowman of the damage. After that, he gets a rematch with Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title Corbin had cost Strowman in the first place. But, in order for him to get those matches, Strowman has to help Raw defeat SmackDown LIVE at Survivor Series and prove his team-player bonafides by keeping These Hands off of The Lone Wolf until after the fall classic.
This negotiation was all, Stephanie said, just a way for her to help bring out the best in Strowman — a bit of corporate-speak that quickly brought out Ronda Rousey instead. The Raw Women’s Champion assured her Commissioner she didn’t need any more motivation before taking on Becky Lynch on Sunday, though she did heavily imply she was happy to take it out on Stephanie herself. Out came Corbin himself to calm things down, though he didn’t end up defusing the situation so much as take the brunt of everybody’s aggression: Rousey judo-threw Corbin to the mat and, while Strowman didn’t lay hands on the Acting GM, he did make it very clear that his immunity had an expiration date.
Article source: WWE.com