Braun Strowman

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Strowman in September 2016
Born	Adam Scherr (1983-09-06) September 6, 1983[1] Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, United States[1]
Occupation	Professional wrestler
Years active	2011–2012 (powerlifter) 2013–present (professional wrestler)
Residence	Orlando, Florida, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Braun Stowman[2] Braun Strowman[1]
Billed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)[3]
Billed weight	385 lb (175 kg)[3]
Trained by	WWE Performance Center
Debut	December 19, 2014[4]

Adam Scherr (born September 6, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and former strongman currently signed to WWE on the Raw brand, under the ring name Braun Strowman.

Strongman career

Competition record
Strongman
Representing  United States
Arnold Amateur Strongman Championships
1st	2012
Central GA Strongest Man
1st	2011
Europa Battle of Champions
1st	2010
Monster of the Midland
1st	2010
NAS US Amateur National Championships
1st	2011
Summerfest Strongman
1st	2011
West Carry Fall Festival of Power
1st	2011

Scherr earned his Strongman Corporation (ASC) Professional Card by winning the NAS US Amateur National Championships on November 5, 2011.^[5] He won the 2012 Arnold Amateur Strongman Championships on March 4, 2012, which took place during the Arnold Sports Festival alongside the 2012 Arnold Strongman Classic.^[6] This victory earned Scherr an invite to the 2013 Arnold Strongman Classic.^[6] He competed in the SCL North n Championships on July 8, 2012, finishing in 5th place overall. He also competed in the Giants Live Poland event on July 21, 2012, finishing in 7th place overall.^[7]

Professional wrestling career

WWE

WWE Performance Center and training (2013–2015)

On May 12, 2013, it was reported that Scherr had signed with the professional wrestling promotion WWE. He was later assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, where he adopted the ring name Braun Stowman.^[1] He made his wrestling debut at a NXT live event in Jacksonville, Florida on December 19, 2014, defeating Chad Gable.^[4] On June 2, 2015, Strowman appeared at a Main Event taping in a dark match, where he defeated an unknown wrestler.^[8]

The Wyatt Family (2015–2016)

Strowman apart of The Wyatt Family.

On August 24, 2015 episode of Raw, Scherr, now under the tweaked ring name Braun Strowman,^[9] made his main roster debut by attacking Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns and establishing himself as the newest member of the Wyatt Family alongside Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper.^[10][11] Strowman had his first televised match on August 31 episode of Raw, defeating Ambrose via disqualification.^[12] Strowman wrestled in his first pay-per-view match on September 20 at Night of Champions, where he, Wyatt, and Harper defeated Reigns, Ambrose, and Chris Jericho in a six-man tag team match after Strowman forced Jericho to pass out with a lifting arm triangle choke.^[13] At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, The Wyatt Family defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley), Tommy Dreamer and Rhyno in a eight-man tag team elimination tables match^[14] Strowman appeared in the 2016 Royal Rumble match and scored among the most eliminations in the match with 5 before being eliminated by Brock Lesnar. Strowman later returned to the match to eliminate Lesnar along with his fellow Wyatt Family members.^[15] Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer wrote that Strowman was "put over as a monster" in the match.^[16] At Fastlane, The Wyatt Family lost to the team of Ryback, Big Show and Kane. However, the next night on Raw, The Wyatt Family defeated Ryback, Big Show and Kane in a rematch. Strowman would appear at WrestleMania 32 in Dallas, Texas during The Rock and John Cena's confrontation with The Wyatt Family. The Wyatt Family were featured on poster-art for Payback and were originally scheduled to face the League of Nations at the event, but the match was cancelled after Bray Wyatt suffered an injury. In July, The Wyatt Family began a feud with the WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day which saw them defeat the champions in a non-title match at Battleground.

Undefeated Streak (2016–present)

As part of the 2016 WWE draft, Strowman was drafted to Raw while Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan were drafted to SmackDown), thus displacing Strowman from The Wyatt Family and beginning his singles career. On the following weeks on Raw, Strowman, with a modified appearance, defeated newcomer James Ellsworth and several other local wrestlers who put up no major challenge, and prior to each match, the local athlete would be interviewed by Byron Saxton. On the September 5 episode of Raw, established star Sin Cara challenged Strowman due to him disrespecting Luchadors, but Sin Cara would go on to lose by count-out and then by pinfall the following week. On the October 17 episode of Raw, after easily defeating three local competitors in a 1-on-3 handicap match, Strowman was confronted by Sami Zayn.^[17] The week after, Strowman was scheduled to compete against Zayn, but the match never started as both men attacked each other before the match. On the October 31 episode of Raw, Strowman won a battle royal last eliminating Zayn for a spot on Team Raw at the Survivor Series event. At the event, Strowman was the first man to be eliminated from Team Raw after he was counted out due to interference by James Ellsworth. Team Raw subsequently lost the match.

In wrestling

Strowman applying a lifting arm triangle choke on Goldust

• Finishing moves
  • Lifting arm triangle choke^[18][19] – 2015–present
  • Reverse chokeslam^[20][21] – 2016–present
  • Running powerslam^[22][23] – 2016–present
  • Yokosuka cutter^[24] – 2015–present
• Signature moves
  • Biel throw
  • Big boot
  • Body avalanche
  • Body block
  • Chokeslam^[25]
  • Clothesline
  • Flapjack^[26]
  • Running front dropkick
  • Sidewalk slam
• Nicknames
  • "The Abominable Strowman"^[27][28]
  • "The Black Sheep"^[9]
  • "The Monster Among Men"^{[29][30][31][32]}
  • "The Mountain of a Man"^[33][34]
  • "The New Face of Destruction"^[35][36]
• Entrance themes
  • "Live in Fear" by Mark Crozer^[37] (August 24, 2015  – July 24, 2016; used while a part of The Wyatt Family)
  • "Swamp Gas" by Jim Johnston (April 12, 2016 – July 24, 2016; used while teaming with Luke Harper or Erick Rowan)
  • "I Am Stronger" by CFO$ (July 25, 2016 – present)^[38]

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #163 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016^[39]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Braun Strowman.

• Braun Strowman on WWE.com
• Braun Strowman's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
• Adam Scherr at the Internet Movie Database
• Braun Strowman on Twitter