Braun Strowman was not scheduled to work this year’s WrestleMania.
Instead, he walked away with the Universal Championship.
With COVID-19 wreaking havoc in late March, and no immediate taping obligations at the Performance Center in Orlando, Strowman packed up his Yukon Denali for a brief sojourn to visit family in Wisconsin. He was 20 hours into a 21-hour drive when he received a call that he was needed, immediately, back at the PC.
“I was told, ‘There’s been a change, we need you,’” said Strowman, who is the 36-year-old Adam Scherr, a former powerlifter who has found his home in WWE.