Surprising moments. Roman takes a beating.

Surprising moments. Roman takes a beating.

 Braun really isn’t finished with him

This match ended the way it should have. Roman Reigns, who took a massive beating just three weeks ago and suffered supposedly major injuries, lost clean to Braun Strowman at Payback. However, that doesn’t make it any less surprising.

Vince McMahon loves to protect the people he pushes to be the major star of the company: John Cena, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin and now Roman Reigns. They rarely lose and they are protected in their booking at all times. That didn’t quite happen at Payback.

Sure, Roman got in a fair amount of offence but Braun controlled the match. He didn’t need to cheat to win as he had already done the damage over the last couple of weeks. It was the logical booking to keep your monster in Strowman strong going forward.

But to watch him continue to attack Reigns post-match and cause him to bleed was easily the most surprising moment of the show. Braun looks like a big star now and Roman should finally get a much-deserved break.