Braun Strowman Standing By Past Comments About Indie Wrestlers Struggling Financially
It wasn't that long ago that Braun Strowman was criticized for seemingly not sympathizing with independent wrestlers who were struggling to make enough money to stick with the profession. Last March, Strowman (Adam Scherr) had an interaction with AEW’s Evil Uno after Uno urged his followers on social media to support independent wrestlers in any way that they could. Scherr suggested it wasn't up to the fans to support the wrestlers, but for the wrestlers to come to grips with whether they could support themselves doing what they love.
As many wrestlers will discover, making it to the level of WWE or AEW is difficult. There are countless independent wrestlers who never get discovered, many of whom perform for very little money. When Scherr took heat from the industry was when he seemed to not care and posted a tweet about indie wrestlers crying for help. He deleted it after some serious backlash. In that tweet he wrote, "Here we go with more of the somebody pay for my bills stuff. If you can’t afford to pay your bills, maybe you should change professions. That’s why I quit strongman. I loved it but I couldn’t afford to live, so instead of making a go fund me or a Patreon…”
Ironically, it wasn't long after his comments that Strowman was fired by WWE. The reason for his release was listed as budget cuts and reports were WWE wanted to shed themselves of his inflated contract. Did that change his viewpoint on his earlier comments? Not really.
Speaking with CBSSports.com Scherr said, “I still believe in it. He added that his comments were taken out of context and while he admits it aged terribly considering his being released and with the lockdown and COVID, he believes most reporters ran with it for the sake of writing clickbait posts.
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Face Reality, Says Scherr
At the time, Strowman wasn't trying to be insensitive. He was trying to give advice and said, "Sometimes in life your goals and what you dream about, you can’t do." He added, "That’s the point, dry and simple."
His comments were to tell people that sometimes shifting gears is the right play. He noted, "I was in the top five strongest guys on the planet. I loved it, I didn’t want to leave the sport, but I couldn’t pay my bills." That was when he turned to professional wrestling and made a boat load of money with WWE. Hopefully he saved some of it.
