>they wanted Brock vs. Roman at Mania 34 and they were dead
>set on it... we all saw how that went, but fine, I understand
>why that's what they wanted. That didn't mean they had to
>completely deny Braun his shot at the top though:
>
>-Have Braun beat Brock at either Summerslam or Night of
>Champions.
>-Brock gets his win and title back at the Rumble.
>
>Braun and arguably Brock come out of that looking stronger and
>once Braun leaves you still have a credible monster... but no,
>they were completely entrenched in "We have to pretend that no
>one has ever kicked out of the F5" mode.

It seems like Braun ticked somebody off backstage so they cooled him all the way the fuck off ON PURPOSE. I don't understand really, but I almost hope that this is what really happened.

Other options:
- WWE screwed the pooch and are now shocked that he's cold.
- Brock doesn't like him and wouldn't lay it down for him, so WWE flaked on him.

It's crazy to think that Brock was fine looking like a bitch for Goldberg more than once to make the Mania rematch work better, but he couldn't see the value in doing a similar thing with Braun. But hell, maybe he got tender about that Braun green potato he got. Or maybe WWE never even asked him to do it.