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Raw General Manager Kurt Angle rehired Braun Strowman
Raw General Manager Kurt Angle rehired Braun Strowman02:56
No one can say Braun Strowman’s time on the unemployment line was uneventful, though thankfully for the Raw roster, it was short-lived. The Gift of Destruction tore apart the backstage area for the entire hour after Kurt Angle pink-slipped him, rampaging through the catering area and tipping over the tractor of the production truck in a blind fury.

All of this devastation led to Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon pulling rank on her beleaguered General Manager and ordering The Monster Among Men rehired. Angle enacted her wishes just in time, as Strowman had Michael Cole in hand at the commentary table when The Olympic Hero emerged to give him his job back, including his position in the Universal Title Triple Threat Match. Strowman celebrated the good news in his singularly devastating fashion: By throwing Cole off the stage and onto a pile of security guards anyway.

Braun Strowman is rehired: Raw, Jan. 15, 201801:58
Following a wildly destructive rampage, Braun Strowman is reinstated as a WWE Superstar, and will battle Brock Lesnar and Kane for the Universal Title at the Royal Rumble event.