A new report states Braun Strowman likely won’t be cleared for TLC!

Only three short days remain until the WWE closes the book on its 2018 pay-per-view schedule with TLC from the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

For weeks now, one of the event’s key matches has been the source of much speculation, as Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match has seemed to be in jeopardy since ‘The Monster Among Men’ underwent surgery for bone chips in his arm just over two weeks ago.

With so much on the line in that match (if Braun wins, he faces Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at Royal Rumble, but if Corbin wins, he becomes the permanent General Manager of RAW), we heard that WWE had a backup plan if Strowman wouldn’t be able to compete, but that obviously hasn’t played out on television.

Today, it was reported that Braun would be in the building for TLC on Sunday, but another report today indicates he might not be there to compete. According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, Strowman is not likely to get cleared and has even been replaced by John Cena at Live Events:

Back to news: I’m hearing Braun Strowman is still not likely to compete Sunday at TLC. So much so, that on the holiday tours, John Cena will wrestle in his place. Strowman will still appear at the holiday tour shows, just won’t work. So I can’t see him working a TLC match.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 13, 2018

EA’s Take: So here’s the deal for me: Generally speaking, WrestleVotes has some pretty solid stuff. By generally speaking I mean, I can’t recall them being incorrect many times, if ever. However, there’s been so many different things said regarding Braun’s TLC status that at this point I think we all just need to wait and see what happens, regardless of the information source. I think WWE’s playing this right up until the last possible second because if there’s a chance Braun can compete even for 5 minutes, he will be in there. Hell, they could still have the match and book it in a manner that he doesn’t even need full clearance. Here’s the other thing too; Cena literally just spoke about how he can’t wrestle while shooting a movie and he’s got one coming up between Rumble and WrestleMania. Sooo…is he even allowed to wrestle or what? Like I said, wait and see.

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