Braun Strowman's trophy for winning the 50-man Greatest Royal Rumble broke during this week's episode of Monday Night Raw, when Drew McIntyre got knocked down and pushed it off its stand.
Strowman did an excellent job of looking furious and devastated from the broken trophy. As it turns out, this wasn't planned at all. According to both PWInsider.com and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t Cageside Seats), the trophy-breaking segment wasn't scripted, and McIntyre's destroying of it was an accident.
Poor Drew McIntyre probably felt horrible about it, and you have to wonder if he was worried about "getting these hands," when he and Strowman went backstage following their tag team match. At the end of the day, accidents happen, and nobody got seriously injured. McIntyre did an excellent job selling the big hit from Strowman, but he may have sold it a little too well.
You can't help but wonder if WWE will simply fix the trophy, take it off of television or maybe throw this into part of a storyline. Strowman plays a character with a short temper that's always been on mercilessly destroying his opponents, so the broken trophy could easily tie into a feud here with McIntyre.
The Monster Among Men was the 41st entry of the Greatest Royal Rumble, eliminating 13 men in just 22 minutes and 14 seconds. He also got a fancy green belt, along with the beautiful and priceless looking trophy.
We have no idea how much Strowman's Greatest Royal Rumble trophy cost to make, but it had to be expensive. Hopefully, McIntyre isn't forced to cover the repair costs out of his own pocket.
But for all we know, he's going to pay the price on next week's episode of Raw at the hands of Strowman, who has to be disappointed about the trophy destructing in the blink of an eye.