#Braun Strowman was contemplating suicide before ‘father son’ talk with Vince McMahon

By Gary Stonehouse, The Sun

WWE star Braun Strowman has revealed how a “father son” chat with Vince McMahon stopped him from contemplating suicide.

The Monster Among Men, 36, is one of the most physically imposing wrestlers ever to compete in the ring.

And he has enjoyed a fine 2020 so far, winning the Universal Title for the first time when he defeated Goldberg at WrestleMania in April.

However, the 6-foot-8, 385-pound powerhouse, who lost his title to Bray Wyatt at SummerSlam, faced his biggest battle away from the ring.

On a recent episode of WWE Chronicle, he opened up about how he was contemplating killing himself in 2019 after growing disillusioned with his work.

“I got to the point where I was on the verge of I had enough,” Strowman said.  “I kind of busted in on Vince one day in a meeting and I was like ‘I need to talk to you’ and he kicked everybody out of the production meeting and he sat down and talked to me.

“Not like boss to employee but like man to man, almost like a father son talk thing.”

Strowman, real name Adam Scherr, added: “I’m very thankful to have a relationship with him like that because I might not even be here. I don’t even like talking about this out loud but I was thinking about killing myself a couple of times. That I got to that point, I should have talked to somebody sooner. I never knew how much he cared about me.

“I thought I was just a number in a system. That day he made me realize that I’m more important than a number I can’t thank him enough for doing that.”