He's hurt right now. That's why there setting up for him facing Orton at MITB in June. Looks like Orton/Rusev for World Title, AJ vs Zayn vs Corbin vs Owens vs Mahal vs one of Mojo Rawley or Tye Dillinger in MITB ladder match. With Ziggler/Nakumara having a rematch.
I'm happy that Rusev is being put back in the title scene/upper card. He's probably not winning but Rusev needs to be established as a force again. The past two years have taken a toll on his credibility but SD's creative can hopefully rehab him.
Orton vs Rusev First 1 on 1 match would be great. that's a dream match right there.
MITB is in Orton's hometown. Rusev coming back right to the title picture :mark:
so weird that Rusev's only WWE championship match was when the Rumble match was for the title and he was eliminated after 1 minute.
But i still think Jinder is winning the title at Backlash and Rusev will be in the MITB ladder match.
Re: Is Rusev the next challenger for the WWE title?
Can see this being a replacement for the Miz vs Bryan storyline and similiar to AJ vs Shane story from WM. Rusev demands a match and Shane & Bryan say he's got to earn one... in Money In The Bank.
As a dream scenerio, id love them to go full Rocky IV and have Rusev win MITB and then cash in like RVD at an announced show. Perfect scenerio would be a show in Russia (highly unlikely) but any non american show would work.
Re: Is Rusev the next challenger for the WWE title?
Seems like Lana is debuting as a wrestler so i hope they wont be together this time, might be only a plus for him IMO. Rusev for MITB winner, thumbs up!!!
I'm really hoping Jinder is just a smoke-screen for Rusev, the latter sh*ts all over the former in every conceivable metric as a pro wrestler. Both have similar foreign heel gimmicks but Rusev has always been fantastic at getting heel heat even from smarks.
A main event program and match that will be worth watching. Can't wait for Rusev's time... though I can't see him winning the belt though so it will only be a temporary fix to SD's main event problem.
Interesting thingy here cause they obviously going to give him the shot since it's his time and he's already proven and over. But what does this mean for Jinder's Push?
Rusev was injured. I wonder if the handsome gimmick is going to be dropped since seems like he's going to be more of a serious contender now. I wonder if he's still going to be with Lana.
Maybe Sin Cara will get a title shot next! He's undefeated backstage!
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