Rusev has still been money even without lana and lana on the other hand isn't even as interesting as she once was. All this time people thought rusev was nothing without lana..........in reality is it seems lana needs rusev. I seriously hope they get back together tho rusev having a slow burn face turn trying to get lana back would be nice IMO.
Vince thought he was going to make her a bigger star, but he underestimated Rusev's part of her appeal and people not enjoying the abrupt change of character she has undergone. She needs to turn on Dolph, not sexually mind you, and get back with Rusev. They can go big places together.
It was not just Lana's mic skills that made her great, it was her character and chemistry with Rusev. Vince, clearly horny as dog, thought Lana was too good for Rusev and wanted to Americanize her character and give her a boring generic hot girl that likes the baby face character. It simply doesn't work. Rusev has proved he could his own, but Lana just doesn't seem passionate or even seems to care about the role she is currently in. With Rusev, she had a spark and bright passion. Now? Just staleness and emptiness.
I don't even know what they're doing with Lana, myself. Obviously it looks like they're trying to have her as a wrestler and a fued between Rusev & Summer vs Ziggler & Lana. She can't or won't or they won't let her take bumps and the most was Summer (I forgot who she is actually) throwing her out of the ring. They may need each other to stand as characters her and Rusev but now switched on their characters in a short amount of time. And if they're going to have Lana's hair down, have it all the way down. She could also lose the accent. I suppose that will be the next thing happening. Is she going to be a valley girl pretty blondey or a Russian-speaking manager for someone?
I acknowledge that we are seeing a higher proportion of Lana panty shots with this new take on her character, but I am not 14 years old. I'd much rather they continue with the original and entertaining personality we saw when she was paired with Big Daddy Rusev.
-When she was still with Rusev people were wondering where they had left to go, myself included. The break was rightfully done, and yes creative made some.. let's be nice here, and say "unlucky".. choices (especially where face/heel dynamic is concerned) in the booking department, but I think things are starting to pick up again for both Rusev AND lana. And if this leads to in-ring lana, then I can deal with a little bit of sloppy storytelling. Been looking for that particular pay off for a while now, hope we get there and she's any good..
-I wonder how this story would've been booked if Rusev hadn't gotten injured...
The thing is it's hard to beieve that Lana cares more about Ziggler than Rusev. Like watching her crying over Rusev beating Ziggler was so disingenuous, knowing that she's ordered him to do worse things like kick 60 year olds in the head.
What's worse of this storyline is they paint Lana & Rusev as if Lana was controlled by Rusev and there was less 'chemistry' after the Cena loss so she 'uses' Ziggler to make Rusev jealous/show his feelings which lead to her 'falling' for Ziggler - what a crock of horse-manure, then to top it off Rusev sides with Summer to show two can play that game! If this farce doesn't end with them reuniting what was the point?
I don't know, I'm kind of getting used to Rusev/Summer a little. I mean I do like that Summer can defend herself but she does lack in mic skills. Never been so happy to see someone throw Lana out of the ring and someone nearly kill Ziggler before in my life :drose
I almost feel like Summer and Rusev are really trying to go with what they've been giving. So far Lana and Ziggler have managed to just make out each week and make me hate them.
I was the first person to say this wouldn't turn into a dolph/lana together storyline.
How much i underestimate the poor quality of WWE storytelling. Rusev is a star, I take nothing from him. But he's remained interesting and has went from on top of the world to broken to vengeful. That's a tremendous character arc.
Lana went from a strong woman who wouldn't tolerate disrespect....to making out with wwe's resident whore.
Lana and Rusev weren't a generic "anti-American" gimmick. Now WWE is forcing them into a generic break up storyline.
The break from Rusev had to happen at some point, it's what they do after that counts ... maybe this Ziggler thing just isn't working right now, I don't know but she needs to go into something that people can really get into.
Maybe bring back a much anticipated star she has chemistry with, or someone in the back that doesn't get much screen time that the people would like to see more of, I dunno, would have to think really ... but I think Rusev can definitely hold his own, Lana just needs the right storyline to go with her character, which I'm sure is going to have some sort of transition at some point, they kinda pigeon holed her with that character really.
I'm still just trying to understand why she is interested in Dolph all of a sudden. It makes no sense.
Ziggler a decent wrestler, but nothing else about him is appealing. All Lana gets to do is kiss Ziggler now... I mean, that's cool for Dolph, but its head scratching to most everyone else.
And I still don't understand how rusev is the heel in this feud. If anything I feel like dolph is the one to be hated considering the fact that he knew what lana was trying to do YET YOU STILL KISS HER? KNOWING RUSEV IS GOING TO FUCK YOU UP? :westbrook3
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