WWE Raw: 3 Questions from the January 9 Show
By Tom Thomas
WWE.com
3. What Did Rusev Do to Deserve This?
Rusev’s roller coaster career continued its downward fall on Raw. This has been the trend all throughout the Bulgarian Brute’s career. He debuted on the main roster and made short work of his foes. Rusev won the US title and then ran into a wall. A wall named John Cena. From the peak of his heel run, Rusev would fall down the card after losing to Cena at Wrestlemania. What followed were meaningless angles and feuds with Ziggler/Summer Rae/Lana and finally the League of Nations.
However, he would mount a comeback and win the prestigious title yet again. This time, Rusev’s downfall began after feuding with Roman Reigns. Fans would witness that a steel chain and the accolade couldn’t get the win for Rusev. Reigns went over Rusev cleanly in a mediocre feud that had ample intensity in the ring, at times. Following this, Rusev’s roller coaster career began dropping down the card faster than ever before.
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That now brings us to the question. What did he do to deserve this kind of treatment from creative? The old monster heel Rusev is merely a memory and Lana is just a shadow of her former self. If being paired up with Jinder Mahal wasn’t bad enough, Rusev would feel the band this week. Yes, he got a sweet chin music from Shawn Michaels. Let’s take a list here. Not the list of Jericho but the list of former stars who beat Rusev down:
- The Rock
- Goldberg
- Shawn Michaels.
This is after neglecting the league of nations episode from WrestleMania. Seriously creative, what did Rusev or Lana do to deserve this? Creative would be better of ending the Rusev – Enzo and Cass feud at the earliest.