5 Superstars who could dethrone Rusev for the US Championship
The current US Champion is none other than Rusev. The Bulgarian Brute had defeated Shinsuke Nakamura on the 25th December 2018, Christmas edition of Smackdown. There's no doubt that it was a well-deserved title win for Rusev after he had managed to get himself over with the WWE Universe despite his booking not being the best.
Rusev is currently embroiled in a rivalry with Nakamura as the former US Champion had attacked him on the 1st January 2019 episode of Smackdown to signify the fact that the rivalry was still continuing. It makes perfect sense for Nakamura to go after the champion due to his rematch clause, but it seems highly unlikely that he will regain the title.
But when the time comes, Rusev will indeed have to drop the title so that he can move onto bigger and better things.
Here is a list of 5 superstars who could take the US Championship away from Rusev.
#5 Eric Young
On June 19th, 2018, we saw the debut of Eric Young alongside his faction in Sanity, minus Nikki Cross, as they made their first appearance on Smackdown Live by brutally attacking The Usos. It was the perfect way for the stable to debut in such a devastating faction, and it seemed as if there were big things coming for Young as well as Sanity.
However, the following week on Smackdown Live- we saw Young answer Jeff Hardy's US Championship Open Challenge which ended in a DQ after The Usos had interfered. This then led to Sanity losing to The Usos and Jeff Hardy in a very confusing decision, as the WWE didn't seem to continue Sanity's momentum from their debut.
And ever since then, the entire Sanity stable as a whole have been floundering. At Extreme Rules 2018, we saw Sanity defeat The New Day in a Tables match - but that result didn't lead anywhere.
Young would be a great option to take the title away from Rusev as it would give him the eminence that he desperately needs. On NXT, Sanity used to cause havoc on the roster- but on Smackdown, you wouldn't even be able to tell that Sanity is even there. Young's mystique along with the rest of the stable members has been damaged heavily.
A rivalry with Rusev would be fantastic because you could have Sanity attempt to target Lana as well. Despite the fact that Nikki Cross has yet to debut, she could easily play mind games with Rusev by going for Lana to boost this potential storyline. A US title win for Young would do wonders for the credibility of the stable as a whole.