WWE Rumours: Backstage heat off from Rusev and Lana
In October 2015 “The Bulgarian Brute” Rusev and “The Ravishing Russian” Lana were part of a split-angle along with Dolph Ziggler and Summer Rae. Even though Rusev was dating Lana in real life during this angle, Lana and Ziggler maintained their Kayfabe relationship on social media.
But, on October 11th, TMZ broke the news that Rusev had proposed to Lana in real life, which was later confirmed by Lana. This sudden development was used in the storyline and on October 12th edition of RAW, Summer Rae broke up with Rusev. The entire storyline received negative reviews damaging Rusev’s gimmick. The couple, because of this mess, received a lot of heat backstage.
After that Lana became a mid-card player, and Rusev was made a part of the now-defunct team, League of Nations, which as we all know was just a job squad made specifically to make Roman Reigns look strong. Rusev slowly started going into the realm of obscurity, but everything changed when on April 28th on Smackdown, Rusev walked out of the League of Nations.
Things started to get a bit better and Rusev was again made the U.S. Champion at Extreme Rules, and Lana was again given her position as his full-time manager. It has been reported that the backstage heat is completely off the couple, and also that Vince McMahon is happy with Rusev’s current work as a heel.
Mr. McMahon’s appreciation for his work may mean bigger and better things for Rusev and Lana in the future. So, will Rusev defeat Roman Reigns at the upcoming SummerSlam PPV, as the master of the Superman Punch because is already in Vince’s doghouse due to his Wellness-Policy violation, or will he be relieved off the title for a much better main event spot?
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