Does anyone else get the feeling Vince McMahon gave Rusev that push to try and use it as leverage to sleep with Lana? The reason Rusev's push collapsed was because Lana rejected Vince. His way of humiliating Lana and Rusev was to have Lana be unfaithful in storylines and be objectified by other men. That might also explain why he had Nia Jax destroy Lana over and over again when Rusev left for AEW.

The fact that Vince told him the fans were mocking him when they were clearly cheering and saying rusev day and then him simply refusing to push rusev it’s shows how much of lost of touch he was 2019 was brutal to watch because they were literally burying him with the whole story of Lana and Bobby storyline

Some context, Rusev was originally booked to win the Intercontinental Championship during his 2015 storyline with Ziggler & Summer Rae. However Lana announced her IRL engagement to Rusev without notifying management and that apparently gave the two so much heat, Vince canned the IC Title run & ended the story abruptly & said heat followed them for the rest of their time in the company. Also Rusev losing to Cena & Orton on back to back PPV's in 2017 was apparently punishment because he cut his long hair short without notifying management (apparently a big no no) & also tweeted a video where he stated he was going to call out Shane McMahon on SmackDown regarding Money in the Bank (Rusev's return was supposed to be a surprise but him announcing it on Twitter upseted Vince & delayed Rusev's return till after MITB 2017).

the feud against Bobby Lashley supposedly would've been worse. it seems there was the idea of implying Rusev had erectile dysfunction. Vinny really had it in for him

The Bobby Lashley, Lana wedding was a joke

Rusev was Ivan Drago 😂

To be fair WWE already replaced him with a better version in Gunther. Oh and when you do a video like this you should say how Vince ruined X.

It was terrible WWE decided to ruin him on Rusev Day

The days of the American audience being stupid enough to just accept that he was a hero of the Russian Federation with Russian flags etc. , to go back to a Bulgarian again are long gone. That shit flew back in the 90s but today with the Internet a lot of Americans now know Russian and Bulgaria are nothing to do with each other.

I’d Vince didn’t see it, it didn’t matter how over you got. Of course Vince would think the love triangle with Lashly was good. 😣

He didnt tap out cena he made him pass out

With the whole Lana and Lashely thing, they could've just made it look like she was "possibly" cheating instead of making it so apparent. It doesn't seem realistic that a man like Russev would've put up with that. He would've just divorced her. If they made the cheating ambiguous, it would've made his jealousy more believable.

If memory serves me correctly, one of the things that really caused Rusev to get on the bad side of management was when he got a haircut in early-2017 without their permission (which lead to his really poorly booked match with Big Show at Fastlane that year).

00:17 I see where Bron breakker took inspiration from

Strangely with some good consistency

Rusev was wasted

How many times has somebody feuded with Dolph Ziggler I've lost all their momentum

Happy Rusev day guys

Is this a re-upload??

Then aew did him even worse he did the job to fuego del sol and others that he had no business jobbing to like orange Cassidy chuck Taylor and Darby allin 😂

AEW really fixed things for Rusev dident they??

It’s very sad to what WWE did to him and what he became in AEW man I wonder when is AEW Contract is up ? And I hope he comes to the WWE Triple H era.

Considering Triple H is managing things differently now, we would’ve been getting classic matches of Rusev Vs GUNTHER.

Now do how AEW totally ruined Miro

Now how bout a video about how aew ruined him too?

Need a Mustafa Ali video next

It is amazing. Whenever I promising young wrestler fails certain "fans" are quick to blame the wrestler for their own failure instead of the people booking them. True some wrestlers ruin their own opportunities, but wrestlers like Rusev did nothing wrong. He worked hard, got better on the mic and continued to be impressive in the ring. And yet, When Rusev got over Vince told him that the fans were actually booing him. How do you expect anyone to get over when they are working for an out of touch idiot? Sadly, AEW have not treated Rusev/miro any better. The man should just go to TNA. At least they would treat him with more respect.

The Rusev and Lashley feud only had like two legit good segments The one where Rusev snaps at seeing them together and beats up Orton and Corbin And the so bad it’s good, wedding between Lashley and Lana But yeah, the overall feud was pretty bad, Rusev lost every single match against Lashley I personally preferred the Rusev Ziggler feud since at least victories were traded

After all this stuff came out about Vince, I can definitely say without a doubt he got a nasty kick watching Luna get passed around. Real or fake he definitely was getting a " kick "

Get Over when you are not supposed to? Here, Lets have Lashley take your wife. Vince is garbage.

If they didn’t BUILD him then there would be no reason to ruin him.

Russev day was over!!!

Rusev has a good run in United States championship picture

Now aew does not even know hoe to book him like the wwe.

"Utter crap from the mind of Vince McMahon."--Basically WWE from 2016-2023.

How WWE & AEW ruined Rusev

It is amazing. When wrestlers like Rusev fail to succeed, "fans" are quick to blame them and have the gall to say they do not deserve the praise. True certain wrestlers waste their opportunities but Rusev did nothing wrong. He worked hard and got over on his own. Sadly Vince told Rusev that the fans were booing him and turn him into a jobber. How exactly do you expect anyone to get over when their own employer has no faith in them? AEW have not treated Rusev any better. Rusev deserved better.

He isn't samoan, that's how!

Still better than his aew run....

Well... AEW hasnt done much better🫤

How much surgery did Lana have my god

Bro what was up with Vince always having Lana kissing & cheating with other men on Rusev lmaooo idc Vince played a big part in their divorce 😭

Blame Cena and Vince for rusev’s downfall It is just sad man

It is really WWE? Cause he not doing shit in AEW and hasn’t since he got there

Lana is the BEST. lana’s no. 1!

Only 1 Answer as to Why WWE Ruined Rusev, its none other than Vince, Old Out of Touch Ruined Rusev, especially with the Rusev Day when Vince thought Fans were mocking the Guy, and the Russian Sympathizer Gimmick Had all the Makings of Being the Best Heel in WWE, but Vince Ruined that Too. Oh and don't forget Vince started Burying Rusev after both He and his Ex Wife Got Hitched

I get a kick out of this channel

Rusev was a Bad /\SS The Way he came out in a Tank was BOSS! I believe Someone🤔#V?🤔 in Management got Jelly when he got engaged with Lana. He would of still been in WWE but the haters backstage. #IMO

Here we go again and these content creator's wonder why there's so much tribalism coming from the IWC.

Ooooof making him Russian well in fairness no one was able to really able to predict the war in Ukraine. Still kinda hard to pull off that Russian gimmick these days.

How AEW RUINED Miro

Yeah because he is doing a lot more in AEW. Two companies. He hasn't been the star in either. Maybe it isn't always everybody else's fault all the time.

Rusev is just another victim of Vince McMahon's overly controlling tendencies, and even with the benefit of hindsight, the reason for burying Rusev is petty as f if you believe the rumors. I have no real confirmations on this, but apparently someone high up in WWE's hierarchy was very unhappy with how close Rusev and Lana were, and the whole Summer Rae-Dolph Ziggler-Rusev-Lana "love tangle" was a real attempt to break them up (ironically, Rusev and Lana are separated now after a brief marriage). The TMZ leak was done by Lana as some form of protest, but cause she was a woman and a non-wrestler, Rusev became the fall guy by proxy. As for whoever was responsible, whoever or wherever you are, I sarcastically clap for you. Yeah, Rusev and Lana are no longer a couple, but I sincerely doubt Lana will want to "passionately hug" you now, especially after what you had done to try and sabotage her then-relationship.

Lana 😍😍 she can pass wind in my face

Triple h isn’t much better

Rusev was Supremely Overrated to be honest so the WWE were spot on with Jobbing him out.

In my opinion Rusev was just a pathetic imitation of Vladimir Kozlov, who was a MUCH better 'Russian Brute' Heel. But of course, just as Vince "Vinny-Mac" McMahon ruined the character of Vladimir Kozlov by changing him from a dominant Heel into a pathetic joke (especially when he teamed with Santino), Vince McMahon made sure history repeated itself by turning the character of Rusev into a pathetic joke. So much missed opportunities and wasted potential for both characters. Just my own personal opinion anyway.

Wrestling fans don't get it. WWE didn't ruin Rusev... he was just overrated. Rusev was always overshadowed by others he aligned with like Lana & Aiden English. His "Rusev Day" thing was made popular by Aiden English and once they disbanded, Rusev did nothing with the gimmick for 2 years other than dance his pecs. It was literally just chants and Rusev did nothing to evolve his character.