Rusev's First Loss...
 

Should occur after WrestleMania and be to an NXT call-up like Adrian Neville or Sami Zayn. Neville makes some sense because Rusev's never really faced such an athletic high flyer who isn't your puny Cruiserweight level guy, so it could be believable and then kickstart a nice feud that puts Neville over as well (as long as he's not Mighty Mouse).

Rusev losing to Cena does nothing for either person. Which is, of course, why that will happen at WrestleMania.

Agree or disagree?

I would be pretty shocked if that's not what happened.

But, at the same time, I don't know that I can really figure out anyone else who's a legitimate choice to do it. It's a little bit of the Brock Lesnar conundrum where there's no one who's anywhere close to the world-beater level that would be required for it to make sense--other than Cena, because he's been booked as relatively unbeatable for over a decade now.

Sure, they could give it to an NXT call up, like Neville, but then what? I have trouble legitimately hoping that anyone they call up that they give it to would still be doing anything in six months.

It should probably go to someone who's semi-established already and moving upwards, but who's that going to be? I could see them using it to get Ziggler over again, but that's probably never going to happen.

After being unbeaten for this long, it's kind of passed the threshold of being thrown away as a short term boost to a guy and moved into "big deal" territory, and there aren't many people who are in a position to a) deserve it b) use it and/or c) be believable in it.

It's kind of a shame, because in the past six months, they've had a whole clump of guys who were all hugely over and could have taken advantage, but they've pretty much murdered all the momentum those guys, like Ziggler and Ambrose, had.

Which means if he doesn't lose to Cena at Wrestlemania, he'll probably lose to Sin Cara on a random Raw in a few months.

yeah it should have been swagger but wwe screwed that angle up, swagger could not even win for zev.

Roman Reigns was Rusev's first lost technically. By DQ and when he eliminated him in some Battle Royal. (Not the Royal Rumble)

They should have whoever beats him immediately go on a bus tour of the USA this summer and have a "made in the USA" gimmick too. It's the smrt thing to do.

I'll be your herrrrrrro heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrroooooo!

The scenario with Neville is good, but as you say, Cena will more than likely beat Rusev at Mania.

This is where I'm thinking of the next step; if someone beats Cena clean (or clean-ish, not a distraction finish) for the belt it will mean just as much, maybe more, to best Cena for the US Title.

No, there should be no NXT guy coming in and beating Rusev. It needs to be someone on the rise and has the ability to make people believe he can actually beat Rusev. Maybe Ambrose in a couple months.

Rusev has such a stupid face how does he keep winning

I like the monster with the long undefeated streak...but I donut like rusev

HELLUVA KICK! 123!

SAMI ZAYN HAS DEFEATED RUSEV

OLE! OLE! OLE OLE!! OLE!

OLEEEEEEEEEE!

Rusev is BORING BORING BORING BORING.

Rusev shouldn't lose until he's won the WWE title at WM 32 then have him lose at WM 33 to Daniel Bryan.

Have Brock lesnar win at WM and Paige comes out they fuck and Paige cashes in Seth Rollins MITB and Paige is the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion

It genuinely doesn't matter, does it? Whether it's an NXT debutant, or a "star in the rise" that beats Rusev (or Cena), they won't maintain the character beyond a few weeks, and they'll be back to losing in the midcard shuffle before we know it.

If Kurt Angle isn't the one to beat Rusev, we're all wasting our time.

You had me until you got to Daniel Bryan. I would be down with a Rusev WWE title reign. Why not a fued with either Brock or Roman coming out of Mania after he beats Cena.

By having some scrub no one has heard of beating Rusev clean will hurt him. Having him lose to someone like Ambrose that (in theory) has been on the rise for 2 months before their match would make sense. Lets not turn Rusev into a jobber.

Hell, as much as I want Rusev to beat Cena at Mania (I think it could happen too) I want to see him lose all the same. Having his current streak may do more harm than good if it sticks around for to long. It will turn into his gimmick and won't have anything after it goes away.

Can she do that? If so you don't need to ask me twice if it's a good idea.

Topless Paige as WWE WHC.

She can pose topless like Hogan did.http://www.geocities.ws/jim_ballard7...ns/hogan93.jpg

i c wut u r aiming for, some kind of Razor Ramon losing to 1-2-3 Kid shocker

In the words on Vince Mcmahon: "Expect the unexpected"

Yeah, Cena definitely shouldn't be his first clean loss, especially not with the U.S. Championship on the line at Mania. This isn't 2004, and Cena isn't the Doctor of Thuganomics.

I say pick up after Mania where they left off between Rusev and Swagger. Even if Swagger doesn't end up with the title it could still be a pretty entertaining feud.

How I wish that were possible. However, considering what he's up to lately in #LOLTNA (no spoilers), I don't think he'll be back to WWE anytime soon.

Neville sucks, so no.

Heath Slater baby!

Jack Swagger was the man to do it. Cena will probably do it at WrestleMania. It won't be the end of the world. If it were someone on the current roster, I'd pick Ziggler. If I had to call up someone from NXT to do it, I'd go with Chad Gable. Have him answer an open challenge from Rusev, who basically laughs in Gable's face, but is unaware of Gable's amateur background and gets pinned. We only find out about Gable's history on SmackDown when he introduces himself properly.

Has Rusev ever fought Ambrose? If Ambrose went over Rusev to get Dean over, would that work?

Not sure. Ambrose doesn't need a win over Rusev to be over though, he is "over" on character alone and has a pretty shitty W/L record.

Swagger should do it on Raw the night after Mania. If Swagger won the battle royal then beat Rusev it would make him red hot with the We the People gimmick. Its about time Zeb returned to.

Rusev will lose to Cena, then get mad at Lana for giving him the match, fires her, Lana takes time off, etc.

I think Lana's time off May have already started.

I'd actually like that. :y:

But we know what will happen.

Cena will win, because its Cena and LOLCENAWINZ.

The next time you see Rusev will be in some comedy tag team on Main Event and you'll go, 'oh yeah, that guy, he could have been a monster heel, till Cena killed him stone dead'.

Ryder and Rusev The Woo Woo Crush.

Don't give Vince ideas.

I'm sure it'll involve dancing as well.

Probably a dance off with Fandango.

No it would be a fuwd with Fandago and Fandango steals Lana

Am I the only person who thinks having Rusev lose to Cena would be a huge mistake?

Because?

Building him up as this undefeated monster better than having him drop the title to Cena who really doesn't need the belt, a push or anything really.

I think Cena beating Rusev is actually a good move. It's time to see what Rusev can do without the streak on his side.

If Rusev does retain, however, I would like Cena to sell the loss by disappearing for a little while.