Pro Rusev

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Originally Posted by drave I'm fully behind Rusev. He has been established as a great heel who has had quite a few very entertaining matches and feuds. I think there could have been more mileage behind the Swagger/Rusev feud, people were eating that poop from a piss soaked plate of piss.

I really feel like that feud was just another example of how inflexible WWE is. Because Jack Swagger was only turned to be fodder for Rusev. But a funny thing happened: He got over as a face. Instead of rolling with that and using the feud to elevate both men (setting up some good things for Swagger's future as well as for Rusev), nope. Rusev wins, lol! Fuck you for caring about this loser, we sure didn't!

I feel like Swagger should have been the one to end the "Undefeated" Streak on his way to an Intercontinental Title run. Rusev is a dominating enough force as a heel that he could have taken the loss without much damage to him. Then I'd have him go over Cena at Mania to set up a proper feud with Reigns, where he shocks the world by beating him, with some chicanery (maybe the debut of a "Russian Sympathizer").

Swagger has a solid Intercontinental Title run, trading the belt once with Harper, then feuding with Barrett before finally losing the belt to him. Rusev comes out with Lana and his Sympathizer, and they boast about how no one can stop the Rusev crush. "We The People" blasts over the PA system, and you have a license to print money.