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[The CyNick]

Originally Posted by Big Vic I stated in a thread months ago (probably when you weren't here, also it was before Brock re-signed) that I felt Rusev should have been the one to go over Brock sometime before Mania. Beat Cena at Mania, while Reigns beats Brock at the same event). Setting up for Reigns to be the one to topple Rusev at SummerSlam if Reigns was ready to be the top guy, and then Reigns would beat Cena at WM32.

But don't you think it's a waste to put all that effort into building Brock (breaks the streak, dominates Cena, plows through everyone for 8 months) only to lose to someone (Rusev in this case) "sometime before Mania". Seems anti climactic.

And you've now beaten Brock AND Cena multiple times to get to Rusev v Reigns. Maybe that would have worked, although as we've seen, the crowd isn't ready to embrace Reigns add the number one babyface. Imagine promos leading up to a big match where Rusev is essentially silent and Roman is trying to fumble through his lines. I bet you look to get the belt back on Cena ASAP.

I go back to the US Open Challenge. Look how strong Cena has made that belt. Some people say is just as important as the WWE title. When was the last time that happened? That all stated by Cena winning the program with Rusev and acting like it was a big deal.

Rusev had stumbled since then, but part of that was the injury derailed him and this love quartet angle was misplaced. To make matters worse Lana probably screwed them both with her big mouth. Hopefully he can be built back up but with me dimension to his character.