WWE Moving Forward With Plans For Rusev vs Cena At WM 31?

[Prince Bálor]

We noted back in 2014 that WWE officials had talked about doing Rusev vs. John Cena at WrestleMania 31. The idea at the time was to have Rusev cost John Cena his WWE World Heavyweight Title match at the Royal Rumble.
WWE is currently advertising Cena and Randy Orton vs. Rusev and Seth Rollins for the February 27th live event from Madison Square Garden. This could be a sign that they are going ahead with plans for Cena vs. Rusev. So far there has been no interaction with Rusev and either Cena or Orton that would lead to that main event being booked. It's also possible that Cena vs. Rusev is just the live event program during WrestleMania season.

Other matches advertised for the next MSG show include Kane vs. Daniel Bryan, Bray Wyatt vs.Roman Reigns, Cesaro vs. Dean Ambrose and an appearance by Chris Jericho.

Source: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news...ng-forward-with-plans-for-rusev-vs-john-cena/

- No, no and no. Don't do it. Cena's the last guy who should conquer Rusev.

 

[Leo C]

lol if they do this

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Rusev should go away lol. Boring ass fuck

 

[Prince Bálor]

lol if they do this

Yes, because why make a new star at WM when you can feed the guy to Cena and bury him? Seems legit.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Yes, because why make a new star at WM when you can feed the guy to Cena and bury him? Seems legit.

Dude you are fucking nuts if you think going over Rusev is making anyone a star. Rusev ain't shit. He will be an afterthought by WM 32, I guarantee it.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Dude you are fucking nuts if you think going over Rusev is making anyone a star. Rusev ain't shit. He will be an afterthought by WM 32, I guarantee it.

I mean, whoever ends up beating Rusev will be adored by the fans. That can't be a bad thing, right?
Now that I think of it, if let's say Rusev lost to Cena, Rusev would kinda get the rub, b/c Cena would be like the first relevant person he faced.

Of course, going over Rusev wouldn't be anything like going over Lesnar, but still... It's gotta be something for young, developing stars.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I mean, whoever ends up beating Rusev will be adored by the fans. That can't be a bad thing, right?
Now that I think of it, if let's say Rusev lost to Cena, Rusev would kinda get the rub, b/c Cena would be like the first relevant person he faced.

Of course, going over Rusev wouldn't be anything like going over Lesnar, but still... It's gotta be something for young, developing stars.

Of course Rusev losing to Cena is still a rub for him. It would be the first time he has been involved in anything high profile.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Of course Rusev losing to Cena is still a rub for him. It would be the first time he has been involved in anything high profile.

True.

So, who should they feed Rusev to (besides Cena)?

Bryan comes to mind, but he's already a developed star, I mean I wouldn't mind it... But still, it should be someone who isn't really that much credible.

Reigns is a possibility, if they decide not to roll with him as the RR winner. And they've been doing Rusev vs Reigns a lot at live events, so they might end up doing it after all. But we'll see.

Ambrose is another one, if they don't do Rollins vs Ambrose at Mania. But Ambrose doesn't really strike me as the guy who'd stand up for America, guess they'd have to bring in something new for the two, a new storyline.

Ryback could also be the one. But, I guess they'll just have that match at the Rumble and which is likely to end in a DQ, and then have another one at Fast Lane where Ryback jobs.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I'd feed him to Ziggler and then ship him back to NXT.

 

[Snowman1]

Unless he gets a generic squash match at WM, beating Rusev is the perfect spot for Roman Reigns if they want to make him a star. There's surely still enough life in Roman Reigns that he'll be given the star treatment by the crowd as he goes over the undefeated Russian, as opposed to Rusev turning into the biggest babyface on Planet Earth if he goes against Cena.

 

[Prince Bálor]

I'd feed him to Ziggler and then ship him back to NXT.

Ziggler? We'd love that and we love the cat, but the 'E don't.

Rusev isn't actually bad in the ring or anything, I just don't like the 'LOL, boo me. I hate America.' gimmick. So, if he was gonna get shipped back to NXT, they'd just need to repackage him a bit.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Unless he gets a generic squash match at WM, beating Rusev is the perfect spot for Roman Reigns if they want to make him a star. There's surely still enough life in Roman Reigns that he'll be given the star treatment by the crowd as he goes over the undefeated Russian, as opposed to Rusev turning into the biggest babyface on Planet Earth if he goes against Cena.

They definitely have the chance with Ryback being the guy to conquer the undefeated Russian crusher. But, they'll just blow it, I know it.

As far as Reigns or DZ or anyone but Cena for that matter goes, I'm all up for it.

 

[Snowman1]

I'd love to see a future for Rusev after this ends, but I can't imagine a way that it happens. Shame.

 

[Prince Bálor]

I'd love to see a future for Rusev after this ends, but I can't imagine a way that it happens. Shame.

My guess for Rusev's future after his undefeated streak ends would be... He'll be jobbing probably, before getting released, eventually.

Unless they decide to repackage him and give him a manager, seeing as how he doesn't have any good mic skills. They could give him Heyman, but we all know how well that's worked out for Ryback, Axel and Cesaro.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Ziggler? We'd love that and we love the cat, but the 'E don't.

Rusev isn't actually bad in the ring or anything, I just don't like the 'LOL, boo me. I hate America.' gimmick. So, if he was gonna get shipped back to NXT, they'd just need to repackage him a bit.

WWE is coming around on Ziggler.

Rusev isn't "bad" he just doesn't do it for me. I'd rather watch Brodus Clay