Rusev on what Rusev Day means, why crowds connect with it

[héad.casé]

"It's more than just a catchphrase – it's a mentality," said Rusev. "It's celebrating yourself; celebrating who you are. It's more than just catchphrase. If you think about it, it's Rusev Day. So it's more than that. People understand that, and the passion behind it. That's why people get behind it, and it's just been amazing to see."

"It just makes me proud. Every time I hear someone say 'Rusev Day', it makes me smile. The fact that I was a bad guy, a foreigner that never wanted – that wanted to get out of there , to be able to just have fun, to be 'you'. It's good, man. It's a good feeling. It's the best time of my career, the most fun of my career. Right along the time I was feuding with Lana."

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[lionheart21]

I don't get why he's not a face yet. Pretty much every time the crowd chants "Rusev Day", the guy just looks like its the greatest thing to ever happen to him.

[Deleted]

I was going to question how that Ziggler feud was in any way fun, but then I remembered he got to throw a fish. So yeah, I can see how he had fun with that.

[nate5054]

Feb 15, 2018 17:20:15 GMT -5 lionheart21 said:

I don't get why he's not a face yet. Pretty much every time the crowd chants "Rusev Day", the guy just looks like its the greatest thing to ever happen to him.

The only reason I don't want him to turn face, at least in terms of the WWE writer universe, is that the WWE Face Machine will ruin everything that is good Amor him.

[Sephiroth]

Feb 15, 2018 17:21:12 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I was going to question how that Ziggler feud was in any way fun, but then I remembered he got to throw a fish. So yeah, I can see how he had fun with that.

Hand Mack on Summer Rae

[Hypnosis]

Feb 15, 2018 17:54:50 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Feb 15, 2018 17:21:12 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I was going to question how that Ziggler feud was in any way fun, but then I remembered he got to throw a fish. So yeah, I can see how he had fun with that.

Hand Mack on Summer Rae

Hot Summer!

[jackswagz]

He's not a face because he has a foreign accent

He won't be a face

He won't be featured prominently

They'll scale him back so eventually the Rusev Day thing dies

Vince will think "I was right, he was just a catchphrase"

It's all depressingly familiar.

[H-Virus]

Feb 15, 2018 17:58:33 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

Feb 15, 2018 17:54:50 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Hand Mack on Summer Rae

Hot Summer!

Hot Submissive Summer!

[Deleted]

So why is this guy technically still a heel again?

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Feb 15, 2018 18:15:29 GMT -5 @dax said:

So why is this guy technically still a heel again?

Because the WWE has a weird disdain for their undercard and fulfilling storylines and characters in there

[Allie Kitsune]

Rusev is a face.

It's just the World At Large that's a heel.

[Allie Kitsune]

Feb 15, 2018 17:21:12 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I was going to question how that Ziggler feud was in any way fun, but then I remembered he got to throw a fish. So yeah, I can see how he had fun with that.

That, and "Hot Summer" was some low-key decent wordplay.

[The Rick Jericho]

If they really want to get over the foreigner thing. Have Rusev come out and save an American.

Next week on Smackdown he's American made with Lana. Instant face heat.

[Allie Kitsune]

Feb 15, 2018 18:40:43 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

If they really want to get over the foreigner thing. Have Rusev come out and save an American.

Next week on Smackdown he's American made with Lana. Instant face heat.

Please, no. Nothing divisive/identity-related.

Just roll with letting the crowds like him, and book him against heels.

[Perd]

If “What Rusev Day Means to Me” was someone’s college application essay, they would get into Harvard, even if they had like a 1.2 GPA.

[KobashiChop]

Feb 15, 2018 18:45:00 GMT -5 Perd said:

If “What Rusev Day Means to Me” was someone’s college application essay, they would get into Harvard, even if they had like a 1.2 GPA.

To be fair, if you turned down that application on Rusev Day, you'd be considered a heartless monster.

[Allie Kitsune]

Feb 15, 2018 18:45:00 GMT -5 Perd said:

If “What Rusev Day Means to Me” was someone’s college application essay, they would get into Harvard, even if they had like a 1.2 GPA.

Nah. It's Harvard.

You'd still need to come from a family of successful lawyers.

[Deleted]

I think the fact that it’s entertaining is why it’s over. Good explanation though.

[willywonka666]

If this thing eventually tanks, you might wanna just say it was a catchphrase

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

There is so much Face Potential behind this gimmick that the fact they're still pushing him as a nothing heel is just trademark WWE at this point.