6 New Directions For Rusev After WWE Clash Of Champions 2016 Defeat
No, Summer Rae and a dead fish will NOT be involved.
We've been here before, right? Rusev establishes dominant run as WWE United States Champion, vanquishing a number of midcard chaff before raising the ire of a company golden boy. After a couple of matches the Bulgarian Brute drops the title to said golden boy, and the drawing board is revisited once more.
This time you can replace 'John Cena' with 'Roman Reigns', but the story is much the same. Rusev dropped the US Championship to Reigns this past Sunday at Clash of Champions, and although the feud between the two seems likely to continue, only the most optimistic supporter of the former two-time champ sees it ending with that 'two' being replaced with a 'three'.
So what now for the former Alexander? Rusev is coming up to three years on the main roster and has been somewhat stuck in a cycle of 'lambast the US - win US Championship - lambast US - win US Championship' ever since.
The man from Plovdiv plainly has all the talent in the world and is already an integral part of the upper reaches of the WWE card. But where does he go from here? Here are six possible new directions for Rusev following WWE Clash of Champions.