Team Machka - Rusev & Lana Teaming For WWE Mixed Match Challenge
Will matrimony carry SmackDown to success?
WWE's Mixed Match Challenge officially has it's first husband and wife duo, with SmackDown's Rusev and Lana set to team on the upcoming show.
The company broke the news through a video published on Facebook. It came just hours after Finn Balor and Sasha Banks were announced for the Raw side, with Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman (Raw) and a Charlotte Flair/Bobby Roode combination (SmackDown) unveiled earlier in the week.
Rusev and Lana is a smart pairing for obvious reasons, but this'll be the first time they've worked together since early 2017, when 'The Bulgarian Brute' was feuding with Enzo Amore. They've been kept apart since joining SmackDown in April's Superstar Shake-Up, however, with Lana attempting to reinvent herself as an in-ring performer (while managing Tamina), and her husband teaming with Aiden English.
The Mixed Match Challenge debuts as a Facebook livestream on Tuesday, January 16th. The following wrestlers have all been confirmed as participants, but are still to be placed into teams:-
Alicia Fox, Asuka, Bayley, Goldust, Nia Jax, The Miz, Samoa Joe, Enzo Amore, Becky Lynch, Carmella, Jimmy Uso, Naomi, Natalya, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura and The New Day.