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6. Draw A Line Under Rusev And Lana Explanations

2015 has been a topsy turvy year for Lana and Rusev. Behind the scenes, the pair are romantically involved. Their flaunting of this fact on social media has irked WWE, who wanted to present the story of Dolph Ziggler and Lana being an item during the Summer months. Summer Rae also became involved, and the whole love interest storyline quickly became quite the mess. On Monday Night Raw, Lana and Rusev were reunited on Miz TV. That needs to be the end of it, WWE can't continue trying to explain their way out of the situation. The couple embraced and appeared to forgive one another in kayfabe land, which is pretty much the writing team's way of acknowledging their real life engagement. Now, things must move on. This coming week, Lana should simply appear with Rusev. Better yet, she should be an asset to him, not a hindrance. There shouldn't be any more mention of the messy situation from before, because it draws attention to what turned out to be a botched angle. The Rusev, Dolph Ziggler and Summer Rae love triangle was tepid at best, there's no need to continually revisit it. WWE should end this particular chapter.
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