10 Modern WWE Moments You Totally Don't Remember

7. "Milwaukee"

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When thousands of fans chanted for Rusev, Vince McMahon thought they were patronising this oafish Bulgarian man and his endearingly simple ways. The poor fellow couldn't even read a simple calendar, and you saw fit to enable his delusion that he was some sort of promising babyface attraction?

Shame.

Shame on each and every one of you.

Vince did the noble thing and put an end to this cruel "Rusev Day" business once and for all by booking Aiden English to turn on his tag team partner following a defeat to the New Day At Hell In A Cell 2018. When Rusev asked him to explain his actions, English revealed that Lana was to blame for their lack of success as a unit. And because this is WWE, she wasn't just incompetent.

She was a slag, as well!

Yes, English claimed that, "one night in Milwaukee," something happened between himself and Lana. This was a bid to get Lana out of the picture, and was quickly foiled; in a skit they should have had way more fun with, this was English repurposing footage to get a rise out of his opponent. Of course, she wasn't a brazen adulteress. WWE had moved on from such retrograde characterisation with the "Women's Revolution". That was just English stirring the pot.

Lashley wouldn't stir the porridge until a year later.

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