10 Must-See WWE Matches, Moments & Segments From This Week

5. Dip A Turkey Leg In Mayonnaise, It's The Rusevs!

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The Bulgarian Brute and The Ravishing Russian's unveiling of Rusev's family photo album was at times very awkward and throughout seemed somewhat random, but quietly over the last year or so, Rusev has become one of those talents who can take a weird segment and make something memorable of it. Perhaps some of you have a solid understanding of Samoan culture, but unless it is customary for Samoan families to "sit around a camp fire and dip turkey legs in mayonnaise," then Rusev's one-liner alone was amusing enough to make the segment worth watching.

Nothing that Roman Reigns said enhanced the situation and nothing that Rusev physically did to Reigns in response was fresh to this rivalry, but Rusev being so comfortable in his own skin that he could pull off a lengthy, self-aggrandizing promo with relative ease was enough to at least add the first half of the top of the third hour segment to your must-watch list for this week, as it exemplified that no conversation about WWE's current best-rounded roster members can go for too long without mentioning The Bulgarian Brute.

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"The Doc" Chad Matthews has written wrestling columns for over a decade. A physician by trade, Matthews began writing about wrestling as a hobby, but it became a passion. After 30 years as a wrestling fan, "The Doc" gives an unmatched analytical perspective on pro wrestling in the modern era. He is a long-time columnist for Lordsofpain.net and hosts a weekly podcast on the LOP Radio Network called "The Doc Says." His first book - The WrestleMania Era: The Book of Sports Entertainment - ranks the Top 90 wrestlers from 1983 to present day, was originally published in December 2013, and is now in its third edition. Matthews lives in North Carolina with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.