10 Surprising Superstars With No Place In Triple H's WWE

5. Lana

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On NXT and during their first year or so on the main roster, Lana and Rusev were a throwback act with just enough contemporary detail to not feel forced and fake.

A very Triple H pair initially - the foreign menace and wrestler and his boss/valet hybrid was the sort of old school shtick he'd have loved getting to put a new spin on - the magic was gradually eroded thanks to a very forced split a year into their main roster run, and the magic only briefly returned when the Rusev Day patter got way more over than Vince McMahon himself expected it to.

Still totally viable, it's the former 'Bulgarian Brute's current gig that'll likely prevent Lana from getting the call. As Miro, he's been able to escape an early false start in AEW and make himself a final boss heel on the verge of an epic and world title-level babyface run. 'The Ravishing Russian' remains at her best as a character in situ with her real life husband, and Dynamite being placed under Ceej remains a more plausible possibility than Lana's absolute popper of a theme playing through WWE speakers again.

 
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