12 Current WWE Stars Who Could Be Legends Reborn

11. Rusev - Umaga

On the surface, this one may seem purely physical, as both The Samoan Bulldozer and The Bulgarian Brute have similar builds and both employ a similar stiff in-ring style. They each utilize kicks and strikes in a comparable fashion and have surprising speed and agility for someone their size. And while those similarities are where the majority of this comparison comes from, there€™s a little more to it than that. Both men were saddled with gimmicks that were incredibly successful out of the gate, propelling them to featured spots on the card within a year of their respective character debuts. However, without some tweaking, there€™s a clearly-defined ceiling that each man will reach. In the same vein as a man portrayed as a Samoan savage, a jingoistic anti-American has a relatively short shelf-life, especially in 2015. Unless there€™s some drastic alterations made to Rusev€™s character he may not advance much further than he already has.
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