Seriously, Rusev? Rusev was the #2 entrant into the Rumble, making him the first line of defense against Roman Reigns. Sure, we can say that the Bulgarian Brute is a tough man and can hold his own in the ring, but its not like Reigns hasnt manhandled Rusev on multiple occasions in the past two months. And true to form, Roman eliminated Rusev before the #3 entrant came out. At worst, it was a callback to last year, when Reigns and Rusev were the last two in the 2015 Rumble. But still, this was an opportunity for the Authority to stack the deck even further and get Reigns out early, and they went with Rusev. Bravo.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
