16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (12 March)

14. Rusev Has Lost 17 Consecutive Pay-Per-View Matches

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It hasn't been 'Rusev Day' in quite some time.

According to that bastion of SmackDown knowledge Tom Phillips, Rusev has lost 17 consecutive pay-per-view matches in WWE. Bafflingly, the voice of Tuesday nights then said Ru-Ru hadn't won a pay-per-view bout in "over two years". That doesn't quite equate mathematically, but its the thought that counts.

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