16 Wrestlers Who Must Feature In WWE's Crown Jewel World Cup

6. Bulgaria - Rusev (Sidgwick)

Aiden English Rusev
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The Bulgarian Brute is a no-brainer: he’s legitimately Bulgarian, is a name performer, is really talented, and wrestled The Undertaker at Greatest Royal Rumble and wasn’t squashed in under three minutes. They might remember him.

If nothing else, since whomever wins this competition will never bring it up on WWE television, Rusev has brilliant social media banter and could surely drag out his non-achievement in the form of a running gag p*ss-take—one in which he constantly questions where Lana was the whole time.

“You weren’t allowed to tell me to crush, but Rusev still crushed! Rusev is the best, Rusev number one!”

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