5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (April 18)
1. What The F*ck Is Going On With Rusev?
The prospect of Rusev working The Undertaker in a Casket Match in Saudi Arabia, in 2018, was an insane enough development.
Then, WWE machka'd the internet by dropping Rusev from the bout and replacing him with Chris Jericho. Rumours ran wild: was Ru-Ru's "bury me softly, brother" tweet an in-joke too far? Was the whole thing orchestrated to create groundswell support for a man already over as a babyface as a result of a groundswell of support? Why is the match now back on?
The whole thing is really confusing which, cynically, might be the point. WWE is obsessed with working everybody, since WrestleMania, and this is likely the latest, weirdest assault on the senses and the sensible. You'd think WWE must know what they have with Rusev - a man capable of delivering in-ring brilliance and top banter - but then, this is the same WWE who this week scripted its top babyface (who is a heel) to call somebody overweight on TV this week. It would be sensible to simply respond to the support Rusev has generated, and position him on the card accordingly.
Instead, Rusev is held back for his likability, because it is a concept alien to his boss. It is that simple, and that bloody depressing. Or, as Dave Meltzer theorised on a recent Wrestling Observer Radio, Vince simply changed his mind.
So who the f*ck knows.
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