6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 28)

2. Rusev, Sex Machine

Lana Lashley Rusev
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You can tell an angle is dying a slow, painful death when you get a “kitchen sink” mentality of throwing every possible gimmick or motive against the wall in the hopes that something will stick. That was the case with the ongoing Rusev/Lana “feud,” which was featured on Jerry Lawler’s King’s Court.

Lawler tried to get the couple to reconcile, but Lana decided to drop “the truth” on the fans: Rusev is a sex addict. (Rusev: Can you blame me?) Lana said Rusev only cared about his animal desires, wanting sex at all hours and all locations. Then that shifted to complaining about Rusev trying to impregnate her, and pregnancy would ruin her modeling career.

Then Lana switched gears to say that storyline boyfriend Bobby Lashley told her that Rusev cheated on her, and she believed Lashley.

Because, sure, why not? Sex Machine Rusev wanted to get Lana pregnant after cheating on her with someone else.

Yeah, that sounds like three separate errors or plot twists that have been weaved together for God knows what reason.

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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.