8 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Money In The Bank 2016

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8. Rusev Crush

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It would be easy to list the Rusev/Titus ONeil United States Championship title match as a down simply because it was pedestrian and lacked any real heat from the crowd. But there is one thing worth praising from the bout: Rusev himself.

The Bulgarian Brute took advantage of the fact that Sunday was Fathers Day and Titus (who won a national fatherhood award last year) had his two sons in the front row. Rusev took the opportunity to taunt the kids and to yell at ONeil to wave to his kids while in a submission hold. Even afterward, Rusev went over to the kids outside the ring and told them that their father was a loser.

Maybe its just a subtle thing, but that kind of behavior is what makes a good villain. Rusev was willing to taunt teenagers to make his point and make himself look despicable. Nicely done.

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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.