8 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE SummerSlam 2017

5. Who Did Rusev Piss Off?

Randy Orton Rusev
WWE.com

Oh, come on.

When you talk about wrestlers who WWE has missed the boat on, Rusev has to be in the conversation. The Bulgarian Brute has a good look, is great in the ring, can actually talk, had an awesome valet, and generates pretty good heat.

So of course he jobs to up-and-comer Randy Orton in less than 30 seconds at SummerSlam. Good thing, we were starting to wonder why the Viper was being held down. Seriously.

Not every match can be a 20-minute classic, but for Rusev to lose like he was the long-lost fourth member of 3MB is just ridiculous.

Then again, if he was a member of 3MB, he’s have a 67% chance of being a champion during SummerSlam weekend.

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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.