8 WWE Releases To Expect In 2020

5. Rusev

Recent online reports suggest that Rusev is in the midst of a stand-off as far as ongoing negotiations to extend his WWE contract are concerned. Regardless of how true those reports actually are, the Bulgarian Brute is being advertised to compete at this month's Super ShowDown event that will emanate from Saudi Arabia.

For years now, there have been consistent rumblings that Rusev's time with WWE could be coming to an end - and maybe 2020 is finally the year that the former United States Champion sheds his WWE shackles and takes his talent elsewhere.

What's most interesting about this particular situation right now, is that Rusev is the one who holds all of the cards.

As his WWE contract edges ever-closer to expiring, Rusev hasn't shied away from this matter - to the point that he listed himself as "soon to be free agent" on his Twitter profile recently. Given how the the Rusev Day founder has previously lambasted how he's been used in WWE - not to mention the god-awful Rusev/Lana/Lashley angle - it wouldn't be a surprise at all to see him depart Vince McMahon's company at some point in the near future.

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