2. How Will The Feud Between Rusev And Swagger Play Out?
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From @Mike_Mifflin: How do you see the Rusev/Swagger feud going down? Long term effect for Swagger?
It's probably going to lead to a Rusev win, but if WWE plays it smart they can stretch it for two PPV matches. They are currently booking Rusev in such a dominant way that he doesn't lose. Most of his matches are done in under three minutes although at Money in the Bank he had a seven minute match with Big E that was actually pretty good. If they plan it out well, Swagger could have a competitive match with Rusev at Battleground that ends in a DQ or countout. A double countout brawling type of finish would work perfect. Then they could build to a showdown at SummerSlam that people would be really hyped for at a major show. This week's Raw should be interesting because it's in Montreal. They need to push the whole "American pride" story with Swagger as much as possible, but it's not going to work as well in Canada. It's not like Canadians hate America. It just won't be the same as if it was in an American city. Most likely they'll have Zeb Colter talk about Canadians having freedom and that Lana shouldn't insult them. Swagger's not going to win the feud, but he could thrive in this new role. The "Real American" gimmick seems to be working well, so they might as well see how far they can go with it.