8. Athleticism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BspJQvnLd5g There are few Superstars that enter WWE that look like Rusev does but can move like a cruiserweight. A tremendous athlete, Rusev can do just that and so much more. In NXT, he developed a moveset that played to his strengths as an athlete. Of course, it was featured mostly power maneuvers but it also integrated his speed and more important, added elements of his muy thai kickboxing background. The speed and agility with which Rusev approaches a match with are breathtaking. It is oh so rare to see a 304-pound machine of a man tear through competition the way that he does, bowling over them and doing so in ways that the behemoths from wrestling's past could never have imagined.
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