Everyone’s favourite calendar salesman, Rusev, recently was interviewed by Kenny McIntosh of Inside The Ropes, where, among other things, the Bulgarian discussed his match with The Undertaker at The Greatest Royal Rumble this past April.
There was some controversy surrounding the match, as Rusev was originally slated to face ‘The Deadman’ before being removed and replaced with Chris Jericho. It was originally reported that this was due to some comments Rusev made regarding ‘Taker, however ‘The Bulgarian Brute’ was then re-inserted into the match, and he explained what happened during the interview.
“Vince told me one time, you know “you’re gonna work The Undertaker in Saudi Arabia,” and I laughed at him because I thought he was joking. I’m like, “whatever,” and then he’s like, “it’s gonna be a casket match.” I completely laughed at him and was like, “yeah and I’m winning, right?” He was like, “alright I’ll talk to you later.” He left and I still completely thought it was a joke and there were other people in the room and they thought that I was being an asshole. I’m like “he was joking with me,” and he was like, “no, it’s booked.” The next day there was a big advertisement “Rusev vs The Undertaker” I was like, “oh my god…what a…so stupid”
Then they took took me out because we’re going a different direction. We’re kinda doing the good guy thing and [McMahon] thought I shouldn’t be buried if I was a good guy. Then he took me out and he put in Jericho. Then The Prince of Saudi Arabia called and said, “no.” He wanted to see Rusev in that match so Jericho was out again and they added me back to it. I was back in the match and the match was great. Just going out there and wrestling a true legend, The Undertaker, and learning a lot from him it was a great opportunity.”
It turns out they even celebrate Rusev Day in the amazing, beautiful, revolutionary, stunning, spectacular, outstanding, excellent, miraculous, ravishing, historic, trailblazing city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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