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Rusev Says “Rusev Day” Was Supposed to Be a One-Off, Talks Shinsuke Nakamura Match
– Rusev spoke with Planeta Wrestling for a new interview discussing the origins of Rusev Day, plus more. Video is below, plus highlights per Wrestling Inc:
On the origin of Rusev Day: “It was supposed to be a one off, just a celebration after I beat Randy Orton and that was it. A few weeks after I was going ‘Rusev Day, Rusev Day’ and people really started digging it, even in the backstage with the New Day and with Aiden signing ‘Rusev Day; helped. People just got it and loved the whole concept and it became really big.”
On his babyface turn: “I went from being the most hated or one of the most hated to now being praised. I loved being both. Being the United States champion, it makes me elevate the title even more because at the end of the day that is what I wanna do. I wanna elevate the title whether it be the world championship, the universal championship, any of these titles. That is what it means to me and that is why every time I step foot in that ring I wanna have a great match to prove that this title belongs right there with all the rest.”
On his mindset going into his match against Shinsuke Nakamura: “No, it is not gonna be easy but I got to figure out how to escape those things and count on my own. All the previous matches that we had were all great matches and I have no doubt we are gonna do just as good if not even better than that.”
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