Back in April Rusev was released from his WWE contract, and it doesn’t seem like he has much interest in returning to the world of professional wrestling at the moment.
Over the last few years the former United States Champion received some major support from the fans thanks to the Rusev Day gimmick, but the support from the fans didn’t necessarily translate into a big push on TV.
During a recent episode of his ARN podcast Arn Anderson talked about where WWE went wrong with Rusev Day, and he noted that he thinks the company waited to long to turn Rusev face.
“I didn’t particularly want Rusev to turn babyface. But the fans, when they call for it, jump on it. Don’t wait three weeks, don’t wait a month. If they suddenly are clamoring for a particular talent for whatever reason – even if it was something that just happened last week that made them think completely different about the talent and this week they suddenly start cheering the guy – I say put the pedal down and go with it. Don’t wait until it cools off again and wait for it to get over again. That’s what I saw happening, and it was one of those things where Rusev Day got over, but it just kind of sat there in neutral for so long that it just teetered out. When you get a guy like that the fans suddenly get behind, the office should get behind him too.”
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