Speculation On Rusev’s WWE Future

It has been a wild 48 hours for Rusev. It seems like we were all rejoicing and enjoying the promotion of Rusev vs. The Undertaker. Rusev took to Twitter and said “bury me softly”. He and Lana were then stopped by TMZ in which they kept promoting the match with The Undertaker, going as far as to say he would be crushed.

Then things turned and as we reported Chris Jericho replaced Rusev. You can see WWE’s official statement here. They used Lana asking WWE to change the match as the reason why Jericho replaced Rusev.

I can say I’ve heard speculation that Rusev has asked for his release. That rumor has now grown as he has removed all WWE referenced from his Twitter account. He even tweeted out this statement:

Life is life….. it will be #RusevDay somewhere

— . (@RusevBUL) April 12, 2018

Many people are up in arms about his profile picture change as well as his last comment on Twitter. Rusev changed his profile picture to “Other Versions of You”, which is a movie he and Lana are starring in. You can see her tweet below promoting the movie:

✨Press Play✨ for an #OtherVersionsOfYou sneak peek featuring @kriswente @LanaWWE & @RusevBUL .

? Stay tuned for behind the scenes at tonight’s LA screening! #OVOYhttps://t.co/bqrQs8iCsO pic.twitter.com/AEKQnkJx6I

— OtherVersionsOfYou (@OtherVersions) April 12, 2018

The WWE owns the rights to Rusev and Rusev Day. Rusev is also under contract to WWE and it’s been reported his merchandise numbers pushed him onto the main card of WrestleMania. Meaning he is making the WWE alot of money. Even if he requested his release, I don’t see WWE granting it. He’s moving a ton of merch and is a star of their reality show.

At this time it hasn’t been confirmed that he has asked for his release. This was a rumor sometime ago and Rusev played into it on social media. I wouldn’t get caught up in his social media antics, at this time it’s just as likely he’s put back with Lana and it’s used as a storyline. Maybe Jericho and Rusev end up feuding because of all this.

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