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Lana was not at his side, he came to the ring wearing a skirt, both he and his ring gear appeared to be covered in dirt, and his theme music resembled that of an islander.

Early Installment Weirdness: He appeared quite different originally on NXT.

Was an entrant in the 2014 Royal Rumble, several weeks before making his Raw debut.

Appears in a music video for Kushinator's "The Whole F'n Show" - which was Rob Van Dam's TNA entrance theme.

Averted after returning from precisely an ankle injury in July 2015, which in storyline were given to him by new girlfriend Summer Rae.

Does Not Like Shoes: He used to wear Mixed Martial Arts-style ankle wraps instead.

Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: The first person in eleven years to defeat John Cena - John Cena - with a submission hold.

Cool Teacher: Rikishi and Gangrel is as odd a combination as any.

Chain Pain: He's grown fond of using a large chain to beat people down with before using it to further enhance The Accolade in the lead-up to a Russian Chain match against John Cena.

Catchphrase: Aside from the above quote, he has another in "It's.Rusev Day!".

At this point Big Show lost all patience, cold-cocked him and walked away.

Bullying a Dragon: When he and the Big Show were teamed up in a tag team match he kept tagging himself in at inopportune moments and refusing to let Big Show in, despite the fact that Big Show was a lot taller, heavier and stronger than him, even tagging himself in just as Show had knocked out Dolph Ziggler and was about to pin him.

The Brute: He's even explicitly called the "Bulgarian Brute".

Boring, but Practical: His camel clutch finisher.

This has actually made him quite popular in Bulgaria.

Bilingual Bonus: Occasionally slips in a few deadpan lines in Bulgarian even insulting Stephanie McMahon to her face on Raw.

Unfortunately, when this tendency of his meets WWE's booking of him, it also results in him losing a lot of fights. Problem is, Lana is a very stare-inducing lady, so he gets into a lot of fights. Rusev is honor-bound to protect Lana from every guy that so much as looks at her too long. Blessed with Suck: His relationship with Lana is this, sort of.He later started wearing real boots after suffering a broken foot during a match. Upon his debut in WWE, they actually misled some people into thinking Rusev's character was going to be a MMA fighter or something similar, but at the end they were kept as just a particular footwear choice and a subtle homage to his trainer Rikishi. The Artifact: His ankle wraps came originally from his NXT days, when he sported the gimmick of a Muay Thai fighter.During her time off, Rusev and Lana got back together off-screen at the point of Miro and CJ's real-life engagement becoming a tabloid headline. couple feud which was supposed to culminate in Lana's first match until she went down to an injury. Rusev then got together with Summer Rae in a less-than-dignified copycat of his old dynamic with Lana, resulting in a couple vs. An upset Rusev knocked Ziggler down before focusing on Lana, and it seemed like he was going to brutally beat her into a pulp, but moments before his pent-up rage burst, Ziggler knocked him down from behind and left the ring with Lana. When Rusev began to threaten Lana, Dolph Ziggler came out to step in, and he and Lana kissed passionately in the ring. Rusev complained a night later on WWE Raw that he did not quit, but Lana stood her ground and said that he did indeed submit, saying the words in his native Bulgarian tongue and that the referee clearly understood he quit. Following several weeks where Rusev talked down to Lana and sent her from the ring during his matches, things came to a head at the WWE Payback pay-per-view event, where Cena defeated Rusev in an "I Quit" match. A storyline was conceived wherein dissention began building between Rusev and Lana during a feud with John Cena. During the late winter and spring of 2015, Lana became increasingly popular with fans, prompting writers to facilitate a face turn for her.