WWE News: Rusev To Face Shane McMahon At The Summerslam PPV
May 20, 2017 at 2:09 PM
As for now, Rusev has still not made it to the Smackdown Live despite joining the brand during the Superstar Shakeup process. Both he and his wife, Lana were shifted to the blue brand to start as solo performers.
He has undergone a shoulder surgery at the time of Wrestlemania 33 which forced him to get sidelined from the biggest event of the year. Lana too was off the TV along with her husband for a while. Both are expected to return in combined in the near future.
In the meantime, Rusev is making his presence felt on the show via TitanTron appearances. He intended to get a championship match at the upcoming Money in the Bank PPV. He also added that if the opportunity is not given to him, he will go back to his home country and will not perform on Smackdown.
We are yet to hear any answers from the Smackdown show-runners but it is clear that the process of dragging The Bulgarian Brute into the main event status has already been started. He has all the tools as of what it takes to be the monstrous heel in the WWE and the company is going to use it, finally.
As per reports from, Cagesideseats.com, WWE is planning to come up with a bigger match for him for the upcoming Summerslam PPV. It stated that Rusev will square off against the Smackdown live commissioner, Shane McMahon at the biggest party of the summer.
Apparently, the storyline has already begun with Rusev expressing his disgust on the Smackdown show-runners, Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon. He has done everything to get his title shot by giving constant threats to them. However, no response has come, till date.
This might lead to a physical altercation between the two in near future. Rusev might deliver a scripted attack on Shane to set up the exciting match at the Summerslam. This will be much like how AJ Styles received a match at Wrestlemania 33.
At this time, various sources have suggested that a big push is reserved for Rusev after he shows up on Smackdown. So, we can definitely expect the match to get confirmed, as we progress through the storylines reserved for the summer.