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Headline: Rusev Day > Rock Day
Although September 26th is officially Rusev Day - as declared by the Mayor of Plovdiv,
Bulgaria - The Bulgarian Brute still claims that every Smackdown Live is Rusev Day - which
it really should be - with his faithful companion Aiden English on hand to sing the official
theme song if need be.
He’s also quick to shoot down anyone else trying to claim they have their own day too.
Future President of the United States and avid pancake eater Rock “The Dwayne” Johnson
was honoured recently by the Mayor of Vancouver who named October 21st as Rock Day.
Twitter Rusev…
CRUSH!
“Ha, Rusev Day was here first!
Get your own schtick!”
Headline: Dream Team
Speaking of Rusev and days, Rusev looks to be starting a program with The New Day, as
teased on last week’s episode of Smackdown Live.
Although he’ll be teaming with The Maestro of Mayhem, he is still outnumbered against
the 3-Man team.
And until WWE buck up their ideas and listen to Oli Davis’ desires for a 6-Man Tag Division,
Rusev may have found suitable back-up.
Posing in a photo with Smackdown Live tag team champions The Usos sporting one of their
Day One Ish t-shirts.
It’s the dream team you never knew you wanted!
Headline: Triple H Pins Rusev
Again talking of Rusev and days - it was a sad day for Rusev in Santiago, Chile when
he lost to Triple H following a Pedigree.
I AM NAILING THESE SEGUEWAYS!
With Kevin Owens being pulled from the Smackdown Live tour of South America for family reasons,
and AJ Styles flown in for the TLC PPV following the viral outbreak that took Romans’ Reigns
and Bray Wyatt off the show, Triple announced that he would return to the ring for the first
time in months to face The Pride of Bulgaria.
Although he was a heel at WrestleMania, Triple H played babyface on this house show and got
the loudest reaction of the night according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.
Headline: William Regal Praises AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor
AJ Styles was brought in for the Raw PPV for “one night only”, taking on Finn Balor
in their first ever match.
Most fans said it was match of the night, with some even saying it could be a contender
for match of the year, and it was also praised by NXT trainer William Regal.
The former Real Man's Man took to Twitter to highlight how Styles and Balor told a good
story in the ring, especially without one going into it.
“That match was a perfect example of two competitors trying to win…
And before I read someone saying “yes but they’re Stars etc..”.Thousands of talent
who aren’t yet stars wrestle in front of a new audience every night and can win over
a crowd with a competive match.
No excuses.”
Headline: AJ Styles Shouts Out Bullet Club
And while the match was brilliant - at least in my opinion - it was also notable for Styles
and Balor giving each other a Too Sweet after the match - a hand gesture used by The Bullet
Club - who they are both former members of.
But it’s not just Styles and Balor who have history with Bullet Club, as WWE are currently
in a real-life feud with the faction.
Following The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, Marty Scurll and Hangman Page’s invasion of Raw
a few weeks ago - which led to the firing of WWE writer and former ROH Tag Team Champion
Jimmy Jacobs - WWE sent The Bullet Club a cease and desist for using the Too Sweet hand
gesture [blur out Too Sweet hand gesture], which was used by The Kliq backstage at WWF
and the New World Order in WCW.
The Too Sweet gesture after the Finn/AJ match prompted one fan to ask The Phenomenal One
if Vince McMahon flew Styles for the PPV just to do that spot as a virtual middle finger
to the Bullet Club.
“Vince had nothing to do with the 2 Sweet between Finn and I. In fact I would say it
was 2 men showing the world we haven’t forgotten where we came from.
Forever we will love our Bullet Club brothers.”
Which The Young Bucks were very happy about
“That’s #OneSweet thing of you to say HEART EMOJI”
Did Braun Strowman just turn babyface?
And Smackdown just invaded Raw!
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