Rusev Reveals Who Was Responsible For Him Being Placed Back Into Casket Match At The Greatest Royal Rumble
WWE Superstar Rusev was recently interviewed by Inside the Ropes, and in the interview Rusev revealed a very interesting piece of information regarding his casket match against The Undertaker that took place at The Greatest Royal Rumble back in April.
You may remember, Rusev was originally announced to participate in the casket match with The Undertaker, but was suddenly pulled from the match without any real explanation and was replaced by Chris Jericho. There were reports circulating online following the change which speculated that Rusev was being punished for comments he made in-character during an interview with TMZ regarding his Casket Match against The Undertaker. A few days later, once again without much explanation, Rusev was added back into the Casket Match against The Undertaer, replacing Chris Jericho who was his replacement initially.
Ultimately, despite a strong showing in the match, Rusev was not able to overcome The Phenom as he was eventually tossed into the casket in a losing effort.
During the interview with Inside the Ropes, Rusev revealed who was responsible for having him placed back into the Casket Match at The Greatest Royal Rumble. Rusev mentioned that it was actually the Prince of Saudi Arabia who was responsible for Rusev’s reinsertion into the match.
Regarding the casket match at The Greatest Royal Rumble, Rusev said:
“Vince told me one time, you know ‘you’re gonna work The Undertaker in Saudi Arabia,’ and I laughed at him because I thought he was joking. I’m like, ‘whatever,’ and he’s like, ‘it’s gonna be a casket match.’ I completely laughed at him and was like, ‘yeah and I’m winning, right?’ He was like, ‘alight I’ll talk to you later.’
He left and I still completely thought it was a joke and there were other people in the room and they thought that I was being an asshole. I was like ‘he was joking with me,’ and he was like, ‘no, it’s booked.’ The next day there was a big advertisement ‘Rusev vs The Undertaker’ I was like, ‘oh my god… what a… so stupid
Then they took took me out because we’re kinda going a different direction. “We’re kinda doing the good guy thing” and [McMahon] thought I shouldn’t be buried if I was a good guy. Then he took me out and he put in Jericho. Then The Prince of Saudi Arabia called and said, ‘no.’ He wanted to see Rusev in that match so Jericho was out again and they added me back to it. I was back in the match and the match was great. Just going out there and wrestling a true legend and learning a lot from him it was a great opportunity.”
You can check out the interview Inside the Ropes did with Rusev below.
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