I know we’re not super hype for this WrestleMania, and part of it has to do with the terrible builds to what could be great matches, or realistically, the lack thereof. What’s one way to get back on track? I’m pretty sure it’s this bonkers video of Rusev training to murderkill John Cena.
He kicks steel bars with his nimble dancer feet. He lifts sandbags that represent his beaten opponents. He trashtalks a kick dummy in Old Glory headgear. He trains to eliminate weakness from his body. He’s the big scary cartoon Soviet villain of every ’80s movie you can think of all wrapped into one, and that one wants to compromise John Cena, and I am so into it.
Yes, I know Brock Lesnar re-signing with WWE is the thing that’s supposed to get our jeans all soaked about WrestleMania, but I dunno. This grainy black and white footage of a human caricature threatening to destroy John Cena is pretty much what I needed to get my WrestleMania spirit back.
Now, let’s all pretend that he’ll actually win and forget years of proof that John Cena is indestructible.
