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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling)
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"Today is...RUSEV DAYYYYYYYYYY~!""Русев удря, Русев мачка!"English Rusev Crush, Rusev Smash!Miroslav "Miro" Barnyashev (born December 25, 1985) is a Bulgarian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Alexander Rusev (eventually shortened to just Rusev) best known for his time at WWE.Catherine Joy "C.J." Perry (born March 24, 1985), better known by her ring name Lana, is Rusev's valet and wife. She is a former model and actress turned professional wrestling figure.Following his WWE debut, Rusev had a long streak without being pinned or made to submit (although he has numerous losses by disqualification), and is a three time WWE United States Champion, defeating Sheamus in a WWE Network-exclusive match following Monday Night Raw on November 3, Kalisto at Extreme Rules 2016, and Shinsuke Nakamura on the 2018 Christmas Special episode of SmackDown Live. His undefeated streak, along with his first championship reign, were ended by John Cena at WrestleMania 31.During the late winter and spring of 2015, Lana became increasingly popular with fans, prompting writers to facilitate a face turn for her. A storyline was conceived wherein dissention began building between Rusev and Lana during a feud with John Cena. 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. 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. When Rusev began to threaten Lana, Dolph Ziggler came out to step in, and he and Lana kissed passionately in the ring. 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. Rusev then got together with Summer Rae in a less-than-dignified copycat of his old dynamic with Lana, resulting in a couple vs. couple feud which was supposed to culminate in Lana's first match until she went down to an injury. 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.Rusev was released by WWE on April 15, 2020, along with dozens of other wrestlers and staff as part of cost-cutting measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic. After changing his public name to Miro (shorthand for Miroslav) to become a Twitch streamer and content creator, Miro announced on July 30 that he had no interest in returning to wrestling again.......for all of four-months, as on September 9, 2020, he returned to wrestling as a member of All Elite Wrestling under his Miro name. On the May 12, 2021 episode of AEW Dynamite he defeated Darby Allin to become the TNT Champion.On June 2, 2021, three weeks after Miro claimed the TNT title, Lana was one of six wrestlers released by WWE.At All Out 2023 Perry would debut in AEW saving her husband from Powerhouse Hobbs. | |
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The Artifact | |
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The Artifact: The name of his submission finisher, the "Game Over", fits his early "gamer" gimmick well, but less so as The Redeemer. | |
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Kayfabe | |
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Kayfabe: For a long time she was known for never breaking kayfabe, even though it's dead and buried six feet under; her postings on social media being a good examples. A good example of this is her first cameo appearance on Total Divas, when despite doing headstands in a nightclub with Paige and Alicia who were out of character, she still kept up the accent. When she was dating Dolph Ziggler on TV, pictures of the two "dating" were being posted as well. Of course, then came the TMZ leak of her and Rusev's engagement... However, even after that, when the storyline of her dumping Rusev for Bobby Lashley came along, she would stop posting pictures of herself with Rusev and start posting pictures of her and Lashley "dating". | |
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The Brute | |
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The Brute: He's even explicitly called the "Bulgarian Brute". See Red Baron. | |
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The Quiet One | |
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The Quiet One: Lana initially did most of his talking for him. Subverted in that this only applied on the microphone and due to him apparently not knowing/speaking much English, as Rusev could be seen often shouting presumably in Bulgarian away from the mic. Like Roman Reigns in The Shield before him, he turns into a Screaming Warrior in battle. Though he got better about this later on. | |
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The Juggernaut | |
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The Juggernaut: Didn't lose a match by pinfall or submission since his debut until WrestleMania 31, when John Cena finally pinned him. | |
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Blonde Republican Sex Kitten | |
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Blonde Republican Sex Kitten: Attractive blonde female that dresses in suits and acts as the supporting lady that gives her leading man his focus and resolve? Yup, heel Lana definitely qualifies as a villainous version of this. (Although, ironically, her being Russian, many fans probably are tempted to imagine her as a communist.) | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: He unleashed his rage on Kip weeks after losing the Arcade Anarchy. It ended with Miro slamming a door on Kip's arm. Then proceeded to do the same thing to Darby Allin to take the TNT Championship. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: Cuts promos in both Russian and English. | |
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Limited Wardrobe | |
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Limited Wardrobe: Appears as if she has one outfit that simply changes colors every show. | |
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Violently Protective Girlfriend | |
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Violently Protective Girlfriend: Or rather, wife. She would make her AEW debut by whacking Powerhouse Hobbs with a chair to save her husband. | |
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Significant Birth Date | |
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Significant Birth Date: With Miro's gimmick as "God's favourite champion", the fact that he was (legitimately!) born on Christmas Day is icing on the cake. | |
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Husky Russkie | |
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Husky Russkie: A Bulgarian example, but loyal to Mother Russia nonetheless. Despite having long since abandoned the Soviet gimmick by that point, Rusev actually began to embody this trope more after his mid-2018 Heel–Face Turn, shedding his previous intense, brutish persona for a classically lovable, jovial one more closely resembling Zangief than Ivan Drago. | |
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Distaff Counterpart | |
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Distaff Counterpart: Is remarkably like a female Paul Heyman. She speaks rather similarly about Rusev the way Heyman does about Brock Lesnar — they are both non-action managers for big brutish powerhouses. | |
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Custom Uniform | |
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Custom Uniform: He introduced a personalised variant of the TNT Championship belt that pays homage to his home nation of Bulgaria: possessing a green and white color scheme along with side plates featuring the coat-of-arms of his hometown, Plovdiv. | |
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Boring, but Practical | |
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Boring, but Practical: His camel clutch finisher. | |
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Crowd Chant | |
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Crowd Chant: "Rusev Day!" | |
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Blessed with Suck | |
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Blessed with Suck: His relationship with Lana is this, sort of. Rusev is honor-bound to protect Lana from every guy that so much as looks at her too long. Problem is, Lana is a very stare-inducing lady, so he gets into a lot of fights. Unfortunately, when this tendency of his meets WWE's booking of him, it also results in him losing a lot of fights. | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: During a storyline where Lana issued a restraining order on Rusev, she would have cops arrest him whenever he is in the same premise as her. Then there's the December 2, 2019 Raw, where the police escort that accompanied her to the ring don't do anything when Rusev sneaks into the ring and attack Bobby Lashley. AS one of the cops explains to her, it turns out that the cops are WWE fans, and knowing full well that they are not required to arrest anyone violating the restraining order, realize that Lana is basically abusing the order, opt not to chase after Rusev and instead arrest her and Lashley for assaulting them. | |
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Pretty in Mink | |
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Pretty in Mink: During the 2015 WrestleMania event, Lana wore a white fox wrap over one shoulder as part of the duo's particular image of Glorious Mother Russia. | |
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The Ex's New Jerkass | |
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In 2015 they entered one with Dolph Ziggler and Summer Rae. | |
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The Atoner | |
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The Atoner: Inverted as a heel, as Miro seems to believe the world should atone to him as he brutalized Kip, even ending the beat down by clutching Kip and whispering “I forgive you…” | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: He appeared quite different originally on NXT. 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. Also, he carried a plank with his opponent's name to the ring, which he would break in half before the match. | |
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Hulk Speak | |
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Hulk Speak: Sometimes dipped into this at the beginning of his career, but subverted as his command of the English language (or at least his ability to recite the English language) has obviously improved. | |
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Kick Chick | |
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Kick Chick: In her first match, she hit Paige with a series of kicks. | |
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The Berserker | |
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The Berserker: Her wrestling style has pretty much devolved into this, with some justification behind it. When she tries traditional wrestling she's always horribly outmatched, but her 'scream madly and launch myself at my opponent with fists flying' has actually yielded her some success against far superior opponents. | |
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The Smurfette Principle | |
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The Smurfette Principle: She was the only female member of Rusev Day. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
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Heel–Face Turn: The result of Lana getting cheered by fans during the spring of 2015. | |
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Beware the Silly Ones | |
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Beware the Silly Ones: Boisterous, videogame-obsessed Miro may not seem terribly intimidating at first glance, but when you piss him off and you end up facing him across the ring, he'll gladly show off what a brutal, vicious and powerful heel he can be. | |
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Wearing a Flag on Your Head | |
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Wearing a Flag on Your Head: His custom green and white TNT Championship belt, when combined with his red shorts, make the colors of the Bulgarian flag. | |
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Religious Bruiser | |
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Religious Bruiser: He makes this a case of Churchgoing Villain thanks to his ego as TNT Champion, “giving thanks” in just the right way to come off as a sanctimonious egomaniac. Upgraded to a major gimmick for him as “God’s Champion” and “The Redeemer;” he gives thanks and parables about his rise as champion… and about his “hot wife.” | |
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| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_77b009ea | type |
Phrase Catcher | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_77b009ea | comment |
Phrase Catcher: "What?" from the audience, as she usually starts off speaking in Russian, which most of the audience of course doesn't understand. Oddly enough, though, they keep shouting it even when she's speaking English, as they have for years. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_77b009ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_77b009ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_77b009ea | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_792e11ec | type |
Dance Battler | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_792e11ec | comment |
Dance Battler: After she was moved to SmackDown during the 2017 Superstar Shake-up, a vignette aired hinting this will be her next gimmick. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_792e11ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_792e11ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_792e11ec | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_79503ae9 | type |
Stout Strength | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_79503ae9 | comment |
Stout Strength: Has a thick figure and is also shown to be very strong. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_79503ae9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_79503ae9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_79503ae9 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7b54f561 | type |
Sensual Slavs | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7b54f561 | comment |
Sensual Slavs: Was alluded to during her heel run (most notably by the Rock on the January 25th, 2016 edition of Raw), before she turned face and ditched the accent. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7b54f561 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7b54f561 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7b54f561 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7eb73553 | type |
Bullying a Dragon | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7eb73553 | comment |
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. At this point Big Show lost all patience, cold-cocked him and walked away. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7eb73553 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7eb73553 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_7eb73553 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_815ea36 | type |
Foreign Wrestling Heel | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_815ea36 | comment |
Foreign Wrestling Heel: Straightest example of the trope to appear for WWE in several years. He was already earning strong heat when, at the 2014 Battleground pay-per-view, Lana turned things up several notches with an anti-United States promo; even though she did not specifically mention it, the mainstream media and many viewers claimed there was a strong tie-in to the crash of Malaysian Flight MH17, which killed 295 people just three days before the pay-per-view event and something that increased tensions between the United States and Russia. It got to the point where WWE became concerned about its image, having to clarify, as well as cool down on the Rusev and Lana push for a couple of weeks. Following their breakup and reunion, they seem to have developed an admiration for the American life but still find it fitting to conquer their enemies in the name of their own nations. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_815ea36 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_815ea36 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_815ea36 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Lana has a booming voice perfectly suited for introducing her client. She doesn't introduce Rusev, she introduces "RRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUSEEEEEV!!!!!" | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_823c6e3e | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_84fde8d1 | type |
Big Entrance | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_84fde8d1 | comment |
Big Entrance: Their entrance for Rusev's match against John Cena for Rusev's United States Championship at WrestleMania 31 has to go down as one of the most grandiose and epic wrestling entrances ever. Lana, as classily sexy as a Femme Fatale villainess from a James Bond movie, sashays down to the ring carrying Rusev's championship on her shoulder to the sound of the Russian national anthem, followed by eight goose-stepping Russian soldiers bearing a giant Russian flag. Then after artillery fires off a salute, a flag-wielding Rusev rides into the arena on a goddamn honest-to-goodness tank! | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_84fde8d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_84fde8d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_84fde8d1 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8797239c | type |
Bait-and-Switch | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8797239c | comment |
Bait-and-Switch: Got a pretty good one over on the WWE Universe when she asked them if they thought they could handle her topless photos. When the audience convinced her they could, she turns to the screen and reveals... the already-infamous photos of Vladimir Putin riding shirtless on horseback. Ironically, CJ Perry actually has posed nude, though this was long before WWE obviously. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8797239c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8797239c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8797239c | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8f612013 | type |
Token Good Teammate | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8f612013 | comment |
Token Good Teammate: In 2015, after their engagement became public (and she took some time off to heal a broken hand), she again started managing Rusev, technically making her a member of Sheamus's Power Stable, the League of Nations, when Rusev himself joined. But she remained popular with fans, did not affiliate herself with the League, and the most heelish things she did were the occasional Wounded Gazelle Gambit to distract Ryback when he and Rusev were squaring off for several weeks. Averted in good time when she started antagonizing Brie Bella leading to WrestleMania 32, and then when the League disbanded and it was revealed that she'd warned her fiancée to begin with that the group wouldn't last but allowed him to go have fun if he so desired. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8f612013 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8f612013 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_8f612013 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9a6fbae7 | type |
Hurt Foot Hop | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9a6fbae7 | comment |
Hurt Foot Hop: At Payback 2015, Rusev tried to stomp on John Cena, but Cena rolled out of the way and Rusev's foot hit the steel steps, making him stagger and clutch it. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9a6fbae7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9a6fbae7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9a6fbae7 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: In 2015 she started getting physical with Summer Rae, possibly leading to an in-ring debut that got shelved when she was injured. She later started antagonizing Brie Bella and made her in-ring debut at WrestleMania 32. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9dd2329c | type |
Camera Abuse | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9dd2329c | comment |
Camera Abuse: During a brawl with the Best Friends on Dynamite he grabs a camera, shakes it, yells "Get out of the way!" and upends it before returning to the fight. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9dd2329c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9dd2329c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_9dd2329c | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a20b2263 | type |
Purple Is Powerful | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a20b2263 | comment |
Purple Is Powerful: Her first ring outfit was purple. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a20b2263 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a20b2263 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a20b2263 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a43a691b | type |
Finishing Move | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a43a691b | comment |
Finishing Move: Has renamed his variation of the Camel Clutch "Game Over". | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a43a691b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a43a691b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a43a691b | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5 | type |
I Know Karate | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5 | comment |
I Know Karate: Subverted. He used to have a Muay Thai fighter gimmick in NXT and was announced as such, but it was soon dropped in favor of a more generic wrestler approach. However, due to his ankle wraps, submission finisher, "super-athlete" gimmick and obvious inspiration on the fictitious boxer Ivan Drago, he still retained some combat sports undertones until much after his debut in the main roster. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7 | type |
Jobber | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7 | comment |
Jobber: As a wrestler. When she gets a win, it's usually as part of a tag team match. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Rusev has found himself laid out a couple of times, but for all of her bad-mouthing America, Lana always gets away scot-free. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a70223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a70223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_a70223 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ab2df806 | type |
Red Baron | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ab2df806 | comment |
Red Baron: "The Ravishing Russian". | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ab2df806 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ab2df806 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ab2df806 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_abc28948 | type |
Straw Misogynist | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_abc28948 | comment |
Straw Misogynist: Was portrayed as this during the breakup storyline in 2015 — insulting Lana by calling her weak and inferior as a woman, outright having Summer imitate her to show how replaceable she is, and having to be lectured on a couple of occasions by Dolph Ziggler about how to treat a lady. This promptly came to an end soon after Lana announced their (reunion and) engagement. Popped back up in late 2016 where he disrespected both Sasha Banks and Charlotte and the Women's Revolution so badly that he got the two bitter rivals to unite for a moment in dropkicking him out of the ring. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_abc28948 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_abc28948 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_abc28948 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ae0e2472 | type |
Contrasting Replacement Character | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ae0e2472 | comment |
Contrasting Replacement Character: To Jimmy Havoc in terms of being Kip Sabian's closest friend. Miro's boisterous and excitable personality is a stark contrast to Havoc's brooding and sadistic demeanor. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ae0e2472 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ae0e2472 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ae0e2472 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af3ea0e3 | type |
Face–Heel Turn | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af3ea0e3 | comment |
Face–Heel Turn: Rusev confronted R-Truth, who had defeated Shinsuke Nakamura for the United States Championship and pushed him into defending his newly-won title against him, but Truth retained his title. After the match Nakamura attacked Truth and Rusev joined him in attacked Truth and turned heel. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af3ea0e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af3ea0e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af3ea0e3 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af8a9084 | type |
Black Is Bigger in Bed | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af8a9084 | comment |
They entered another one in 2019 with Bobby Lashley (which even featured a segment of Lana and Lashley in bed). | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af8a9084 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af8a9084 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_af8a9084 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_aff29d6f | type |
Beauty, Brains and Brawn | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_aff29d6f | comment |
Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: During their time as Rusev Day: Lana was the beauty, Aiden English was the brains, and Rusev was naturally the brawn. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_aff29d6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_aff29d6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_aff29d6f | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8 | type |
Ur-Example | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8 | comment |
Ur-Example: The first Bulgarian to wrestle for WWE. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: His first promo on TV was a shoot against his past company. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b7e0c5ff | type |
Love Triangle | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b7e0c5ff | comment |
Love Triangle: In 2015 they entered one with Dolph Ziggler and Summer Rae. In late 2016, Enzo Amore and Lana began to display attraction to each other, but that ended up being a trap. They entered another one in 2019 with Bobby Lashley (which even featured a segment of Lana and Lashley in bed). | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b7e0c5ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b7e0c5ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b7e0c5ff | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b82ca416 | type |
Rage Against the Heavens | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b82ca416 | comment |
Rage Against the Heavens: When "God's Favourite Champion" lost the TNT Championship to Sammy Guevara, he cut an intense promo addressing God himself, demanding to know if this was some kind of cosmic joke at his expense. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b82ca416 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b82ca416 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_b82ca416 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bb18a227 | type |
It's All About Me | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bb18a227 | comment |
It's All About Me: Calling her late-2019 heel character self-absorbed would be a galactic understatement. Any time she touches a mic, she rants and raves about how beautiful, smart, and successful she is. She also wrote her own wedding vows, as well as Bobby Lashley's vows, when the two were to be married on WWE Raw. Both sets of vows consisted of endless praise towards her. She even name-dropped the trope verbatim during the ceremony: When Lashley's old associate Montel Vontavious Porter came into the picture to try and help Lashley win the WWE Championship from Drew McIntyre, Lana hated MVP for calling her out on her selfishness so much that she got involved in the match despite Lashley's wishes. This cost Bobby the title, to which he became furious with Lana, lambasting her for being an Attention Whore down to broadcasting their sex life to mock Rusev for the spotlight, and declaring that he wanted a divorce. All just under nine months from the start of their affair. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bb18a227 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bb18a227 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bb18a227 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc00493f | type |
Precision F-Strike | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc00493f | comment |
Precision F-Strike: When Lana told Rusev that he cheated on her, because Bobby Lashley said it, Rusev snaps: | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc00493f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc00493f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc00493f | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc867843 | type |
Jumping Out of a Cake | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc867843 | comment |
Jumping Out of a Cake: Rusev did this during Lana and Bobby Lashley's wedding on Raw. Of course he proceeded to beat up Lashley. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc867843 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc867843 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bc867843 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_be6b0200 | type |
Sexophone | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_be6b0200 | comment |
Sexophone: Her entrance music is a saxophone theme and she's a Ms. Fanservice all-around, including her ring gear. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_be6b0200 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_be6b0200 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_be6b0200 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bec0417c | type |
Happily Married | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bec0417c | comment |
Happily Married: A given considering that they went from an onscreen couple to a real-life item, but this aspect of Rusev and Lana's relationship has been played up vastly more following their dual face turns in June 2018. Beyond the simple fact that he went back to being a traitorous snake, Aiden disrespecting Lana and implying that she would be unfaithful to Rusev was what destroyed Rusev Day as a tag team and prompted Rusev to kick his former partner's ass square. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bec0417c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bec0417c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bec0417c | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bf149c7b | type |
YourMother | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bf149c7b | comment |
Your Mother: While submitting in Bulgarian during an "I Quit" match against John Cena, one of the lines he said translates to, "Damn your old mother, Cena!" | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bf149c7b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bf149c7b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_bf149c7b | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c027dd64 | type |
Kicking Ass in All Her Finery | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c027dd64 | comment |
Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: On the last SmackDown before her showdown with SmackDown Women's Champion Naomi at Money in the Bank, she sneak-attacked her in a blue gown. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c027dd64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c027dd64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c027dd64 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c335b9ec | type |
Irony | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c335b9ec | comment |
Irony: Roman Reigns was one of his biggest foes in WWE... and is also the cousin of Rikishi, one of Rusev's trainers. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c335b9ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c335b9ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c335b9ec | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: His renamed finisher, the "Game Over", isn't just a video game reference, but the way Miro bellows it before submitting an opponent is a reference to Raúl Juliá's memorable Large Ham performance as M. Bison in Street Fighter. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c819533b | type |
Rage Breaking Point | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c819533b | comment |
Rage-Breaking Point: Losing the Arcade Anarchy match to the Best Friends and Orange Cassidy, resulting in his first loss (albeit a tag team loss where he wasn't pinned or submitted) in AEW. Miro hadn't even wanted to accept the match in the first place, considering himself done with the feud, but Kip Sabian had gone over his head and accepted it for both of them. When Kip proceeded to be pinned in the match despite Miro's ferocious efforts, Miro snapped and brutalised his "friend" as "the Best Man" gave way to "the Redeemer". | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c819533b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c819533b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_c819533b | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc017ca0 | type |
Emasculated Cuckold | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc017ca0 | comment |
Emasculated Cuckold: His first storyline since his late-2019 return is getting cheated on by his wife with Bobby Lashley while they rub it in his face and mock him. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc017ca0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc017ca0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc017ca0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc4d190a | type |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc4d190a | comment |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: The first person in eleven years to defeat John Cena - John Cena - with a submission hold. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc4d190a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc4d190a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cc4d190a | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ccfc0535 | type |
Letting Her Hair Down | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ccfc0535 | comment |
Letting Her Hair Down: After splitting from Rusev and pairing up with Dolph Ziggler, her rather harsh-looking bun was replaced with a long ponytail. This was reflected in her outfit change as well, swapping her sexy-but-severe business suits for a denim skirt and a tube top and open jacket combo that exposed her belly. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ccfc0535 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ccfc0535 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ccfc0535 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cf231d54 | type |
Cool Teacher | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cf231d54 | comment |
Cool Teacher: Rikishi and Gangrel is as odd a combination as any. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cf231d54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cf231d54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cf231d54 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cfa546f4 | type |
Mother Russia Makes You Strong | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cfa546f4 | comment |
Mother Russia Makes You Strong: Lana believes so, and apparently so did Rusev, who has relocated from Bulgaria to Moscow. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cfa546f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_cfa546f4 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d1ceb951 | type |
Holier Than Thou | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d1ceb951 | comment |
Holier Than Thou: Miro became this after winning the TNT Championship, praising God for making him better than his competition and declaring himself "God's Favorite Champion" and "The Redeemer". | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d1ceb951 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d1ceb951 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d397657d | type |
Hoist by His Own Petard | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: In Survivor Series 2014 during the match between Team Cena and Team Authority, where he attempts to flying press Dolph Ziggler through the announcer table. However, Ziggler rolls out of the way at the last second, causing Rusev to take the plunge solo. The impact dazed him so badly that he got eliminated by ring-out count. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d397657d | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d397657d | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d7639dba | type |
Achilles' Heel | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d7639dba | comment |
Achilles' Heel: Because of Miro previously breaking his neck in 2012. He has demonstrated a specific weakness to powerful attacks to his head and neck namely DDT's. This first came up during his TNT title defence against Lee Johnson, where a Tornado DDT was virtually the only thing in the match that rattled him. This set up his next title defence against Fuego Del Sol, who got to pull off three Tornado DDT's in a row and got incredibly close to a countout and a pinfall win as a result. At the end of his reign, Sammy Guevara hitting him with a Tornado DDT to avenge Fuego is what set him up for his win. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d7639dba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_d7639dba | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db39ccfd | type |
Battle Couple | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db39ccfd | comment |
Battle Couple: They involved in WWE Mixed Match Challenge. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db39ccfd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db39ccfd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db39ccfd | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7 | type |
Lightning Bruiser | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7 | comment |
Lightning Bruiser: This man is deceptively fast and agile for someone of his build; he's often, and accurately, described as "explosive". | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e28f88b8 | type |
Last-Name Basis | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e28f88b8 | comment |
Last-Name Basis: Some time into the beginning of his run, the "Alexander" was dropped from his name completely, and he simply became known as "Rusev". | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e28f88b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e28f88b8 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: The Rusev-Lana duo was specifically modeled after and compared to Ivan and Ludmilla Drago. This was lampshaded by Xavier Woods (who used to be an Expy of Apollo Creed), who called him an "Ivan Drago-looking piece of garbage." | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e5421161 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e5421161 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6b3e4f2 | type |
Chain Pain | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6b3e4f2 | comment |
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. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6b3e4f2 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6b3e4f2 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6b5d22f | type |
Catchphrase | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6b5d22f | comment |
Catchphrase: Aside from the above quote, he has another in "It's...Rusev Day!" | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6b5d22f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6b5d22f | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6f745e | type |
Leotard of Power | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6f745e | comment |
Leotard of Power: Used for her first ring outfit in the 10-woman tag match. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6f745e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_e6f745e | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ea3891de | type |
Pop-Cultured Badass | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ea3891de | comment |
Pop-Cultured Badass: His love of video games is put front and center of his gimmick, but that doesn't make him any less of a monster in the ring. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ea3891de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_ea3891de | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_eab97703 | type |
Gratuitous Russian | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_eab97703 | comment |
Gratuitous Russian: She will often start out speaking this language, and pepper it in her speeches. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_eab97703 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_eab97703 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_edeafb2e | type |
Malicious Misnaming | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_edeafb2e | comment |
Malicious Misnaming: During his storyline with Lana and Bobby Lashley, he had a tendency to call Lashley "Bob" or "Bob Lashley." | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_edeafb2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_edeafb2e | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f0089082 | type |
Early-Bird Cameo | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f0089082 | comment |
Early-Bird Cameo: Appears in a music video for Kushinator's "The Whole F'n Show" - which was Rob Van Dam's TNA entrance theme. Was an entrant in the 2014 Royal Rumble, several weeks before making his Raw debut. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f0089082 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f0089082 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f05444a4 | type |
Once per Episode | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f05444a4 | comment |
Once per Episode: Almost all of his promos after becoming the heel “God’s Champion” incorporate some kind of absurdly blunt but creative reminder that a) he’s married to a beautiful wife, and b) he gets to… enjoy that. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f05444a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f05444a4 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f16f631d | type |
Crowd Song | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f16f631d | comment |
Crowd Song: "Lana is the best, Lana number one!" | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f16f631d | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f55d739f | type |
The Baroness | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f55d739f | comment |
The Baroness: Lana fits here somewhat, as she definitely seems to get some kind of enjoyment out of watching Rusev hurt people. The only real issue is that, apart from being a very attractive woman in a criminally short skirt who tends to turn her body to show off at times, there's not really anything outwardly sexual about her character. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f55d739f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f55d739f | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f5a3e496 | type |
Suspiciously Similar Substitute | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f5a3e496 | comment |
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: When Jon Moxley took a break from wrestling to attend treatment for his alcoholism, Miro took his place in the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament and its related storyline. This turned out to be quite fortunate in keeping the gist of the angle the same: Jon was portrayed in the tournament as displaying a brutal streak in tearing through babyfaces on his way to the finals. Miro fills that same role quite nicely without needing to completely overhaul the tournament's booking. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f5a3e496 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f5a3e496 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f64a9cf7 | type |
Earn Your Happy Ending | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f64a9cf7 | comment |
Earn Your Happy Ending: Start 2018 being the heel even though you and your ally, and by extension, your wife, are three of the biggest babyfaces ever in the eyes of the public. Always come up inexplicably short in matches and feuds. Get rid of your ally, breaking one of the most popular teams in the entirety of the WWE history who have never won a title. End 2018 by winning the United States Championship on your birthday. | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f64a9cf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f64a9cf7 | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Getting thrown into the announce table by Nia Jax has become a bit of one for her. | |
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1.0 | |
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Trrrilling Rrrs | |
| Rusev and Lana (Wrestling) / int_fd4a9c9d | comment |
Trrrilling Rrrs: In the Russian style. | |
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