pokoko said:
No one hates Russia. We know it's fake. The heat Rusev gets is from his actions, not his country of origin.
However, a lot of the hypocritical crup Cena and the Big Show have said and done has made me cringe. The flag junk, that idiotic segment with the soldier, it was pretty awful stuff.
In the end, it's just Vince McMahon trying to build a heel the cheap, old-fashioned way. It's not the 80s anymore, though, and Rusev will never have a fraction of the real heat that the Iron Sheik or Ivan Koloff had. A lot of Americans actually like Rusev and wanted him to beat Cena.
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Oh, trust me, a lot of it truly is russia hate. What has Rusev really done to elicit heat other than the typical nationalist "Russia is the best, america sucks" Routine? thats the crux of his character.
And to be honest, why not hate russia? that's one messed up, backwards, gay-hating, crime-ridden country. I'd never be caught dead there.
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