Rusev Speaks on Changes in the Greatest Royal Rumble Casket Match
November 23, 2020
— WWE star Rusev recently appeared on Inside the Ropes where he talked about Vince McMahon’s feelings on ‘Rusev Day’ as well as the series of events related to his match at the Greatest Royal Rumble where he was first booked into the Casket Match against Undertaker, removed briefly in favor of Chris Jericho, before finally being put back in.
On the Casket Match
“So I was supposed to be in it. 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.”
