#1 Rusev Conquers WrestleMania 31
Before Rusev Day, before "Lana is the best, Lana number one," before the nickname "Handsome" Rusev, the Bulgarian Brute was simply another undefeated foreign heel, blazing through the ranks of WWE babyfaces en route to his first United States Championship in the fall of 2014.
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His biggest defense of that title came at WrestleMania 31, against the man who, at that time, embodied America and American spirit to many, John Cena; Rusev promised a war, and delivered on that promise from the moment he left the backstage area, practically re-enacting Red Dawn by riding through Levi's Stadium in what appeared to be a Cold War era tank (and, note to D-Generation X: that's a tank; you took a JEEP to WCW).
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