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#1 It is drawing eyeballs no matter what
The truth is, despite all the negativity surrounding this particular angle, it has managed to grab many wrestling fans' eyeballs and at the end of the day, that is what Vince McMahon would have hoped for.
The video of the very first time Bobby Lashley appeared with Lana has already garnered over 5 million views on YouTube on WWE's official YouTube channel, while the views on the other videos surrounding this storyline haven't been bad either.
No matter what, this storyline has gotten people talking about Rusev, Lana, and Lashley. That is what you finally want to accomplish with a particular angle, right? You want people talking about it and tuning in to watch it.
Unless fans completely stop watching or caring about what is going on in this particular storyline, don't expect WWE to drop it completely. Despite all the backlash, WWE is still making money through this storyline.
