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The SmackDown Live storyline between Aiden English, Rusev and Lana has been the talk of the WWE Universe over the last few days.
On the 18 September episode of SmackDown Live, Rusev lost a United States Championship match against Shinsuke Nakamura and he was then surprisingly attacked by English.
“The Bulgarian Brute” demanded answers from his Rusev Day tag partner on the 25 September episode of the show, but nobody saw what was coming next.
Addressing their time together as a tag team, English explained that things started going downhill for the duo when Lana began to manage them.
Then, stood at the top of the stage, he cryptically asked Lana, “Are you going to tell him about that one night in Milwaukee?” before dropping the mic and walking to the backstage area.
English revealed later in the show that he will provide video evidence of what happened in Milwaukee on next week’s episode of SmackDown Live, leading to speculation that “The Ravishing Russian” has been unfaithful to her husband.
In this article, let’s take a look at four possible answers about what might be shown in English’s video evidence next Tuesday.
#4 Lana criticised the ‘Rusev Day’ phenomenon
“Rusev Day! Rusev Day!” has become one of the most popular chants in WWE over the last year, but it’s worth remembering that it took several months before Lana realigned with Rusev (and Aiden English) and began to use “Lana Day” as one of her phrases.
Lana has been jealous of English from the start of her alliance with the Rusev Day tag team, as she showed in May when she suggested to Rusev that “The Shakespeare of Song” was holding him back.
The last time SmackDown Live took place in Milwaukee (October 24, 2017), the ‘Rusev Day’ phenomenon was just taking off but neither Rusev nor English appeared on the show. Lana did appear, however, and she was informed that she would not be part of the blue brand’s upcoming Survivor Series team.
Maybe her frustrations led to her criticise the ‘Rusev Day’ phenomenon to somebody backstage (Tamina, perhaps?) and English has it all on film?!
#3 Lana admitted she likes Aiden English
Looking at this video evidence from a different perspective, how does Aiden English even have footage of something that happened in Milwaukee?
We know that WWE films anything and everything in the backstage area at shows, so has a member of the production team seen something and given it to him? Or does the former Vaudevillian just like to film people when they’re unaware?
If it’s the former, then we can’t rule out this video evidence coming from an unaired clip of Total Divas – a show that Lana features prominently on.
Perhaps “The Ravishing Russian” admitted that she has feelings for English, and a production team member sent the clip to him because they felt it was something that he should know.
Where does Milwaukee fit into this? That's for WWE to figure out!
#2 Swerve! This is all about Tamina
The last time SmackDown Live was in Milwaukee, SmackDown GM Daniel Bryan totally ignored Lana when revealing the five names who would compete in the SmackDown women's team at Survivor Series.
Instead, he booked a match between the five participants – Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Naomi, Carmella and Tamina – to determine who would captain the brand against Team Raw (Becky was the eventual winner).
Tamina didn’t exactly fulfill her potential when she was managed by Lana, so perhaps English has some footage of “The Ravishing Russian” laying the verbal SmackDown on her friend behind her back.
This, of course, would be very underwhelming. The WWE Universe is hoping for something a little more risque next week from English, especially given that his Milwaukee accusation sounded like it was something that would affect Rusev.
However, Tamina has been sidelined for eight months with an injury and she is almost certain to get involved in a storyline with Lana when she comes back, so this would be a high-profile way to set up her return.
#1 Lana entered The Rock’s hotel room
The most popular theory about what happened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin involves The Rock, who claimed during a backstage segment in January 2016 that he taught Lana the “Wisconsin Wheelbarrow” in a Brooklyn hotel room.
The mention of Wisconsin has many people believing that “The Great One” has something to do with this, especially as he is expected to appear on SmackDown 1000 on 16 October, but the fact that he mentioned Brooklyn makes this a flawed theory.
That being said, The Rock is bound to have a prominent role at SmackDown 1000, so maybe Aiden English’s evidence could still have something to do with him.
Did he and Lana meet up another time in Wisconsin? Does English have CCTV footage of her entering the Hollywood star's hotel room? Did English record Lana trying to arrange a date with him?! The possibilities are endless...
