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#4 Hope is true: Rusev's contract status and future in WWE

Rusev Day every day!

When Rusev's controversial storyline with Lana and Bobby Lashley began, nobody would have imagined that he would utilize the opportunity to get over as a babyface. It's worked out for him and it's no secret that his contract is expiring soon. According to Tom Colohue, Rusev's signing is a "top priority".

Everything I’m hearing so far about new contracts. Now there is s couple of people I want to focus on. I have written a report in Sportskeeda saying that the signing of Rusev is a top priority now. The company and the management are increasingly confident that Rusev will sign a new contract. It’s one of the reasons they are pushing so hard with the current storyline and once we know something, we will be able to report it. But it’s really up to Rusev at this point what he wants to do, obviously, the contract, to my knowledge, has not been signed, so it’s up to him.

We hope this is true because it goes to show that the company values Rusev and if they're confident over putting the ink to paper on a new deal, then the Bulgarian deserves a raise.