Everything good and bad about breaking Rusev Day

Rusev Day was one of the most over tag teams in WWE. They were consistently cheered in every arena they set their foot into. Both Rusev and Aiden English played crucial roles in its success.

Even though WWE has been teasing their split for a while now, everything seemed okay when they won the tag team tournament to become the number 1 contender to SmackDown tag team championship. However, a slight miscommunication between Aiden and Rusev helped The New Day to retain their tag team championship.

In the latest episode of SmackDown Live, The Shakespeare of Song turned heel on Rusev after the latter lost his United States Championship Match against Shinsuke Nakamura. He repeatedly assaulted Rusev with his mic.

This was out of the blue since everyone expected the Bulgarian Brute to ditch his manager. This is, on one hand, a good idea since this will allow Rusev to resume his single's career. But every coin has a flip side. And today, we will be looking at everything good and bad about breaking one of the most entertaining tag teams in WWE.

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#1 BAD - Aiden English will go back to being irrelevant

Aiden English and Simon Gotch.

Other than having a few good matches against Randy Orton, Aiden English did not do anything noticeable since joining the main roster other than being a part of Rusev Day. His tag team run with Simon Gotch was not impressive and his singles run after the departure of Simon Gotch is almost non-existent.

There is no way Aiden is going over in this feud and after losing this feud, the Drama King will go back to being irrelevant again. Aiden will most probably get lost in the shuffles as the WWE roster is stacked at the moment.

#2 GOOD - Lana will be back as Rusev's manager

Rusev and Lana.

Lana and Rusev are perfect for each other. The Ravishing Russian was one of the major reasons why Rusev's initial run with the United States Championship was so memorable. Rusev began descending down the spirals when Lana parted her ways with him, in the storyline sense. Since Aiden and Rusev parted ways, having Lana manage the Bulgarian Brute is WWE's best alternative.

#3 GOOD - Rusev will get a well-deserved face run

"The Mayor of Plovdiv" gave Rusev the key to the city.

Rusev is one of the most genuine babyfaces in WWE locker room. His segment involving the "Bulgarian Mayor" is one of the biggest examples of this. After seeing Rusev's reception by the crowd, WWE always fickled between the decisions to turn Rusev face or heel. Rusev was a hot crowd favorite and moved tons of merch. His merch sale was one of the biggest reasons why WWE even added him to the WrestleMania triple threat match for the United States Championship.

However, at the same time, WWE wanted to follow the tradition of making every foreigner an anti-American heel. Now, since Aiden English turned on Rusev, the heel-face dynamics is clear here. WWE is finally ready to give Rusev his long overdue face run, albeit at the expense of Aiden.

#4 BAD - It ended something beautiful

WWE fans were heartbroken at Kevin Owen's betrayal of Chris Jericho.

WWE has the habit of giving fans something beautiful and destroying it. It happened in the case of Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens in 2017 and now it has happened with Rusev Day.

Aiden English singing the intro for Rusev's majestic entrance was one of the best things of Rusev Day. The whole gimmick elevated Rusev, Lana and Aiden English. When Aiden English and Lana were eliminated in their respective Royal Rumble matches, the crowd voiced their dislike. Rusev Day was that much loved by the fans. It was beautiful while it lasted.