Using him to give a rub is fine, but the problem is that they rarely ever follow up on these random upsets.

Ziggler pinned Styles clean on a show last year and people kept saying it was to start building him back up, then he jobbed for months and months, and was pulled from TV. They almost always do it because they know they don’t have to book logically, and not because they have any plans. One of the biggest problems with the shows is the lack of natural progression for guys through the card. You’re just a nothing guy one week, and then you’re thrown in a main event the next week

I’ll be pleasantly surprised if I’m wrong though because Rusev is great and I’ve been wanting them to do something with him forever. I just expect that he’ll be in the same position he’s always been in after MITB