A shocking surprise leads to a new champion at the WWE Royal Rumble 2019

Rusev has earned his third title of US champion in a fight for the Christmas Episode title of SmackDown Live. After a year of fans behind him, we finally witnessed a miracle of the Rusev Day. However, he had a strangely short reign due to some shenanigans of King of the Strong Shinsuke Nakamura style.

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. Rusev and Nakamura battled for the championship at the Royal Rumble Kickoff show during a pretty brutal match in which both men released their big caliber. It was a competition full of punchy activities, featuring two of the best fighters on Tuesday night.

However, after Nakamura struggled to dismiss Rusev, he resorted to an inexpensive tactic. The former champion went to the corner where he started to remove the upper tensioner pad. It is at this moment that Lana is involved.

Lana got on the apron, signaling to the referee that Nakamura was trying to cheat. Nakamura and Lana confronted each other in the face arguing. At this point, Rusev went to attack Nakamura, not knowing that his wife was on the other side. While Nakamura avoided the bulgarian bully, Rusev crashed on Lana, sending her to the ground where it seems that she might have altered her ankle.

A stunned Rusev looked at him, allowing Shinsuke Nakamura to kick his back. from the head of his opponent. The cheapshot artist won his second title in the United States, while Rusev and Lana were on standby.

We will be sure to see the impact of this event on SmackDown Live, although Rusev and Nakamura can face each other again tonight. in the Men's Royal Rumble match. If that is the case, the former champion will seek a much needed revenge. Will the artist later escape Rusev's anger?

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