Rusev and other WWE stars recently spoke with The Sporting News to promote tonight’s WWE SummerSlam, and below are some interview highlights from The Bulgarian Brute:
WWE developmental:
“The best thing that ever happened to the developmental system is Triple H being in charge.”
How Triple H influenced his career while in NXT:
“Everything happened really, really fast. I was picking up steam a little bit and I wasn’t even on TV in NXT. I had a dark match with Dolph Ziggler, and Triple H was there at the time and, he had never seen me before, and he was like, ‘Oh, who’s that kid?’ I was very fortunate that Triple H was there that day to see me perform.”
Terry Taylor suggesting that he use The Accolade, while Arn Anderson suggested he kick opponents in the back before using it:
“In this business there are 1,000 people that are going to give you advice, you just have to pick what’s working for you, what’s good, and what’s bad for you. But you can’t say it’s bad either.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
