Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5011123-20140722175450

Recently, WWE's "Ravishing Russian" Lana made some comments relating to the fatal Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 during Battleground 2014. Then WWE had to make a complete turn-around and apologize for that segment. Now for what few who have read my past postings I expressed my feeling that this angle, this storyline that Lana and Rusev are involved with has been pushing the envelope, so the speak, and that it would be wise for the WWE to stop it dead in its track before it progresses.

But now this angle has gone on perhaps for too long now, perhaps too long to be corrected. I wouldn't think the WWE wants to make it a habit to issue apologies for the remarks made by their characters, storyline or no, but their writers should know perfectly well what is appropriate to include in their teleplays and what isn't. This recent incident has only demonstrated a heavy lapse in creative judgment--regardless of it being to create "heat" against Lana and Rusev's on-screen personas.

There is always better avenues for how wrestler storylines can be written. Certainly, in my opinion (only mine. you are perfectly free to enjoy this current storyline) this isn't the best storyline involving these two individuals. It doesn't strike me as being the best way introduce Rusev or involve him in an on-going story. And it certainly does not do the lovely Lana any good either. Definitely hate to think she speaks these lines because it's "best for business" or because "it's her job". 