Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5011123-20140409121726

Miroslav Barnyashev aka Alexander Rusev, the apparent Bulgarian powerhouse of current WWE NXT status, has been featured briefly in main roster-profile events such as the 2014 Royal Rumble during which he was eliminated by several other wrestlers (reminiscent of other Royal Rumbles such as the 2005 RR when Muhammad Hassan was eliminated by the entire number of wrestlers present in the ring at the time) and made a brief cameo on a RAW show. My point is asking our wiki community "is Rusev ready for a main roster promotion"? For myself, I think I clearly see the imitation of the Ivan Drago character from Rocky IV in him. That's quite obvious. But does he have charisma and the ability to compete on a weekly roster schedule against the new names and the veteran names currently wrestling? He is unquestionably big, I would hope monstrously-strong too, but he strikes me as still needing heap loads of refinement. I find it odd though, that the WWE promoted Emma from NXT before Rusev. Some bias there, perhaps? Anyway, I wonder how Rusev's future in WWE will unfold as he continues working there. 