We noted before how WWE announced that Shinsuke Nakamura will be defending his United States Championship against Rusev during the final SmackDown Live episode of 2018. The match took place in the main event of the pre-taped Christmas special of the show, and it actually turned out to be a pretty competitive bout.
Nakamura dominated the early parts of the match but the Bulgarian Brute was able to gain momentum later on and the two then showed some good back and forth action.
We saw a number of pinning and submission attempts from both the competitors during the latter half of the bout and fans even broke out a ‘This is Awesome’ chant during the match.
The fight was finally won by Rusev after he delivered a massive clothesline to Shinsuke and was able to pin the Champion following a machka kick:
While this title change came as a surprise for many, this is a pleasant surprise for the WWE universe as many believe that Rusev hasn’t been given the opportunity to prove himself and the company haven’t used him properly in recent years.
Now it’d be interesting to see if this title reign turns out to be the start of Rusev’s redemption or if he ends up losing the championship anytime soon and return to his usual position in the card.
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