5 WWE Superstars who had issues with part-time wrestlers

Modified Feb 23, 2021 12:49 GMT

#2 Rusev takes a major shot at WWE legend John Cena

Rusev, now known as Miro, decided to respond to WWE veteran John Cena's tweet in which the latter talked about bagging a role in the Transformers spin-off movie, Bumblebee. Back in August 2017, the former WWE Champion posted the tweet, but didn't anticipate that Rusev would respond to it with a major shot at him.

Rusev sarcastically stated that he's an "all-timer", not a part-timer. Check out the tweet below:

But he is not a part timer he is an all timer...... remember https://t.co/vn0heEJgcB
— Miro (@ToBeMiro) July 31, 2017

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John Cena and Rusev are not strangers. The duo engaged in a full-fledged feud on the road to WrestleMania 31 in 2015, over the WWE United States title. At WrestleMania, Cena defeated Rusev for the belt, following which he began defending it regularly on weekly WWE TV. As expected, Cena never responded to Rusev's jibe.

Rusev is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling, and is now called Miro. He was let go by WWE following WrestleMania 36 last year, as a part of the company's budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Cena is currently doing well for himself as a Hollywood star.

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