Rusev’s First WWE Match in 5 Years Ends in Chaos—Security Forced to Pull Him Off Otis

WWE is always changing, and that sometimes calls for big returns. Now that Rusev is back, he is ready to crush once again. The May 5 episode of WWE RAW took place at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, and that included the Bulgarian Brute’s first match back in WWE.

Rusev made his return to WWE during the April 21 episode of WWE RAW after WrestleMania 41. Naturally, fans were excited to see the former AEW TNT Champion’s return to WWE.

The show’s second hour included Rusev’s return to the ring. Otis was already waiting for him when they came back from commercial, and the Bulgarian Brute received a great reaction from the crowd.

This match was very physical, and not pretty at all for Otis. Needless to say, the Alpha Academy’s big man took a lot of punishment. Otis tried to mount some offense, but Rusev returned fire with a massive back heel kick as they went to commercial break.

Otis was able to pull off a few powerful moves, like launching Rusev over the announce table outside, but it didn’t end well for him. In the end, Rusev locked Otis in the Accolade for the win. Tozawa wasn’t happy about how that ended, and he wanted to fight Rusev, but he left instead, only to run back and assault Tozawa when he least expected it. After that, he locked Otis in the Accolade once again until officials had to swarm the ring to free him.

Rusev has a lot of momentum at this point. He is loved by fans, and obviously very happy to be back in WWE. We will have to see if the Redeemer is able to capitalize on that.

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