The WWE Performance Center for a long time has been a place where many relationships started and that includes Rusev and Lana as well. In this case, it was Dusty Rhodes who helped the two get together.
While speaking to At Cafe, Rusev discussed how he and Lana first got into a relationship. Until Dusty Rhodes intervened, the two were not together at all. Rhodes told them if they wanted to be successful, they should team up together. This is because Lana could speak Russian and their chemistry was good. As luck would have it, the two eventually became a couple.
“We met after moving with WWE from Tampa to Orlando. We met the first day when everybody is introduced to one another. That’s when I met Lana. She didn’t even remember me [that time] because you’re meeting hundreds people on a single day.
“The following day I saw her at the solarium, we introduced ourselves to each other and we started talking. Everyday we trained different things and [aspects of pro-wrestling]. One of these training days is about microphone work and [performance]. She spoke perfect Russian because she used to live in Latvia for twelve years. Our trainer [Dusty Rhodes] was amazed by that, by her perfect English and perfect Russian. I was slowly heading up the ranks and he said ‘If you want to get the most [out of your future career] you need to work together’ and that’s how [our relationship] started. Slowly from just talking on purely wrestling topics, by spending more time together, love happened.”
Rusev has been on a hiatus from WWE for a long time now and we sincerely hope he makes his return soon enough and hopefully, WWE will have something planned for him.
h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.
