“I Thought That Was My Moment”- Miro Blasts WWE for the Failure of ‘Rusev Day’

Former WWE Superstar Miro made a huge debut on AEW Dynamite last week. The excitement was on another level as he took the AEW fanbase by storm. Although he has moved on, he still seems to harbor some ill-feelings towards WWE.

In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, the Bulgarian professional wrestler spoke about how WWE ruined his ‘Rusev Day’ gimmick. Miro replied descriptively when asked why he never got a proper title run for Rusev Day.

Miro said, “I thought it (Rusev Day) was honestly, I did. That’s why I tore my bicep two weeks before my AJ match, but I didn’t tell anybody because I thought, I thought that was my moment.”  

“The people kind of led me to believe that this could be my moment and they put me this one-off with AJ which we didn’t even have a live event match because once if you have a title match, most likely you run two loops before that, get your timing, get your match kind of worked out. None of that happened.” 

Miro revealed how WWE left his major PPV appearance in the dust

Miro then revealed how the pay-per-view was a complete ditch for his character. He claimed that his extremely popular gimmick was pushed down to the absolute bottom.

“We had one match straight up on the pay-per-view. Nobody cared, and they moved on to the next thing. Like, they used me as a filler,” said Rusev. “The top act of the company- they used me as a filler and they will tell you the desire of how much they wanted me there, so…”

“And I knew that so I was like ‘Alright, well if you guys want to do that then, I’ll still do a hundred percent but when the time is right, I will go to a place that will support me.’”

Miro is extremely happy at AEW and intends to stay there for the long term. He pinpoints his failure at WWE to a very specific reason that he mentions cryptically towards the end of the answer.

“Just as a businessman, it makes no sense. So it’s got to be something personal.”

The conclusions that can be drawn for this are many, but the common consensus is the same. Does WWE have its own personal prejudices sometimes? Maybe, but that’s another debate entirely.