{"id":65496,"date":"2020-03-24T17:33:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T21:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=65496"},"modified":"2020-03-24T17:33:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T21:33:52","slug":"rusev-pledges-20000-to-wwe-extended-family-during-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/03\/24\/rusev-pledges-20000-to-wwe-extended-family-during-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusev Pledges $20,000 To &#8220;WWE Extended Family&#8221; During Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With WWE running smaller production teams due to size limitations amidst social distancing orders from local governments, many of WWE&#8217;s employees are sitting at home during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide. But one WWE Superstar is offering financial assistance to their fellow WWE employees, should they fall on financial hardships. On Tuesday afternoon, <strong>Rusev<\/strong> made a pledge on his Twitter to offer $20,000 to &#8220;any of my WWE extended family that are sitting at home without an income&#8221;, such as &#8220;(p)roduction, security, etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In Bulgaria we say \u201c It\u2019s not a lot but it\u2019s from the heart\u201d I pledge 20,000$ to any of my WWE extended family that are sitting at home without income. WE can\u2019t do it without y\u2019all. Production, security, etc. LOVE YALL.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Miro (@ToBeMiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToBeMiro\/status\/1242488793665376256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Rusev hasn&#8217;t appeared on WWE television since the February 17 edition of <em><strong>Raw<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; in a tag team loss with <strong>Humberto Carillo<\/strong> against <strong>Bobby Lashley &amp; Angel Garza<\/strong> &#8211; Rusev has maintained a presence on his Social Media. While panned by many internet fans, the Lana-Rusev-Lashley cuckold storyline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/WWEFanNation\/search?query=rusev+lashley\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">did very well on YouTube<\/a>, garnering millions of views &#8211; several segments topped the 3 million view mark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"After divorcing Lana, Rusev slams Lashley through a table: Raw, Dec. 19, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Za09x39MVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rusev&#8217;s comments were a welcome change in tone after fellow WWE Superstar <strong>Braun Strowman. <\/strong>&#8220;Here we go with more of the somebody pay for my bills stuff,&#8221; he said in his post. &#8220;If you can\u2019t afford to pay your bills maybe you should change professions. That\u2019s why I quit strongman. I loved it, but I couldn\u2019t afford to live so instead of making a go fund me or a Patreon wanting someone else to take care of me I went out and worked harder than I ever have in my life to get to where I am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evil Uno published an Insta post asking people to support indie wrestlers during this awful time period. <\/p>\n<p>Braun, responded with this: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qvf8Lzr14p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qvf8Lzr14p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wrestle Features (@WrestleFeatures) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleFeatures\/status\/1241108460642676738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With WWE running smaller production teams due to size limitations amidst social distancing orders from local governments, many of WWE&#8217;s employees are sitting at home during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide. But one WWE Superstar is offering financial assistance to their fellow WWE employees, should they fall on financial hardships. 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