Former WWE, WCW and TNA Wrestling creative team member Vince Russo has a new blog available at this link where he compares the duo of Rusev and Lana to that of Marc Mero and Sable.

An excerpt of the blog is below:

“Having worked with Marc Mero and Sable, the scenario with Lana/Rusev is one that is quite familiar to me when I look at history. Many will say that Sable got over at the expense of Mero, but in my opinion that is absolutely not true. In that situation, Sable was given the opportunity to break-out on her own when Mero was sidelined with an injury, and she did just that. She grabbed the spotlight, thus in turn becoming one of the most popular female figures in the history of wrestling. At that point, Marc was forced to play “catch-up ball” when he returned, and to his credit he was able to somewhat work in Sable’s shadow to make his light shine even brighter. Unfortunately, that’s not the case here. The WWE and Vince McMahon want to build Lana, while Rusev is still alive and breathing on the active roster.”

The blog is available in full at this link.