Rusev was recently doing one of his online streams and began talking about a funny ‘chop story’ about Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
Rusev said they went to Japan one time and had a four way tag match. Rusev teamed with Aiden English to take on Gallows & Anderson, Harper & Rowan, and The Usos. Rusev said, “Me and Chad [Karl] met up in the middle and didn’t know we would be seeing each other in the ring. I know that he was super over and is very big in Japan, everybody knows Chad and Gallows in Japan. They have been there forever and paid their dues. Bullet Club and all that.”
He continues by saying that he is both a heel and a face. The match was built around Gallows & Anderson since they were in Japan. Rusev said, “I found myself in the ring with Karl Anderson, and I’m like ‘You wanna do some Japanese spots or something?’ He said, ‘Sure, like what?’ I told him, ‘I don’t know maybe chops or something. I’ll chop you first.’ The fans were going Chops, Chops, Chops!”
Rusev said he put Karl over because he is a good guy and they were back in Japan. Rusev said that is why they joke about that to this day and it’s not meant to be Rusev trying to throw shade at anyone. “You know how you watch Japanese wrestling and they chop each other until they bleed and eventually maybe somebody will bump or whatever. It’s how we started, with just chopping.” Rusev said the match was enjoyable and the crowd was hot the whole time.
You can see the video of Rusev telling the story below.
