Rusev recalls working odd jobs before making it to WWE.
Former WWE United States Champion Rusev recently appeared on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet. The Bulgarian Brute was asked what his life was like before he joined the world of professional wrestling.
“Well, there’s a couple of guys that I met through work, and they were really cool guys, and they accepted me in their apartment, and we lived in a two-bedroom apartment. I think it was six of us sleeping on the floor, whatever you got to do,” he said.
Asked if he was training to be a wrestler, Rusev responded: “No, there was the first month. Then I started working cleaning stores, Dollar General stores, traveling around half of the country with these chemicals, we were cleaning Dollar Generals.
Rusev on the weirdest place he’s ever worked
“I worked in Wendy’s for a week. It was the weirdest place I’ve worked at. Especially with the burger they tell you to draw a W on it. I’m like, ‘Well sir, if you turn it the other way, it says McDonald’s, M for McDonald’s.’ They were looking at me like I was reinventing the hot water.
“But then it was even embarrassing to go get my check back because I was there for a week, I didn’t call because I was so embarrassed. I didn’t want to go back to work, but I didn’t want to call, ‘Hey, I’m not coming back to work.’ So that was weird. And then my friend said, ‘Hey, I’m moving to California. I’m gonna drive cross-country with this 1988 Oldsmobile.’ I said, ‘Count me in brother, all the dreams are in California.’ I left, I jump in the car with him, and we drove for three days, I think, to San Pedro, California.”
Rusev crossed paths with Oba Femi, teasing a potential feud during a backstage segment on WWE RAW this week. Full coverage of the show by WrestleZone is available here.
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