Rusev Sets Sights On WWE World Title, Says AEW Made Him Feel Like The Best In The World

Rusev wants to capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Rusev has held many accolades. He has been a WWE United States Champion. He has been an AEW TNT Champion. He’s teamed with Sting. He’s wrestled John Cena at WrestleMania. One thing he has not done, however, is capture a World Heavyweight Championship in professional wrestling.

Now that he’s back in WWE, he says he still aims to win the top prize on one of the WWE brands. He shared his goals with Denise Salcedo in a new interview. He spoke warmly of his time in AEW, saying he realized during that period that he was among the best in the world. He also praised the lessons he learned from John Cena, the Big Show, and other legends along the way.

“I learned that I’m the best in the world. I was there for a few years, I beat up quite a few people, and I gained my confidence way more than I had before in WWE, all the experience from the years before. What I’ve been taught by John Cena, by the Big Show, by all these great, amazing superstars that I fought in WWE, I had to put to the test when I was in AEW. I had to use everything I’ve learned. After I did that, after I experimented, after I saw that I’m the best one there, I thought it was time to come back, no doubt, because I still have the goal to be a World Heavyweight Champion here in WWE.”

Rusev will look to get one step closer to that goal when he takes on Sheamus at WWE Clash in Paris. Learn more here.

Fightful will have full coverage of that event on August 31.

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