In 2018, Rusev was very popular and scheduled to face The Undertaker at the Greatest Royal Rumble. He narrated the story of how he was told about the match by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon on his Youtube show. But McMahon thought making Rusev lose in a PPV with thousands of people watching would be detrimental to his babyface run. But Rusev revealed that those plans also changed as the Saudi Prince called McMahon to reinstate him into the match at the Greatest Royal Rumble. Rusev was back in the match, and Rusev went to dinner with the Saudi Prince.

Source: Hindustan Times June 19, 2020 08:58 UTC