Rusev has earned a victory over Roman Reigns at this week's WWE SmackDown tapings after interference from Seth Rollins.
Rollins, who will face Reigns at this weekend's Night of Champions pay-per-view, accidentally hit Rusev, giving the Russian the win by disqualification.
Elsewhere on the show, which will air on Sky Sports on Friday night, The Wyatt Family defeated the team of Big Show and Los Matadores, while Bo Dallas avenged his loss on Raw on Monday night by beating Jack Swagger.
Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler scored a win over Cesaro and The Miz, Jimmy Uso overcame Stardust, while Adam Rose easily beat Heath Slater.