On Rusev's appearance on Ryback's podcast, Rusev went into detail on how Vince McMahon wouldn't acknowledge any of his success or progress, going as far to imply that the only reason he sold out of his merchandise was that they "didn't print very much."

It apparently goes even further than this, as Vince wouldn't even acknowledge the chants of Rusev Day being a positive.

“I had a conversation with Vince and he told me that with Rusev Day, they were just mocking me, they didn’t mean it. In my mind, I knew it wasn’t true. They started putting my segments early so the ‘Rusev Day’ chants would go away. I was not even supposed to be on WrestleMania, the year I lost to Jinder.”