With a night away from the rigorous travel schedule of the WWE, Rusev and Lana were once again back in a familiar arena -- this time as spectators.
The WWE personalities went to the Bridgestone Arena as their hometown Nashville Predators hosted the San Jose Sharks in Game 4 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series. And what a thriller it was.
The "Ravishing Russian" and "Bulgarian Brute" attended the first triple overtime game of the NHL postseason and their loyalty was rewarded. Predators forward Mike Fisher beat Sharks goalie Martin Jones (41 saves) 11:12 into the third extra frame to send the fans home happy -- though it's unknown if the WWE couple stayed for the entire game.
Lana posted pictures on social media of her and Rusev donning the yellow home jersey of the Predators and seemingly having a great time:
Predators #CRUSH!!!!!! @RusevBUL #LetsGoPreds @PredsNHL pic.twitter.com/5iqXC28iOt
— Lana (@LanaWWE) May 6, 2016
A photo posted by CJ Perry (@thelanawwe) on May 5, 2016 at 7:10pm PDT
With the win, Nashville erased a 2-0 series deficit by protecting home-ice two games in a row and tying the series up 2-2 as it heads back to San Jose for Game 5 on Saturday.
After Colin Wilson opened up the scoring with his fourth goal of the playoffs, Brent Burns quickly found the equalizer for the Sharks. Fisher then put the Predators up 2-1, but goals by Joonas Donskoi (3) and Burns (4) put San Jose ahead by one.
James Neal (3) then tied the game late in the third period with the Predators less than five minutes away from facing a 3-1 series deficit.
Three periods later, Fisher sent the crowd home happy with a victory. Rusev and Lana have lived in Nashville for over a year and are engaged to be married.
The couple was said to have some backstage heat on them from WWE officials after word of their engagement went public during a storyline where they were supposed to be at odds.
Lana and Rusev have overcome it and after being reunited, it seems the WWE has big plans for them as Rusev is the No. 1 contender for Kalisto's United States Championship.
As for the wedding, the couple seems to be pulling out all the stops.
"[The planning] is good, expensive," Rusev told Michael Cole in his weekly sit-down interview. "Expensive, unlike you're wedding. But it's good 'cause I'd give anything for my wife."
Rusev and Lana had some fun in Nashville as their Predators tied up the series with the Sharks.
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