Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 70/@comment-28892885-20161231013010/@comment-5264252-20161231045456

It was a reoccurring joke that they needed to use a Russian and hadn't yet before that point. It was brought up in the ending of Peter vs Lloyd, in a news blog, and was mentioned some times in between. They had planned for final few battles of Season 2 to feature a Russian in some way, alternate ideas that had been considered being Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible and Joseph Stalin vs Rocky. It's possible the joke started because of Peter's heritage, but the result of a Russian royale was not because of that solely.