#Miro wrestler pro#
#Miro wrestler professional#

Rusev continued to appear sporadically on NXT after joining the main roster in April 2014, making his final appearance on July 24, getting disqualified against NXT Champion Adrian Neville in a non-title match. In matches taped before his main roster debut, Rusev defeated main roster wrestlers Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, and Sin Cara in singles matches, which aired on NXT in January and February. Rusev proceeded to adopt Lana as his ' social ambassador', a pairing compared by WWE to Ivan and Ludmilla Drago from the 1985 film Rocky IV. On the October 30 episode of NXT, Rusev ended his affiliation with Lefort by attacking him during a tag team bout. Shortly thereafter, Rusev adopted Sylvester Lefort as his manager and formed a short-lived tag team with Scott Dawson named 'The Fighting Legionnaires' they feuded with the team of Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. Rusev wrestled his first singles match on the August 21 edition of NXT, losing to Dolph Ziggler. Īfter his neck healed, Rusev made his NXT television debut on the May 30, 2013, episode, competing in a battle royal to determine the number one contender to the NXT Championship that was won by Bo Dallas. In August 2012, WWE rebranded FCW as NXT. While rehabilitating, Barnyashev travelled to Thailand, where he studied the martial art Muay Thai. In the summer of 2012, Rusev suffered a broken neck, temporarily paralyzing his arm. Rusev returned to FCW in March 2012 with Nick Rogers as his manager. Shortly after debuting in FCW, Rusev tore both his anterior cruciate ligament and his meniscus and spent six months rehabilitating. He wrestled his first televised match on the July 17, 2011, episode of FCW, defeating Mike Dalton while being managed by Raquel Diaz. He was assigned to WWE's Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) developmental territory in Tampa, Florida, where he adopted the ring name Alexander Rusev. In September 2010, Barnyashev was signed to a contract by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE Developmental territories (2010–2014) While wrestling for VPW, he was managed by Markus Mac.

#Miro wrestler pro#

In 2010, Barnyashev joined the Santa Maria, California-based independent promotion Vendetta Pro Wrestling (VPW), shortening his ring name to Miroslav. Barnyashev debuted in the San Diego, California-based independent promotion New Wave Pro Wrestling on November 22, 2008, under the ring name Miroslav Makaraov, defeating Aerial Star. He originally lived in Virginia, before relocating to Torrance, California, where he began training as a wrestler under Gangrel and Rikishi at the Knokx Pro Wrestling Academy.

#Miro wrestler professional#

with the ambition of becoming a professional wrestler. In the mid-2000s, Barnyashev moved from Bulgaria to the U.S. Professional wrestling career Early career (2008–2010) He attended a sports school while growing up and competed in rowing, powerlifting, and sambo as an adult. Miroslav Barnyashev was born on Decem in Plovdiv, which was then part of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.

3 Professional wrestling style and persona.

2.3.3 Championship pursuits, injury, and return (2021–present).

2.2.3 Love triangle and The League of Nations (2015–2016).

2.2 World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE.

He was released by WWE in April 2020, debuting in AEW as Miro in September of that year.

He is a three-time WWE United States Champion.

He performed on NXT until 2014, when he and his manager Lana were called to WWE's main roster. In 2010, Barnyashev signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), which was rebranded as NXT in 2012 (WWE's developmental territories). He is also known for his decade-long career in WWE under the ring name Rusev, where he became the first and so far only Bulgarian wrestler to have worked for WWE. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Miro and is a one-time AEW TNT Champion.

Miroslav Barnyashev ( Bulgarian: Мирослав Барняшев, born December 25, 1984) is a Bulgarian professional wrestler who holds both Bulgarian and American citizenship.