Miroslav Barnyashev

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1985-12-25 (38 years old)

Place of Birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Also Known As Мирослав Барняшев, Rusev, Alexander Rusev, Miroslav, Miroslav Makarov, The Bulgarian Brute, Miro Barnyashev, Miroslav Barnyashev, Miro, Miroslav Petrov Barnyashev

Miroslav Barnyashev

Biography

Miroslav Barnyashev (Bulgarian: Мирослав Барняшев, [miroˈslɑf bɑrˈnjɑʃɛf]) is a Bulgarian professional wrestler who holds both Bulgarian and American citizenship. 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. 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. 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 performed on NXT until 2014, when he and his manager Lana were called to WWE's main roster. He is a three-time WWE United States Champion. He was released by WWE in April 2020, debuting in AEW as Miro in September of that year.

Known For

Actor

2023
2023
AEW All Out

as Miro

2023
Yellowbird

as Dad

2022
AEW All Out

as Miro

2022
East New York

as Nickie Dushkin

2022
Hey! (EW)

as Miro

2021
2021
AEW All Out

as Miro

2021
2020
2019
2019
2019
WWE Fastlane 2019

as Rusev (Preshow)

2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2019

as Rusev (Preshow)

2019
AEW Dark

as Miro

2018
2018
2018
WWE Backlash 2018

as Rusev (Appearance)

2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
Drop the Mic

as Self - Rusev

2017
Southpaw Regional Wrestling

as Big Bartholomew

2016
2016
Countdown

as Self

2016
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
Swerved

as Rusev

2014
2014
WWE Payback 2014

as Alexander Rusev

2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2014

as Alexander Rusev

2014
NXT ArRIVAL

as Alexander Rusev

2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2014

as Alexander Rusev

1999
WWE SmackDown

as Rusev

1999
WWE SmackDown

as Alexander Rusev

1993
WWE Raw

as Rusev

1993
WWE Raw

as Alexander Rusev

Producer

2018
Another Version of You

as Executive Producer

Crew

2015