Miroslav Barnyashev

Born: 1985-12-25, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Biography

Miroslav Barnyashev is a Bulgarian professional wrestler who holds both Bulgarian and American citizenship. He is known for his time with wrestling promotions WWE and AEW. Under his ring name 'Rusev', Barnyashev became the first Bulgarian wrestler to have worked for WWE.

Filmography

• Raw (1993)
• WWE NXT (2010)
• All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019)
• WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999)
• WWE Main Event (2012)
• All Elite Wrestling: Collision (2023)
• All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (2021)
• WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
• AEW Dark (2019)
• AEW Dark: Elevation (2021)
• AEW Unrestricted (2020)
• Drop the Mic (2017)
• Guns Up (2025)
• AEW Winter is Coming 2020 (2020)
• Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (2016)
• WWE WrestleMania 31 (2015)
• WWE WrestleMania 42 – Sunday (2026)
• WWE Crown Jewel 2019 (2019)
• Royal Rumble 2026 (2026)
• WWE WrestleMania 34 (2018)
• WWE WrestleMania 35 (2019)
• WWE SummerSlam 2015 (2015)
• AEW Full Gear 2021 (2021)
• WWE WrestleMania 32 (2016)
• AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022 (2022)
• WWE Payback 2014 (2014)
• WWE SummerSlam 2017 (2017)
• AEW Double or Nothing 2021 (2021)
• WWE Royal Rumble 2018 (2018)
• WWE Fastlane 2017 (2017)