Acting
Miroslav Barnyashev
Also Known As: Мирослав Барняшев, Rusev, Alexander Rusev
Birth Date
December 25, 1985
(40 years old)
Place of Birth
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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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.
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All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019 • 1 episode
Raw
Rusev
1993 • 65 episodes
WWE NXT
2010 • 24 episodes
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Rusev
1999 • 41 episodes
WWE Main Event
2012 • 17 episodes
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Miro
2023 • 7 episodes
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Miro
2021 • 6 episodes
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985 • 1 episode
AEW Dark
Miro
2019 • 5 episodes
AEW Dark: Elevation
Miro
2021 • 5 episodes
AEW Unrestricted
Miro
2020 • 1 episode
East New York
Nickie Dushkin
2022 • 1 episode
WWE Swerved
Rusev
2015 • 1 episode
Hey! (EW)
Miro
2022 • 1 episode
Drop the Mic
Self - Rusev
2017 • 1 episode
Guns Up
Harry the Hammer
2025
WWE Crown Jewel 2019
Rusev
2019
WWE WrestleMania 31
Rusev
2015
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
Rusev (voice)
2016
Southpaw Regional Wrestling
Big Bartholomew
2017 • 3 episodes