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Miro
Sign in to saveAlso known as Miroslav Barnyashev, Alexander Rusev, Rusev
Bulgarian professional wrestler, rower and powerlifter
Film & TV
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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.
Known for
- Royal Rumble 2026 — Rusev2026
- WWE WrestleMania 42 – Sunday — Rusev2026
- Guns Up — Harry the Hammer2025
- WWE Clash in Paris 2025 — Rusev2025
- Saturday Night's Main Event XLI — Rusev2025
- Yellowbird — Dad2023
- AEW All Out 2023 — Miro2023
- AEW Worlds End 2023 — Miro2023
- AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour — Miro2023
- Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection — Dad (voice)2023
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Miroslav Petrov Barnyashev , ( 1985-12-25 ) 25 December 1985 (age 40) , Plovdiv , Bulgaria
- Spouse
- CJ Perry , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2016 )
- Ring name s
- Alexander Rusev, Miro, Miroslav, Miroslav Makarov, Rusev
- Billed height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Billed weight
- 304 lb (138 kg)
- Billed from
- Bulgaria , Moscow , Russia
- Trained by
- FCW , Gangrel , Rikishi
- Debut
- November 22, 2008
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- The League of Nations
- Given name
- Miroslav
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Plovdiv
- Spouse
- C.J. Perry Barnyashev
- Occupation
- television producer
- Languages spoken
- Bulgarian
- Country for sport
- Bulgaria
- Mass
- 138
- Image
- WMC AEWMIRO-CHAMP.jpg
- Height
- 183
- Residence
- Tampa
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- date of birth
- 1985-12-25
- Commons category
- Alexander Rusev
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- head coach
- David Heath
- social media followers
- 155000
- name in native language
- Miro
- number of viewers/listeners
- 8142082
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Encyclopedic overview
Miroslav Petrov Barnyashev (Bulgarian: Мирослав Петров Барняшев, [miroˈslɑf pɛˈtrɔf bɑrˈnjɑʃɛf]; born 25 December 1985) is a Bulgarian and American professional wrestler and actor. As of April 2026, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Rusev. He is also known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2020 to 2025, where he performed under the ring name Miro.
Barnyashev signed a contract with WWE in 2010 and was assigned to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), which was rebranded as NXT in 2012. He performed on NXT until 2014, when he and his manager Lana were moved to WWE's main roster. During his initial tenure in WWE, he was a three-time WWE United States Champion. He was released by WWE in 2020, joined AEW later that year, and went on to become a one-time AEW TNT Champion before returning to WWE in 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Miro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.