Miroslav Barnyashev
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1985-12-25 · Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Known for
- Raw (1993) — Rusev
- Guns Up (2025) — Harry the Hammer
- Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (2016) — Rusev (voice)
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) — Rusev
- WWE NXT (2010)
- WWE WrestleMania 31 (2015) — Rusev
- Countdown (2016) — Rusev
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019)
- WWE WrestleMania 32 (2016) — Rusev
- WWE WrestleMania 34 (2018) — Rusev
- WWE Main Event (2012)
- WWE WrestleMania 35 (2019) — Rusev
- East New York (2022) — Nickie Dushkin
- WWE Royal Rumble 2017 (2017) — Rusev
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
- WWE Royal Rumble 2018 (2018) — Rusev