Rusev

Miroslav Barnyashev, better known by his ring name Rusev (shortened from Alexander Rusev), is a Bulgarian professional wrestler who is currently signed to BITW Wrestling.

Stats
Birth name: Miroslav Barnyashev

Born: December 25, 1985 (age 30), Bulgaria

Height: 6 ft.

Weight: 304 lbs. (billed as 138 kg)

WWE Debut: May 30, 2013

Status: Heel

Appearances

 * 1) Episode 1: A New Start (win vs. Neville and Sheamus for World Heavyweight Championship)
 * 2) Episode 4: The Go-Home Show! (Attacked Tyler Breeze and Xavier Woods)
 * 3) Extreme Rules 2016 (win vs. Neville)

Finishing moves

 * The Accolade (Camel clutch, usually preceded by a stomp to an opponent's back)
 * Jumping side kick

Signature moves

 * Alabama slam
 * Body avalanche
 * Body block, as a counter to an oncoming opponent
 * Corner kick combo
 * Corner somersault senton
 * DDT
 * Diving headbutt
 * Fallaway Samoan drop
 * Fallaway slam
 * Front multiple knee lifts while leaning the opponent against the rope in a rib breaker position, sometimes preceded by a Fallaway Samoan drop
 * High angle slam
 * Mongolian chop
 * Multiple kick variations:
 * Big boot
 * Drop
 * Roundhouse
 * Spinning wheel
 * Multiple knee lifts to an opponent draped between the ring ropes
 * Multiple suplex variations:
 * Drop
 * Release german
 * Overhead belly-to-belly
 * Saito
 * Vertical
 * Running hip attack to a cornered opponent
 * Running reverse elbow
 * Russian leg sweep
 * Short-arm kick
 * Somersualt senton
 * Swinging side slam
 * Wheelbarrow gourdbuster

Nicknames

 * "The Bulgarian Brute"
 * "The Super Athlete"

Entrance themes

 * "Рев на лъвът (Roar of the Lion)" by CFO$

Appearances

 * WWE United States Championship (1 time)
 * Slammy Award (1 time)
 * BITW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)