Alexander Rusev - a pseudonym under which stands wrestler and former powerlifter Miroslav Barnyashev. He also appeared in the ring under the nickname The Mad Bulgarians and with the name of Miroslav Makarov.
Спортсмен родился 25 декабря 1985 года в Пловдиве.His height is 180 cm, and the weight is 139 kg. The first performance of Miroslav took place in 2008. And the athlete's coaches were Rikishi, Tom Pritchard, Billy Kidman and Gangrel.
Александр Русев – рестлер, который родился во the second largest city in Bulgaria. In the local children's sports school, he attended sections of canoeing and powerlifting. But in the domestic sport no prospects were drawn. Already in 20 years, the boy exchanged his native country for the United States.
Статный Мирослав сразу же заинтересовал employees of the wrestling academy in California. And then it became clear that he was destined for the role of the hero. To make it easier for the public to perceive the athlete, he began to act under pseudonyms. The first were Miroslav and Makarov.
Soon, WWE managers noticed the wrestler, and in the autumn of 2010 the Bulgarian signed a working contract with them. It was then that his promotion started under the name of Alexander Rusev.
Signing a contract with the largest in the worldthe organizer of the wrestling matches, Alexander Rusev became an active participant in the FCW platform. His debut on television took place on July 17, in this battle he defeated Mike Dalton. Soon after this triumphal event, the wrestler suffered a serious injury and 2 years could not perform. Returning to the ring in 2012, Alexander broke his neck, and also paralyzed his hand. So there was only a long way to recover without sports achievements.
Alexander Rusev, whose biography more than onceturned the athlete from wrestling, returned to television in 2013 in the image of the Bulgarian Brutus. Unfortunately, luck did not smile at Alexander and he could not get the title of absolute champion NXT. The Bulgarian wrestler was defeated by Dolph Ziggler.
After this incident, Alexander joined forceswith Scott Dawson. The role of the manager was performed by Sylvester Lefort. Then followed the succession of victories of their successful sports tandem. And on March 13, 2014, the Bulgarian wrestler was able to make his debut in the main part of the NXT.
On April 7, Alexander became a member of the maincomposition of the WWE and in the first battle destroyed Zak Ryder. Already in May, the Bulgarian began to perceive as a Russian, who zealously hates the United States. Such an image was given to the wrestler by officials.
Then the series of Alexander's competitions beganRuseva with American superstars of this sport. Lana - the manager of the indestructible champion, and then the girl, all the time added fuel to the fire with her promo.
In a confrontation with Rock, Alexander Russe was defeated, but this did not prevent him from winning further. By November, he already wore the status of champion of America.
После Payback Александр Русев предстал перед spectators in the image of the Bulgarian Brutus. The wrestler could not hide the sadness from the fact that Lana took the side of Dolph Ziggler. Immediately after their quarrel the powerlifter was injured, which put him on the hospital chair for almost 2 months.
Then followed a series of victories in the matches with Kevin Owens, John Sina, Dolph Ziggler. At the last RAW Alexander again quarreled with Lana and was injured by Dolph.
A little later Ziggler announced before all the future match against Alexander Rusev, held at SummerSlam. But he brought both wrestlers only a draw, as their strength was equal.
