Miroslav “Miro” Barnyashev and his wife, manager, CJ Perry, aka Lana, are back in WWE, under new contracts negotiated by Paradigm. Rusev as a wrestler as he appeared last night on Monday Night Raw the day after WrestleMania 41. In Perry’s case, it’s a Legends contract.
Barnyashev previously wrestled under the name Rusev when he joined WWE in 2014. He wrestled under a fearsome Bulgarian brute gimmick alongside Lana. He is a three-time WWE United States Champion. He had some memorable feuds with top stars, such as John Cena, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton and AJ Styles.
In 2021, he competed on AEW as Miro, winning the TNT Championship.