EXCLUSIVE: Miroslav “Miro” Barnyashev and his spouse, supervisor and producing associate, CJ Perry, have returned to WWE, in new offers negotiated by Paradigm, their brokers. They solidified the rejuvenated collaboration by showing this night at Netflix’s Monday Evening Uncooked as a part of the continuing occasions celebrating WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas.
Barnyashev beforehand wrestled beneath the title Rusev when he joined WWE in 2014. He initially introduced as a dominant, undefeated Bulgarian brute alongside Perry, beneath the title Lana. He’s a three-time WWE United States Champion. He competed at a number of WrestleManias and headlined a number of PPVs, feuding with prime stars together with John Cena (WrestleMania 31), Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, and AJ Kinds. He turned a breakout crossover character resulting from his comedic timing, crowd connection, and flexibility. Throughout pandemic-related expertise cuts, Barnyashev was launched in April 2020.
Barnyashev pivoted to AEW in September 2020 beneath the title Miro. He captured the AEW TNT Championship in Might 2021 and held it for 140 days. Throughout his time with the corporate, he portrayed the “Redeemer” character, mixing depth, comedy, and promos about “his God and his sizzling spouse.” His final AEW look was December 30, 2023, and he was formally launched in February 2025.
He returns to WWE beneath a two-year deal.
Perry first appeared in WWE in 2013 and debuted on the principle roster a 12 months later as Lana, Rusev’s supervisor and mouthpiece. She performed a key position in elevating his early dominance along with her commanding promos and presence, later transitioning into in-ring competitors and that includes in a number of high-profile storylines. Perry was launched from WWE in 2021.
She adopted Barnyashev to AEW in 2023, managing him once more and taking part in key storylines. She left the corporate a 12 months later. Perry returns to the WWE beneath a Legends Deal signed earlier this month.
“Rusev is again to crush the WWE and grow to be World Champion,” shared Perry. “We have now been cooking this up from our Bulgarian kitchen for the reason that day we left, and with the assistance of Paradigm, we had been capable of make this a actuality! Machka Crush,” she added.
The Barnyashevses will proceed increasing their footprint in Hollywood as they’ll subsequent star within the motion comedy characteristic, Weapons Up, led by Kevin James. Miroslav Barnyashev beforehand made a visitor look on the CBS collection East New York.
