Major AEW Star Reveals Name He Considered Using After Leaving WWE

During an exclusive interview with Inside The Ropes ahead of Full Gear tonight, a show that he unfortunately isn’t wrestling on, Miro has opened about his WWE release and his emotions coming out of it.

Miro (formerly Rusev) also noted the name that he considered using after leaving WWE, which probably wouldn’t have gone down too well with his former employers:

“No, but the only thing… When I was joking about it, when I was in WWE, I was like, ‘When I leave here, I’m going to be Rusev with a double F!’

“But then I thought, ‘This is just so petty because this is not me,’ and I really wanted it to be me because I believe we perform best when we feel most comfortable – and I just feel most comfortable just being myself.”

Miro also recently appeared on the Talk Is Jericho podcast, where he discussed the following rather interesting topics:

 

• Miro was told he and Bobby Lashley were going to main event WrestleMania with their infamous feud last year
• He also spoke about being fined by WWE for changing up his appearance without getting approval from higher-ups
• Miro also suggested the real reason that WWE fired him back in April.
• He suggested that he actually asked for his release in 2017, three years before being fired by the company
• Miro also revealed that Vince McMahon gave him a bonus for breaking an unwritten WWE rule
• He also opened up about being fined for a post-show segment earlier this year.
• He also noted that he was supposed to win the Intercontinental Championship, but plans were dropped when he got heat backstage

 

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