Ilja Dragunov
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Birth Date
Zodiac Sign
Libra♎
Biography
Ilja Rukober, known by his ring name Ilja Dragunov, is a Russian-born, German-naturalised professional wrestler. As of January 2019, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand, but is currently inactive due to injury. He formerly competed on the NXT UK and NXT brands, where he won each brand's main title: the NXT United Kingdom Championship and the NXT Championship. He is the first non-kayfabe Russian-born male wrestler to compete and win a championship in the WWE.
Additional Information
Born
- (1993-10-10) 10 October 1993 (age 31)[1][2]Moscow
- Russia
Debut
21 April 2012
FullName
Ilja Dragunov
Birth Name
Ilja Rukober
Trained By
Axel TischerRick Baxxter
Billed From
- The Soviet UnionMoscow
- RussiaDresden
- Germany
Ring Name(s)
Ilja Dragunov
Billed Height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[3]
Billed Weight
210 lb (95 kg)[3]
Organizations
- "PROGRESS Chapter 96 results: Tag Team titles on the line"
- "NXT UK results: Andrews & Webster vs. Gallus Tag Team title match"
- "1/22 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Roderick Strong vs. Keith Lee for the NXT North American Championship, Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm, the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament semifinal matches, final Worlds Collide hype"
- "4/1 NXT Stand & Deliver PLE Report: Hazelwood's report on Breakker vs. Hayes, multi-person and multi-team championship matches galore, more"
- Archived
- "NXT TV results (4/9): Moore's review of the Stand & Deliver fallout show, Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin vs. Axiom and Nathan Frazer for the NXT Tag Team Titles"
- Ricky Steamboat
- Richie Steamboat