7 Former WWE Superstars whose careers took off after leaving the company

#5 Miro (Rusev) was stuck with a bizarre gimmick in WWE

Rusev, now known as Miro, made a decent start to his WWE career. Accompanied by Lana, he moved to the main roster with high hopes and dreams. He went on a dominant run that helped him become one of the toughest superstars in WWE.

As time went by, his gimmick changed drastically and he lost steam. He won the United States Championship thrice in his career, but never went on to win a big one.

After a long and bizarre storyline involving his real-life partner Lana, Rusev decided to leave WWE and felt he had the freedom to explore much more. He opened up about his WWE career during an interview with Chris Van Vliet.

“There is nothing to be worried about. It doesn’t matter what people think. I’ve always been happy. Always been happy, just going to work was a bit of a dreadful moment. But now that’s gone, there are no dreadful moments in my life at all,” Rusev said.

Soon after, he joined All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as Miro and started working his way up even though the gimmick did not click with the fans. After tweaking his character and ending his alliance with Sabian, Miro seems to have found himself in AEW. Earlier this year, he defeated Darby Allin to win the AEW TNT Championship.

It looks like his career has finally taken off after being down in the dumps for a long time. AEW could be the perfect home for a talented wrestler like Miro. Will Lana end up joining her husband on the new promotion?