Pro Wrestling Real Life Stories: Episode 3 - Lana, Rusev, his real-life fight, Russia, Bulgaria and the American Dream

#7 Rusev -- Painter, Cab Driver, and Bulgarian jack of all trades

While Rusev now finds the time to paint art, he was forced to paint walls during his early days in America

Rusev jestingly exclaimed to Jericho about how "The Bulgarian Brute" has likely worked every job under the sun.

Anecdotes:

Rusev revealed that he came to the US as a young man in the mid-2000s, and worked several odd jobs in Virginia--including that of a painter, despite never having worked as one in his life before. Rusev joked that he was so very bad at painting houses that his fellow Bulgarians who'd given him the job and accommodation, literally kicked him out and left him on the streets.

Moreover, Rusev revealed that he's worked every job under the sun--including that of a cab driver, worker at the Wendy's restaurant chain, etc--however, after finding himself on the streets, he had nowhere to go. Fortunately, a few work-acquaintances who didn't like the people who'd kicked him out, took him in and let him stay with them...Rusev then moved to California with a friend, and subsequently enrolled himself into the pro-wrestling school run by Rikishi and Gangrel.

Rusev worked on the indie circuit in California, and subsequently moved to the WWE's developmental territories in Florida in 2010...