5 things you didn't know about Ilja Dragunov

#2 Unbesiegbar

To Ilja Dragunov, "Unbesiegbar" isn't just a nickname - it's a life motto.

The Russian star's nickname literally translates to 'invincible' and is the single word that Ilja's life revolves around. From growing up in an impoverished, immigrant family in Germany, to making it to the very top of his profession, you almost have to be bulletproof.

Unbesiegbar became a phrase at some point. At first, I couldn't make anything out of this. During some promo at my early days at wXw, that word was mentioned. The idea was to say something at the end of the promo. "We need something from you." And then the word "unbesiegbar" came up.

Dragunov recalls that it all clicked as soon as he said that word.

That word pervades through my whole life. All of a sudden, something that had been in me my whole life came out. That's my mental attitude.

To make that understandable, I am not the smartest man, I am certainly not the most athletic, I am not the best athlete around - but those categories are completely irrelevant to me.

Ilja Dragunov believes he is invincible, thus he is invicible. He even claims that he can be "the biggest idiot ever" and go into a situation with no familiarity of it, but he will always succeed because of one reason - Unbesiegbar.

I probably have the biggest flaws. I am the biggest idiot that can walk this earth - but there's one thing that makes me a successful person at what I do, and I am always aware of this.

At any time, I am completely convinced, no matter if I am familiar with the situation I am in or not, I go in there and my mindset is, "I am invincible."