Is Dominik Dijakovic Croatian?

Last Modified May 30, 2023 10:47 GMT
Dominik Dijakovic
Dominik Dijakovic

Christopher James Dijak is a professional wrestler, currently signed with WWE and said to perform under the NXT brand. He currently wrestles under the ring name Dijak, previously as Dominik Dijikovic and T-Bar. Dijak started his pro-wrestling training in 2013 after losing two matches in smaller promotions. He made his pro-wrestling debut in the same year at Chaotic Wrestling and remained undefeated for approximately 11 months and lost to the CW Champion Mark Shurman. He had his revenge in the rematch by capturing his CW Heavyweight Championship in a fatal fourway match. Dijak held the title for 148 days and lost to Chase Del Monte. Dijak also won CW Tag Team Championship with Webb and CW New England Championship there.

Dijak then debuted in Ring of Honor in 2014 by defeating Stokely Hathaway at Future of Honor 2. Dijak won the 2015 Top Prospect Tournament and gained an opportunity to face Jay Lethal for the ROH World Television Championship. But he refused the offer and joined The House of Truth making himself a heel. He was then kicked out of the stable and subsequently turned face in the process. He left the company in 2017 and signed a contract with WWE, however it was withdrawn following a legal threat as his ROH contract has never ended. He then cleared the legal issues and signed a fresh contract with WWE and made his debut in a losing cause against Ricochet. He changed his name to Dominik Dijakovic and re-debuted as a heel defeating Aaron Mackey. He suffered an injury and came back as a face and joined team Tommaso Ciampa in NXT WarGames. He had multiple pursuits to capture the NXT North American Championship but came up short.

During the COVID19 Thunderdome era, Dijakovic joined Retribution under the ring name T-Bar. Retribution had a small success and soon got split as T-Bar and Mace attacked the leader of the stable Mustafa Ali. he was then out of the television and appeared very rarely.

In October 2022, he returned to NXT as a heel and changed his name back to Dijak by attacking Wes Lee. He had an opportunity for the NXT North American Championship but lost due to a distraction.

Is Dominik Dijakovic Croatian?

Dominik Dijakovic
Dominik Dijakovic

Dominik Dijakovic is an American Professional Wrestler born and brought up in Lunenburg Massachusetts, United States. However he is from a Croatian, Italian, and Hungarian descent. He even has printed the Croatian flag in his wrestling pants. He also talked about his ethnicity in an interview with WWE, where he answered the question “What is your family ethnic background?”. He replied “Croatian, Italian and hungarian. Collectively unified in America. Symbolized by the family crest coat of arms on my right thigh”

FAQs

A. Dominik Dijakovic was born on April 23, 1987 and is currently aged 36.

A. Yes, Dijak is married. He got married to Ashley Dijak in 2016.

A. Dijak played the gimmick of T-Bar when he was in the stable Retribution. However it was dropped later.

A. Dijakovic was trained by Bian Fury and Todd Hanson. He also trained in WWE Performance Center.

A. Dominik Dijakovic is one of the tall wrestlers, standing at a height of 6 foot 7 inches tall.

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