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Ilja Dragunov is one of the richest Wrestler from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ilja Dragunov's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Ilja Rukober (Russian: Илья Рукобер , Ilya Rukober; born 10 October 1993) is a Russian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ilja Dragunov. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT UK brand. Prior to signing with WWE, Dragunov competed on the European independent circuit and is also known for his time with Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where he is a former one-time wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion, three-time wXw World Tag Team Champion and two-time wXw Shotgun Champion. Rukober is the first Russian-born male wrestler to have ever competed in the WWE.
Dragunov began 2019 with a win over Timothy Thatcher at Chapter 83, but did not appear for the promotion until Super Strong Style 16. On night one, Dragunov defeated Chris Brookes in the first round. On night two, he quickly defeated Trevor Lee in the quarter-final, and on night three, he was in a three way elimination match in the semi-final with David Starr and Travis Banks. Dragunov was the first wrestler to be eliminated when Banks defeated him by pinfall. At Chapter 91, he defeated Jordan Devlin in a number one contender match for the Unified World Championship, but the following day, at Chapter 92, he was defeated by Walter.
During the main event title match between Walter and Joe Coffey on January 12, 2020 at NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II, Wolfe interfered in the match attacking Coffey, leading to Dragunov coming out and hitting the Torpedo Moscow on Wolfe, which caused Wolfe to accidentally fall on Coffey’s left knee, and injure Coffey further. As a result, after NXT UK Tag Team Champions Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) defeated Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch on the February 13, 2020 episode of NXT UK, Dragunov came out to confront Coffey and Gallus, but led to a beat down on Dragunov by Coffey and Gallus. This was due to Coffey stating that Dragunov owed “the Gallus firm” a debt, and led to a match between Draganov and Coffey on the February 20, 2020 episode of NXT UK, where Dragunov defeated Coffey. After the match, Gallus’ Mark Coffey and Wolfgang appeared in order to commit a post-match assault on Dragunov, but Joe Coffey stopped them and informed Dragunov that he had paid his debt and that matters were now settled.
