Ariya Daivari
| Ariya Daivari | |
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Daivari in 2016
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| Birth name | Ariya Daivari |
| Born |
April 11, 1989 Plymouth, Minnesota, United States |
| Residence |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Family | Shawn Daivari (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Ariya Daivari Arya Daivari Sheik Ariya Daivari Sheik Mustafa Bashir |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Billed from |
Minneapolis, Minnesota Tehran, Iran |
| Trained by |
Shawn Daivari Arik Cannon Ken Anderson Shelton Benjamin |
| Debut | September 26, 2006 |
Ariya Daivari (born April 11, 1989) is an Iranian-American professional wrestler signed to WWE, performing on 205 Live and Raw in the cruiserweight division.
After a high school background in Tae Kwon Do and amateur wrestling, Ariya was trained in professional wrestling by Shawn Daivari and fellow wrestler Arik Cannon. He also trained with former WWE performers Shelton Benjamin and Ken Anderson. His debut match was at a Midwest Pro Wrestling Academy event on September 26, 2006, held at the First Avenue nightclub. Until his WWE debut in 2016, he performed in promotions across the United States, including Ring of Honor ,Global Force Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action's India project Ring Ka King.
Daivari's first experience with the WWE was wrestling in a non-televised match for WWE SmackDown at the Target Center in 2013. The following year he participated in a tryout at the WWE Performance Center. On June 13, 2016, Daivari was announced as a competitor in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic. On June 23, 2016, Daivari was eliminated from the tournament in his first round match by Ho Ho Lun. On the October 10, 2016 episode of Raw, Daivari made his main roster debut as part of the cruiserweight division on Raw, losing by submission to the Cruiserweight Champion T.J. Perkins. On the Hell in a Cell pre-show, Daivari teamed with Tony Nese and Drew Gulak in a losing effort to Cedric Alexander, Lince Dorado and Sin Cara. On the Survivor Series pre-show, Daivari, Nese and Gulak were defeated by TJ Perkins, Rich Swann and Noam Dar.
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