Shawn Daivari
| Shawn Daivari | |
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Daivari at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival world premiere of Mansome
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| Birth name | Dara Shawn Avar Khosrow Allen DelAvar Daivari |
| Born |
April 30, 1984 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Residence | Katy, Texas |
| Family | Ariya Daivari (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Abdul Bashir Al Daivari Daivari DelAvar Daivari Dubai Faris Gotch Khosrow Daivari Raheem Ali Assad Shawn Daivari Sheik Abdul Bashir |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 189 lb (86 kg) |
| Billed from |
Detroit, Michigan Minneapolis, Minnesota Tehran, Iran |
| Trained by |
Adnan Al-Kaissie Eddie Sharkey Tom Prichard |
| Debut | 2000 |
| Retired | 2017 |
Dara Shawn Avar Khosrow Allen DelAvar Daivari (born April 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler currently performing on the independent circuit as Shawn Daivari. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Daivari and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as Sheik Abdul Bashir. He opened a wrestling school with Ken Anderson, brother Ariya Daivari, Molly Holly, and Arik Cannon in Minneapolis, MN called The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling.
Daivari grew up admiring Mick Foley and Bret Hart. His childhood hero was Shawn Michaels. He participated in his first professional wrestling match at age 15. He started his career in the upper midwest independent scene. He is known for representing Iran for international title matches
On October 19, 1998, Daivari appeared on Nitro as a fan being interviewed by Mike Tenay.
He appeared on the February 26, 2003 episode of Explosion and wrestled a tag team match against Mike Sanders and Glenn Gilberti with Ken Anderson. He also appeared on the October 5, 2003 episode of Sunday Night Heat as Shawn Daivari, losing his match against Tommy Dreamer. He also made four appearances for independent promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) between April and July 2004.
Daivari signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in August 2004 and debuted on the December 13 episode of Raw alongside Muhammad Hassan as Khosrow Daivari, later shortened to Daivari. Their gimmick was that of two Arab Americans who were tired of the prejudice and stereotypes they were receiving after the 9/11 attacks. Ironically, Daivari would scream instructions in Persian to Hassan when working as his manager, though this was often described as "Arabic" on broadcasts. In the weeks leading up to their debut, the two men would appear on Raw in vignettes promoting their hatred towards "America". In the following weeks, they would back up their words with actions, initiating a feud with Raw announcers Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, 2005, Daivari and Hassan were involved in an angle with Hulk Hogan. While attacking injured wrestler Eugene, Hogan came to the ring and ejected both men from the ring.
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