Ilja Dragunov Thinks He Sticks Out From The Rest Of AEW Roster

Ilja Dragunov states that he bet on himself.

Upon Ilja Dragunov’s in-ring debut for All Elite Wrestling, he spoke to TMZ’s Inside The Ring podcast. During the chat, he stated that he thinks he sticks out on the AEW roster and that he’s always betting on himself.

“I didn’t consider how stacked the roster is because it’s a fear I don’t have. I was always betting on myself. I bet on myself when I left WWE. I’m betting on myself still, and I’m betting on what my gut is telling me and the way the people, the company introduced me, I think it speaks for itself that I stick out from all the rest on that roster. People who stick out and are not like anybody else, you kind of put the objective on them and only if you are like everybody else or try to be like everybody else — which is also like an unfortunate thing happening nowadays, unfortunately — then you get overlooked. But, I haven’t been overlooked once in my 14 years of career.”

Dragunov’s first match will be against ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey on the 10/21 Dynamite.