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Ilja Dragunov remained out of action for 13 long months before making a sensational return to WWE recently on SmackDown, and on the first night of his return, he shocked the entire world by winning the WWE United States Championship. It is also his first Championship success after getting promoted to the main roster.
Ilja Dragunov made his main roster debut last year, and he was doing an amazing job. But unfortunately, he suffered a torn ACL injury soon after his main roster debut, which sidelined him from action, and it was said that he would be out of action for 6 to 9 months. Unfortunately, his injury stretched over 13 months, but finally, he made his return to action.
Natalya is a big fan of Ilja Dragunov
Dragunov answered and Open challenge by Sami Zayn for the WWE United States Championship and successfully defeated him to win the title. Last week on SmackDown, Dragunov himself issued an Open challenge for the title, and he successfully defended the title against Alesiter Black on his first title defense.
Ilja Dragunov returned on SmackDown recently and won the WWE United States Championship
Former WWE Women's Champion and WWE legend Natalya recently shared massive praise for the present WWE United States Champion and said that she is a big fan of him. During her recent appearance on “The Joe Vulpis Podcast,” she said the following about the Russian professional wrestler;
He remained out of action for 13 months after suffering a torn ACL injury
“Ilja Dragunov, he just came back, just won the US Title. Two days before he won the title, he came to our Dungeon and he was working on stuff. He was just pouring sweat. I was watching him work and I was like, I told TJ [Wilson], ‘I can’t get over Ilja. I can’t get over how good he is.’
“He’s so good. He’s wrestling in our ring with no air conditioning in the middle of nowhere, and he’s wrestling like it’s WrestleMania. And I love that passion. So everyone in the class was stepping it up that night, they were trying to be so much better because they were so inspired by Ilja.” said Natalya Neidhart.
