Miro & CJ Perry Reconcile, Renew Wedding Vows - Wrestling Power Couple Back Together (WWE News)

Miro & CJ Perry reconcile and renew wedding vows

by Michael Hamflett
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Former WWE and AEW stars CJ Perry and Miro have rekindled their relationship, officially getting back together after initially calling it quits on their marriage. Not only have they reconciled, but the couple has already renewed their vows in a private ceremony.

Perry and Miro (FKA Lana and Rusev), confirmed to TMZ Sports that they reconnected in June 2024 having initially split in late 2023. Per the story, the pair gradually rebuilt their relationship, with Perry even traveling to Bulgaria over the Christmas holiday to spend time together. Their rekindled romance led to a small vow renewal ceremony in a Los Angeles church in early-2025.

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Perry and Miro originally tied the knot in July 2016 but separated in 2023, with Miro filing for divorce. He later revoked that on July 2024. The renewed future romantically doesn't quite match an unknown destination for both in wrestling. Perry was released by AEW in April 2024, while Miro left the company in February 2025. Whether they return to AEW, explore opportunities elsewhere, or even make a surprise return to WWE remains to be seen.

Rusev, debuted in NXT in 2013 having spent time in FCW, with Perry eventually by his side as his manager, Lana. The duo quickly became a standout act, transitioning to WWE’s main roster in 2014, where Perry played a key role in Miro’s character as an unstoppable force and United States Champion.

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Their on-screen partnership lasted for several years, even incorporating elements of their real-life marriage into storylines before eventually going their separate ways on television. After leaving WWE, Miro signed with AEW in 2020, and Perry later made her debut for the company in 2023. The two briefly reunited on-screen once again forming an uneasy alliance of sorts that was ultimately dropped when both characters disappeared from screens following what proved to be Miro's last AEW match against Andrade at the World's End pay-per-view in December.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett